Frederick Joseph is the award-winning author of The Black Friend, Patriarchy Blues, Better Than We Found It (which he co-wrote with his wife Porsche), and The Courage to Dream, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. 

His new poetry collection We Alive, Beloved is out next week.

Fred and Saira discuss the current state of the world, U.S. politics, shadow banning and censorship on social media, and poetry.

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