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Khalil Gibran Muhammad and Ben Austen host the incredible Pushkin podcast, "Some of My Best Friends Are ..." The duo grew up on the South Side of Chicago in the 1980s, and their show features the kind of frank, honest, thoughtful conversations about race, friendship, and social issues, that only two best friends can have. Today, Khalil Gibran Muhammad, who is black, is a noted academic and scholar who currently serves as the Ford Foundation Professor of History, Race and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and directs the Institutional Antiracism and Accountability Project and is the former Director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Ben Austen, who is white, is an accomplished journalist and the author of High-Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public Housing. He is a former editor of Harper’s Magazine, and his writing has appeared in publications including New York Times Magazine, Wired, GQ, The Best American Travel Writing, and others.  Today on List It, Ben and Khalil break down of their favorite interracial pop culture duos, and explain what they can teach us about race in America.

Andy Mineo has racked up 100s of millions of Spotify spins with a combination of thoughtful lyrics, ever-evolving style, and catchy hooks. This week, he releases his latest album, the long-awaited Never Land 2. Today on List It, Andy discusses the new album, and breaks down the five artists who have influenced him the most over the course of his career.

Kai Ryssdal is a public radio icon. For the last two decades, he's hosted Marketplace, an economics show that reaches more than 14 million listeners a week. He also co-hosts the podcast Make Me Smart with Kai and Molly. Throughout the course of his career, he's interviewed some of the most important names in the world of business, politics, and technology. On today's show, Kai breaks down five on his favorite interviews from his career. This ... ISSSSS ... List It.

Simon Rich is one of the funniest writers in Hollywood. He's the creator of the TBS series Miracle Workers starring Steve Buscemi and Daniel Radcliffe, his short story “Sell Out” was recently adapted into the critically acclaimed comedy American Pickle, starring Seth Rogan, and he just released a brand new collection of short stories called “New Teeth.” He has served as a writer on some of the funniest institutions in Hollywood, including SNL, Pixar films, The Simpsons, and a ton more. If you’ve seen his work, you’ll know that faith, the Old Testament, and God are constant themes in his work. Today on List It, Simon Rich breaks down his favorite pop culture depictions of God!  Today's show is brought to you by Organifi. Go to https://organifi.com/listit for 20% off.

Dr. Maya Shankar is one of the most accomplished people ever to join the show. She hosts the incredible Pushkin podcast, A Slight Change of Plans, which tells the stories of people making major changes in their lives, and has featured guests including Tiffany Haddish, Hillary Clinton, Kasey Musgraves, and a ton of fascinating people. It's a topic that Dr. Shanker knows a lot about. She currently works as a Senior Director of Behavioral Economics at Google and holds a postdoctoral fellowship in cognitive neuroscience at Stanford, a Ph.D. from Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship, and a degree from Yale. She also served as a Senior Advisor in the Obama White House, where she founded and served as Chair of the White House Behavioral Science Team and served as the first Behavioral Science Advisor to the United Nations under Ban Ki-moon. On this episode of List It, Jesse and Maya break down six movies about people navigating changes in their lives, and what they can tell us about cognitive science. Today's show is brought to you by Organifi. Go to https://organifi.com/listit for 20% off.

Dylan Thuras is the co-founder of Atlas Obsucra, the "definitive guidebook and friendly tour-guide to the world's most wondrous places." Along with co-authoring their amazing travel books and website, he also hosts the amazing new Atlas Obsucra podcast. His mission is simple: "Inspire wonder and curiosity about the incredible world we all share." But, along with travel, Dylan is also passion about the fantasy genre. This week on List It, Dylan ranks 5 , real life places that you can actually visit, that feel like they are from a fantasy movie. Today's show is brought to you by Organifi. Go to https://organifi.com/listit for 20% off.

Ellie Holcomb is an amazing singer/songwriter who just released a brand new album called Canyon. But, in addition to being an amazing artist, Ellie’s also spent a lot of time on the road. As summer road trip season finally returns, Ellie joins List It to rank her favorite gas station meals. You’re welcome, America.  Today's show is brought to you by Organifi. Go to https://organifi.com/listit for 20% off.

Ronald Young Jr. is a producer and storyteller who recently took over as the host (from Malcolm Gladwell!) of the podcast Solvable, from one of the finest podcast networks in the game, Pushkin. On each episode, the team showcases ideas from some of the the world’s most innovative thinkers and breaks down their solutions to some of the world’s most biggest problems. It’s one of our favorite kind of shows, packed with interviews, big ideas, social science, and interesting people.  On today's List It, Ronald tells us the three innovations that give him hope for the future. Today's show is brought to you by Organifi. Go to https://organifi.com/listit for 20% off.

Jesse Thorn is a podcasting legend. Not only has he personally interviewed a who's who of A-listers, artists, and celebrities (Jeff Bridges, Dolly Parton, Catherine O-Hara, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tina Fey, Ed Helms, Will Forte, Forest Whitaker, Rosie Perez, Terry Gross, and countless others), he's also the founder of the Maximum Fun podcast network, the host of Bullseye with Jesse Thorn and Jordan, Jesse, Go!, and and one of the industry's all-time great interviewers. Today on List It, Jesse breaks down his favorite podcast episodes of all time, and talks about the most meaningful interview he's ever had. Trust us, this is a special one. Today's show is brought to you by Organifi. Go to https://organifi.com/listit for 20% off.

Here's a trailer for the brand new season of Jesse's other podcast, Hiding Something. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Are powerful individuals actually conspiring to control humanity? Do powerful, all-knowing secret societies actually exist? What’s the truth behind theories surrounding the Illuminati?  Who’s behind a massive granite monument on a remote hillside in Georgia that’s emblazoned with cryptic messages? What’s actually going on in, around and possibly underneath the Denver airport? What’s buried beneath a small island off of the coast of northeast Canada, where researchers have been finding strange artifacts for decades? Why do some of the most powerful people in the world meet in the dense, Redwood forest of northern California to observe a violent ceremony in front of a massive sculpture of a stone owl every summer? Are there symbols and codes embedded in everything from currency to music videos that contain clues to solving these mysteries? This summer, you’re invited to come down another rabbit hole to separate fact from conspiracy theory and find out what’s really going on, who’s telling the truth, and who might just be Hiding Something.  38.46507510260853, -122.99324756806628

This week, Ben Kirby, the author of the book PreachersNSneakers: Authenticity in an Age of For-Profit Faith and (Wannabe) Celebrities and the man behind the (in)famous Instagram account @PreachersNSneakers breaks down his favorite sneakers (and a few of his favorite preachers) of all time. Today's show is brought to you by Organifi. Go to https://organifi.com/listit for 20% off.

You probably know Ben Higgins from The Bachelor (season 20!) and The Bachelorette (season 11). In other words, he knows a lot about romance — and comedy. Today on List It, Ben and Jesse breakdown their 5 favorite rom-coms, and discuss what makes them so relatable. Today's show is brought to you by Organifi. Go to https://organifi.com/listit for 20% off.