#322 A Conversation With Yusef Salaam Of The Exonerated 5

Published: Aug. 31, 2020, 4:32 p.m.

b'Kaitlin and Amanda speak with Yusef Salaam and Ibi Zoboi to discuss their new graphic novel \\u201cPunching The Air,\\u201d inspired by Salaam\\u2019s experience being wrongfully incarcerated as a teenager as part of the Exonerated 5. Salaam describes the sometimes traumatic experience of writing about an incarcerated teen, what he hopes readers absorb from the book in a time of racial reckoning, and how he hopes to share the power of art with a new generation.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'