Some of My Best Friends Are Podcast
1) Introducing Charlie’s Place: A Cultural Haven That Brought People Together Through Music
Here’s a preview from a new podcast, Charlie’s Place. How did a Black man in 1940s Jim Crow South open a club where Black and white people danced together? Charlie’s Place was revolu...Show More
2) "Birds Are Like My Afternoon Martini" (Birding with Lili Taylor) from The Happiness Lab
Lili Taylor loves her acting career - but the emotional intensity of her work and the constant travel can take its toll. But Lili has found a way to relax and unwind - watching birds. As Lili ex...Show More
3) How Good Manners Made Me Happier (with Etiquette Expert William Hanson) from The Happiness Lab
You might think etiquette is outdated. Who really needs a dinner with nice napkins and four different forks? Etiquette expert William Hanson disagrees. By observing good manners we show others we resp...Show More
4) How Dogs Changed my Life (with The Dogist) from The Happiness Lab
We all have our own ways of coping - especially when things get tough. So for the next few shows we're going to talking to people with interesting coping strategies. And we start with Elias Weiss Frie...Show More
5) Preview: Into the Scatterbrained Minds of Team Revisionist History
Revisionist History, Malcolm Gladwell's podcast about the overlooked and misunderstood, returns with investigations on everything from PAW Patrol to the secret behind English muffins to Robert F. Kenn...Show More
6) The Harms of Eating Alone: An International Day of Happiness Special from The Happiness Lab
For the International Day of Happiness, we're sharing a special episode from The Happiness Lab. It's a chance to talk about happiness and what we can all do to be happier. March 20th also se...Show More
7) Introducing Fiasco: The Battle for Boston
In 1974, a federal judge ruled that Boston’s public schools were unconstitutionally segregated. The solution? A controversial experiment in desegregation known as “busing,” which wou...Show More
8) From The Parole Room
Ben is dropping back in the feed to bring you his new podcast from Audible Originals: The Parole Room. Will Johnnie Veal—convicted of the murder of two police officers in 1970—be granted parole after...Show More
9) Thank You For Being Some of Our Best Friends
In the final episode of the show, Khalil and Ben talk with Chicago poet laureate avery r. young. He’s the multitalented interdisciplinary artist behind the podcast’s theme song, ‘Lil Lillie.’ They dis...Show More
10) Samantha Irby is Quietly Hostile & Raucously Funny
Ben and Khalil get personal with author and TV writer Samantha Irby on this week's show. Her bestselling essay collections Wow, No Thank You and We Are Never Meeting in Real Life are super intimate, f...Show More