The Bakari Sellers Podcast

Yusef Salaam of the ‘Exonerated Five’ on His Prison Reform Activism and His New Book, ‘Better, Not Bitter’

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About the episode

Bakari is joined by Yusef Salaam, one of the Central Park 'Exonerated Five,' to talk about what it was like seeing his life portrayed in the series 'When They See Us' (3:20), how the false conviction shaped his life and later his activist work (10:13), and what inspired him to write his new book, 'Better, Not Bitter' (20:33).

Host: Bakari Sellers

Guest: Yusef Salaam

Producer: Kaya McMullen

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