Become A Good Ancestor

Are you looking for wisdom, courage, and guidance on your journey as a changemaker? Grab your headphones, a warm drink, and possibly a notebook (you’re going to want to take notes!). You’ve found your new favourite podcast.Welcome to Become a Good Ancestor, a podcast hosted by New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author Layla Saad.Layla Saad is a passionate advocate and teacher on the topics of race, identity, leadership, personal transformation, and social change. She is the author of Me and White Supremacy, a groundbreaking book that brings these topics together. She is also the founder of Become A Good Ancestor: a podcast, a book club, and a learning community that combines inner work with social change. Each month on the podcast, Layla interviews writers of colour about their books, their journey, and what it means to them to become a good ancestor.Past books and authors include the NYT bestseller 'The Prophets' by Robert Jones Jr. 'Motherhood: On the choices of being a woman' by Dr. Pragya Agarwal. 'The Final Revival of Opal & Nev' by Dawnie Walton, named a best book of 2021 by Barack Obama. And 'See No Stranger: A memoir and manifesto of revolutionary love' by renowned civil rights leader Valarie Kaur.From memoirs to manifestos. Poetry to pop culture. Science to social justice. And everything in between, Layla dives deep with BIPOC authors who are showing us the way to healing and liberation. This is a place for people who want to help change the world: In honour of those who have come before us, and in service to those who will come after we are gone.