Khalil Gibran Muhammad
Khalil Gibran Muhammad is one of the nation’s leading experts on the history and present of race and racism, having led the oldest Black archive and teaching at Harvard’s leading policy school.…
Ben and Khalil throw it back to the 1970s to talk about the TV shows they loved growing up – two of the greatest and most important sit-coms: Sanford & Son and The Jeffersons. They discuss how the shows handle race, class and comedy. And how the small screen and the world it reflects have changed since then.
If you’d like to rewatch Sanford & Son or The Jeffersons, both are available on Amazon Prime Video.
Further Reading:
- The Media Dramas of Norman Lear – Michael J. Arlen, The New Yorker
- Jake Austen’s zine Roctober on the vast comedic work of Redd Foxx
The Hosts
Ben Austen
Ben Austen is a journalist and the author of High-Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public Housing, which was longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal of Excellence in Nonfiction and named…
