What is *I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness* by Austin Channing Brown about?

*I'm Still Here* is a memoir exploring systemic racism through Austin Channing Brown's lived experiences as a Black woman navigating predominantly white spaces. It critiques white supremacy’s ingrained societal structures while affirming Black dignity, blending personal stories with calls for racial justice. The book gained prominence as a *New York Times* bestseller after the 2020 George Floyd protests.

Who should read *I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness*?

This book is essential for readers seeking to understand anti-Black racism’s psychological and systemic impacts. It resonates with Black women seeking validation of their experiences and white audiences committed to dismantling bias. Brown’s candid storytelling appeals to faith communities, educators, and workplace leaders addressing racial equity.

Is *I'm Still Here* worth reading?

Yes. Praised for its unflinching honesty, *I'm Still Here* offers a transformative perspective on racial injustice. While some critics note its intense focus on personal narrative, the book is widely lauded for illuminating unconscious biases and fostering empathy. It remains a pivotal resource for discussions on race.

What are the main themes in *I'm Still Here*?

Key themes include the erasure of Black identity in white-dominated spaces, the emotional toll of systemic racism, and the pursuit of dignity amid oppression. Brown critiques performative allyship, emphasizing action over symbolism. The book also explores reconciling faith with racial justice.

How does Austin Channing Brown address white supremacy in *I'm Still Here*?

Brown dissects how white supremacy embeds itself in everyday interactions, institutions, and language. She challenges white readers to confront complicity in racist systems rather than seeking absolution. The book underscores that dismantling racism requires sustained effort, not superficial gestures.

What is the “ritual of fear” discussed in *I’m Still Here*?

Brown describes the “ritual of fear” as white society’s tendency to prioritize comfort over racial accountability. This includes deflecting criticism, centering white guilt, and avoiding hard conversations. She argues this cycle perpetuates harm and stifles progress toward justice.

What actionable advice does *I’m Still Here* provide for organizations?

Brown advises organizations to clarify their motivations for diversity efforts, define terms like “antiracism,” and establish accountability structures. She emphasizes centering Black voices without tokenizing them and warns against relying on marginalized individuals to lead systemic change alone.

How does *I’m Still Here* critique white feminism?

The book challenges white feminism’s failure to address racial inequities, highlighting how it often prioritizes gender solidarity over intersectionality. Brown recounts instances where white women weaponized tears or fragility to avoid accountability, exacerbating harm against Black women.

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When Being Black Meets White America

I grew up with a white man's name-Austin-strategically chosen by my parents to help me "make it to the interview" when applying for jobs. What they couldn't prepare me for was the moment of surprise when I'd walk in. The panic in people's eyes, the quick resume scan, the unspoken question: "Are we sure she will be a good fit?" In progressive circles, they'd feign excitement about their "mistake," but the pattern remained predictable: promises of safety if racism occurred, followed by microaggressions about my hair or speech, and when reported, being told I "misunderstood" or should be "more patient." This book has been embraced by readers across America seeking to understand racial dynamics, making bestseller lists and becoming required reading in many anti-racism programs. Oprah Winfrey called it "a searing account of how Black bodies navigate white spaces," while The New York Times praised its "unflinching honesty and piercing clarity." Beyond its commercial success, it has sparked countless book clubs, church discussions, and organizational change initiatives. My story isn't about condemning white people but rejecting the assumption that white is right-offering hope that there's another way beyond racial oppression.

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Finding Blackness in a Color-Blind World

Growing up in middle-class America during the era of "color blindness," I learned that while Jesus may love diversity, America doesn't. My parents' home celebrated Black culture with Alvin Ailey posters, books by Black authors, and Luther Vandross playing on Saturday mornings. They filled us with stories of Black achievement and taught us pride, but their influence couldn't reach beyond our family walls. At my predominantly white elementary school, I noticed the differences immediately-my ponytail bounced differently, library books featured experiences foreign to me, and teachers never referenced shows like A Different World or gospel artists my family loved. I possessed secret knowledge of both worlds while my white peers knew nothing of mine. At home, we had deep conversations questioning history, like my mother debating whether integration truly helped Black Americans by causing us to lose Black businesses and teachers. At school, we merely learned to thank God for integration and move on. My parents prepared me for racism, teaching me practical lessons for survival: keep your hands visible in stores, always have receipts ready-lessons where "someone" always meant white people. When my parents divorced and I spent summers in Cleveland, I experienced culture shock in an all-Black environment. I didn't understand the loudness, the music, the games. Other Black children called me "Oreo" for "talking white." I felt caught between worlds-too white for Black people, too Black for white people. Through friendship with Tiffani, I learned Blackness isn't monolithic. She taught me about music, dances, and slang while accepting my differences. I discovered Black is beautiful whether nerdy like me or cool like her. Later, attending a Black church revealed another dimension of Blackness. I fell in love with soaring voices, church mothers with peppermints, fiery preaching, and a Jesus who loved our Blackness-who understood injustice and being called names. At church, the pastor made Jesus sound like a Black person dealing with familiar hardships. God was with us. We were family, referring to each other as brother, sister, Auntie, Uncle, even Momma. Though I hadn't yet heard of James Cone or Black liberation theology, I'd already met Black Jesus at ten years old in a Baptist church where the Spirit moved us. Jesus cared about my soul and about practical needs-transportation, unpaid bills, addiction. The Black church gave me the greatest sense of belonging I'd ever experienced. Slowly, over time and in layers, Blackness had found me and changed my life.

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Education Beyond the Classroom

By the time I went to college, Chicago seemed like the perfect place to practice adulthood. The city took my breath away with its fast pace, gorgeous architecture, and diversity. On campus, my first surprise was meeting Crendalyn McMath-my first Black teacher, a marketing professor who commanded every classroom. She created a sense of belonging I'd never experienced before, using cultural references that white students didn't understand but made me feel seen. The Sankofa trip with my college classmates transformed me. We traveled South exploring Black history, visiting a plantation where guides romanticized slavery and even invited Black students to pick cotton. At a lynching museum, we confronted brutal photographs of Black bodies hanging while white families smiled proudly. The tension between white and Black students erupted on the bus afterward-white students distancing themselves from responsibility while Black students shared family stories of lynching. One white student finally broke through with nine words that changed me: "Doing nothing is no longer an option for me." Dr. Simms became my second Black teacher, teaching African American history with passion and intellectual rigor. He taught us to question America's language, analyze media critically, and emotionally connect with our history. His mantra-"Ain't no friends here"-seemed harsh at first, but proved prophetic whenever racism surfaced on campus. These Black professors helped me define what it meant to be a Black student in white spaces, teaching me to speak up "until those in the back could hear me." As college ended, I thought I was prepared to face racism in the real world, but I would soon discover white supremacy wasn't a dragon to slay but a poison that makes you doubt your own reality.

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Navigating White Institutional Culture

By graduation, I thought I was the white culture whisperer-fearless and ready to slay racist dragons wherever I found them. I was so wrong. Far from an imposing beast, white supremacy is more like a poison, seeping into your mind drip by drip until you question your own perception of reality. Being a Black woman in majority-white nonprofit ministries proved far more difficult than I imagined. Companies love talking about "diversity and inclusion," but in practice, they often expect assimilation. In one frank conversation with our board, the treasurer questioned why we wouldn't want assimilation, calling it "unified organization." I was stunned that someone would overtly advocate for unity at my expense. Whiteness constantly polices Blackness, wanting just enough to affirm its own goodness without hearing dissenting viewpoints. My daily work experience reveals this: being mistaken for needing outreach services, having my hair touched without permission, being called "angry" when expressing concerns, being confused with other Black employees, having my ideas validated only when repeated by white colleagues. We develop life hacks-saving emails that praise our work as insurance, finding safe allies, creating secret support groups. But eventually, many Black women in white Christian organizations face the devastating question: "Are you sure God has really called you...here?" The prayers offered aren't for my circumstances to change but for me to become who they want me to be. "Lord, make this Black person just like us." Working in these spaces, my perception of racial dynamics has been questioned, minimized, or denied altogether. Over time, the experience of not being believed, especially by people I thought were my friends, wore away my sense of self. As I sensed this happening, it became vital to remind myself daily of why I love being a Black girl-our stories of survival, our creative language, our community-building ability, our demanding of rights, access, and dignity. I love the poetry, hugs, head nods, and the Black cool of our everyday folks. I love being a Black girl.

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When White Comfort Trumps Black Reality

A lot of white people have never sat under the authority of a Black teacher, pastor, professor, or supervisor. Being the first Black woman authority figure in a white person's world can be intense, as I discovered when a white man exploded at me after a Race and Faith class. Despite my calm demeanor, he screamed at me with a red face, waving hands in my face, ranting about Trayvon Martin and Black unemployment. When he realized I was knowledgeable on these topics, he pivoted to questioning who was "really in charge." White fragility makes the feelings of whiteness more important than the personhood of people of color. Even my co-workers initially focused on what I could have done differently to manage the man's feelings rather than addressing his inappropriate behavior. Similarly, when leading a mission program in a Black Chicago neighborhood, I faced a youth group whose parents questioned my leadership and expressed fears about being "killed by Black gang members." Their white fragility was so extreme they left after just 24 hours, though some tearfully confessed their racism while others continued to refer to me in the third person even while sitting two feet away. Most white people believe they're good and that true racists are easily identifiable. This belief has consequences-it frames racism as only intentional acts of discrimination rather than systems enabled by nice people. It obligates me to be nice rather than truthful, to come closer to racists and coddle them. When racial tension arises, I become the problem-not kind, patient, or understanding enough of white feelings and needs. White people desperately want to believe only isolated "whites only" club members are racist, which is why being called racist offends "nice white people" so deeply. They're more worried about the label than whether their actions cause harm. But even history's monsters-Klan members and church bombers-had friends and family who would testify to their good hearts. The monster has always been well-dressed and well-loved. After speaking at events, I'm often bombarded with white confessions of racist incidents. Though these confessions don't involve me directly, my body becomes a stand-in for those harmed, and I'm expected to offer absolution. But I am not a priest for the white soul. I cannot make myself responsible for white transformation or offer relief for their souls. Instead of accepting confessions, I now challenge people by asking, "So what are you going to do differently?"-shifting the weight of responsibility back where it belongs.

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America's Sanitized Racial Narrative

During a diversity training, a white woman broke our group's comfortable silence with sobbing revelation: "I just can't believe it... I really didn't know that slavery happened on purpose." This moment crystallizes America's refusal to honestly confront our racial history. Slavery was no accident. Racism wasn't a bad joke that never went away. Every bit of it was purposeful. Yet we haven't thoroughly assessed the horrendous mass kidnapping of the Middle Passage, America's complicity in wealth gained through enslaved labor, or the humanity of generations born and died in bondage. We've sanitized the Civil War, preferring the palatable "states' rights" narrative over acknowledging that many were willing to die to deny others freedom. We've minimized Jim Crow as merely "mean signage" rather than a system of perpetual humiliation, economic deprivation, and brutal violence. Even our celebrations of the Civil Rights Movement are whitewashed, emphasizing King's beautiful words while downplaying the terror protesters endured from clubs, dogs, bombs and guns. We pretend those white faces who violently protected segregation simply disappeared after King's "I have a dream" speech. We ignore that they're still alive, still drawing red lines around Black neighborhoods, still avoiding integration. America could have rejected Black inferiority after emancipation but whiteness wasn't ready to surrender its power to control, humiliate and harm Black bodies without consequence. Our only chance at dismantling racial injustice is being more curious about its origins than worried about our comfort. These conversations are risky, messy and haunting-but also holy. With the Holy Spirit present, we can survive honest discussions about slavery, voter suppression, gerrymandering, and white institutions. We can lament, mourn, and be enraged. We can tell the truth, for only by being truthful about how we got here can we begin to imagine another way.

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Transforming Anger into Action

James Baldwin once said: "To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious, is to be in a rage almost all the time." He wasn't lying-I've become very intimate with anger. It's rage-inducing to be told we can do anything when no one above middle management looks like us. It's infuriating to know my body is constantly judged differently-when I'm late, when I eat alone, when I express emotions. I become either indistinguishable from other Black women regardless of our differences, or a walking stereotype-sassy, disrespectful, uncontrollable, or childlike. I wanted to be "that Black girl"-the one who speaks her mind fearlessly, who white people are afraid of making angry. But mild-mannered me couldn't access that immediate release of rage. I longed to be bold like Zora Neale Hurston, Nina Simone, or Angela Davis-intellectual truth-tellers. Instead, my anger boiled below the surface while I wore Dunbar's "mask that grins and lies." Rather than expressing anger, I communicated pain and disappointment, rolling up my sleeves to reveal scars, hoping my vulnerability would move listeners. I tried being the wise, patient teacher, but ultimately these were attempts at self-restriction. Then Audre Lorde saved me with her essay "The Uses of Anger," teaching me that anger isn't inherently destructive but "a powerful source of energy serving progress and change." I discovered my anger could be creative and imaginative, fueling movement toward justice without destroying me. It connected me with others who were angry too, undergirding my calling to write like Black lives are on the line. It shouldn't have surprised me-I serve a God who expressed anger. Jesus led a one-man protest in the Temple, shouting, overturning furniture, and creating space for the marginalized. While some might call his anger destructive, those without power would say it led to freedom-the freedom of belonging, healing, and participating as full members in God's house. To survive in organizations claiming to be antiracist, I've learned to clarify why they want me and whether their understanding of my gifts aligns with my reasons for joining. I define critical terms like "justice" and "diversity"-asking for concrete examples of how the organization embodies these concepts and who's accountable for these efforts. I hold organizations to their highest stated vision for as long as possible but prepare to leave if leaders won't pursue it. I find my people-building or joining an antiracist cohort within the organization rather than pushing back alone.

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Living with the Ritual of Fear

My cousin Dalin was six feet tall with a muscular frame that made him seem even bigger. Always dressed in bright-colored shirts and designer jeans, he kept his shoes immaculately clean. But more than his style, Dalin was known for his laugh-a deep, bellowing sound that seemed too old for his young body, like a grandfather who needed to share his joy with the whole neighborhood. When I was eight, during a family Christmas gathering, I witnessed Dalin burst through the door in a panic. Someone had robbed him of his new shoes at gunpoint, and he was looking for a gun to get them back. Seeing his troubling mix of anger and sadness, I understood that the rules governing my cousin's life were different from mine. Going to the police wasn't viable for him, and he lived in a world I knew only through headlines. This was my introduction to a fear that would become familiar-fear that my father won't make it home traveling through white rural Ohio, that my brother's intellect won't protect him from being seen as a criminal, that my husband will be mistaken for someone else, or that I won't be able to protect my son. Sometimes this fear is debilitating. When my husband drives to visit his parents, I actively try not to imagine him being pulled over or frisked. When he leaves, I tell him to be safe and make him promise to return to me. My white friends notice our ritual of calling each other upon arriving and leaving places, perhaps thinking we're inseparable or that he's controlling. But these are our rituals for staying safe. Black communities share this fear-fear of white people clutching purses in elevators, police overreactions, and the assumption that appearing guilty means incurring the repercussions of being guilty. We fear that any public imperfection of our children will lead to deadly consequences. Even when our children make mistakes or act foolishly, we still want them to live another day. But until then, we repeat this all-too-familiar ritual of fear. Years after college, I thought of Dalin while reading a prison memoir. He was serving a mandatory ten-year sentence for his third drug offense. Despite years of distance between us, I wrote to him, sharing details about my life and our family history. His response was surprisingly warm: "Yo, Cuz. Yeah I was surprised to get your letter, but we family so its all love." But Dalin never received my second letter. He died in prison weeks later, struck by lightning in the yard when inmates weren't warned about an approaching storm. His death filled me with fury toward God, but also pushed me to question the criminal justice system's treatment of Black men.

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Beyond Reconciliation to Justice

For many, Obama's election signaled a post-racial America, but Black Americans remained fearful, witnessing racist backlash through offensive signs, comics, and condescending language suggesting the President "didn't understand" America. What truly shocked me was Ferguson-watching police confront unarmed Black residents in riot gear, with dogs and tanks, as if preparing for war. The parallels to civil rights era photos were unmistakable. White people often want me to express gratitude for America's racial progress, but I cannot. While I'm eternally grateful to my ancestors who endured slavery and discrimination, I refuse to applaud America for merely reaching a baseline of human decency. As Chris Rock noted, abolishing slavery and ending Jim Crow might be progress for white people, but for Black Americans, the extrajudicial killings, racist rhetoric, mass incarceration, and street violence remain too familiar. Racial reconciliation has become a Christian buzzword, with churches labeling themselves "multicultural" and highlighting missions work as evidence of progress. But true reconciliation isn't simply having diverse congregations, sharing buildings, token leadership, celebrating ethnicities monthly, or doing outreach work. When reduced to these surface-level efforts, reconciliation loses its extraordinary power-the revolutionary potential of the lion lying with the lamb or turning swords into plowshares. True reconciliation is revolutionary and oriented toward structural change. It can never be apolitical-it always chooses the side of justice. White American churches remain far from reconciliation because they consider power their birthright rather than their curse. They stage moments of racial harmony without challenging the status quo: combined choir performances, occasional guest preachers of different races, MLK celebrations without acknowledging current injustices. Organizations often confuse diversity with reconciliation, obsessing over numbers and quotas. But without people of color in key positions influencing topics, content, direction and vision, such diversity is merely decorative-"sprinkles on top" of what remains essentially white. Another misconception is that reconciliation boils down to dialogue alone. But dialogue is productive only when it leads to action that inverts power and pursues justice. Reconciliation demands reimagining an entirely different way of being together-it requires looking beyond intentions to real outcomes and histories, pursuing the impossible: an upside-down world where the powerful relinquish power to the margins. Fortunately, Jesus doesn't need all white people to get onboard-the march toward change has always only required the transformed: people of color confronting past and present to imagine a new future, joined by the handful of white people willing to release indifference and join the struggle.

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Standing in the Shadow of Hope

Christians talk often about love, especially regarding race, but this love is largely inconsequential when whiteness sees it as a prize owed rather than a moral obligation. This aloof love demands grace and patience while dodging responsibility for action. I need a different love-one troubled by injustice, provoked to anger by Black deaths, concerned with life rather than tone, intolerant of hate, discontent with the status quo, and fierce in resilience and sacrifice. A love that chooses justice. But expecting this kind of love for my Black female body means inviting hopelessness-a familiar companion. When Ta-Nehisi Coates published his memoir of Black life in America, people demanded hopefulness despite his bleak portrayal of race relations. For me, discussing race in America as a Black person is rarely hopeful when constantly confronted with both major injustices and daily indignities. Hope has died a thousand deaths for me-in friendships, organizations, jobs, policies, justice systems, and dreams for my children's future. But I've learned not to fear hope's death. Each death brings painful tears but ultimately gives way to healing sadness, inspiring anger, and empowering wisdom. The death of hope begins in fury but forces me to find my center and discover what remains when hope is gone. I cannot hope in whiteness, white people, white institutions, politicians, pastors, or even myself. Instead, I have learned to rest in the "shadow of hope"-showing up despite knowing I may never see my dreams realized. Like my enslaved ancestors who struggled and resisted without seeing freedom in their lifetimes, I work toward an unseen, currently unimaginable world. It is working in darkness, not knowing if anything I do will make a difference, but speaking, writing, and loving anyway. It is demanding a love that matters, regardless of results, honoring my ancestors' endurance and my birthright. When the sun happens to shine, I bask in it, but know my place is in the shadows, letting hope have both its day and its death, living anyway. For my unborn son, I share both joyful anticipation and deep fears. As he tumbles in my belly "like butterflies," my husband and I wonder about his future personality, interests, and appearance. We dream of showing him films, taking him to parks, and his first haircut. Yet we avoid discussing harder truths: the first time someone will call him a racial slur, when police will pull him over because he "looks suspicious," and the assumptions people will make based solely on his skin color. Despite these fears, I promise our home will be filled with dancing, laughter, soul food, Stevie Wonder's music, and Michael Jackson's moves. Though not always joyful, he will be inducted into "this blessing called Black love" that will "undergird you and push you... envelop you and warm you... remind you of who you are." We're "crazy scared" and "stupidly excited," but we can't wait to meet him-and to continue the work of creating a better world for him to inherit.

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racial identity formation
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black liberation theology
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America doesn't love diversity.
Blackness isn't monolithic.
"Ain't no friends here".
Doing nothing is no longer an option for me.
Whiteness constantly polices Blackness.

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Austin Channing BrownThe author and protagonist navigating white spaces
TiffaniA friend who taught the author about Black culture
Crendalyn McMathThe author's first Black professor
Dr. SimmsAn African American history professor and mentor

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Остин Ченнинг Браун — автор бестселлера по версии New York Times «Я все еще здесь: Достоинство чернокожих в мире, созданном для белых» (I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness) и ведущий голос в вопросах расовой справедливости и системного неравенства в Америке. Сочетая мемуары с социальной критикой, ее работы исследуют темы идентичности чернокожих, стойкости и расширения прав и возможностей внутри структур, созданных для маргинализации.

Браун имеет степень магистра в области социальной справедливости колледжа Мэригроув и более десяти лет проработала на руководящих должностях в некоммерческом секторе, занимаясь вопросами отсутствия жилья и защитой прав молодежи. Ее преобразующие семинары и программные выступления, представленные в университетах, корпорациях и на мировых форумах, сочетают в себе сторителлинг, юмор и глубокий анализ для демонтажа структур превосходства белой расы.

Она расширила свое влияние, выпустив издание для юных читателей «Я все еще здесь: Любить себя в мире, не созданном для меня» (I’m Still Here: Loving Myself in a World Not Made for Me), и внесла свой вклад в антологию «Ты — свое лучшее достояние» (You Are Your Best Thing), под соредакторством Тараны Берк и Брене Браун. Ее работы, отмеченные книжным клубом Риз Уизерспун и упомянутые в The Hollywood Reporter и NPR, сформировали общенациональные дискуссии об антирасизме.

Новая книга Браун «Сама по себе: Заметки о женственности чернокожих» (Full of Myself: Notes on Black Womanhood) выйдет в 2025 году. Удостоенная ключа от города Толидо и почетной докторской степени Оклендского университета, ее деятельность остается важным материалом для педагогов, активистов и организаций, стремящихся к равенству.

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In modern organizations, merit alone isn't enough to move the needle on bold ideas. This guide is designed for ambitious leaders and intrapreneurs who need to navigate political minefields and master the art of psychological persuasion to achieve results.

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Reclaim Your Life After Heartbreak

Breakups can leave your nervous system in a state of shock and your mind trapped in endless loops. This plan is designed for anyone struggling to move past a split, offering a structured path from immediate emotional stabilization to long-term identity reconstruction.

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The Self-Acceptance Blueprint

This plan is designed for high-achievers and individuals who struggle with the constant pressure of comparison and external approval. It provides a structured path to quiet the inner critic and build a resilient sense of self-worth from the inside out.

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Создано выпускниками Колумбийского университета в Сан-Франциско

LOVED BY

1,000,000+ curious minds.

4.7

avg rating

1M+ learners

"Instead of endless scrolling, I just hit play on BeFreed. It saves me so much time."

@Moemenn

"I never knew where to start with nonfiction—BeFreed’s book lists turned into podcasts gave me a clear path."

@Chloe, Solo founder, LA

117

"Perfect balance between learning and entertainment. Finished ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ on my commute this week."

@Raaaaaachelw

"Crazy how much I learned while walking the dog. BeFreed = small habits → big gains."

@Matt, YC alum

108

"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."

@Erin, Investment Banking Associate , NYC

254

"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."

@djmikemoore

"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."

@Pitiful

4.5K

"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."

@SofiaP

"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"

@Jaded_Falcon

201

"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."

@OojasSalunke

"The themed book list podcasts help me connect ideas across authors—like a guided audio journey."

@Leo, Law Student, UPenn

483

"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"

@Cashflowbubu

"Instead of endless scrolling, I just hit play on BeFreed. It saves me so much time."

@Moemenn

"I never knew where to start with nonfiction—BeFreed’s book lists turned into podcasts gave me a clear path."

@Chloe, Solo founder, LA

117

"Perfect balance between learning and entertainment. Finished ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ on my commute this week."

@Raaaaaachelw

"Crazy how much I learned while walking the dog. BeFreed = small habits → big gains."

@Matt, YC alum

108

"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."

@Erin, Investment Banking Associate , NYC

254

"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."

@djmikemoore

"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."

@Pitiful

4.5K

"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."

@SofiaP

"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"

@Jaded_Falcon

201

"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."

@OojasSalunke

"The themed book list podcasts help me connect ideas across authors—like a guided audio journey."

@Leo, Law Student, UPenn

483

"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"

@Cashflowbubu

"Instead of endless scrolling, I just hit play on BeFreed. It saves me so much time."

@Moemenn

"I never knew where to start with nonfiction—BeFreed’s book lists turned into podcasts gave me a clear path."

@Chloe, Solo founder, LA

117

"Perfect balance between learning and entertainment. Finished ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ on my commute this week."

@Raaaaaachelw

"Crazy how much I learned while walking the dog. BeFreed = small habits → big gains."

@Matt, YC alum

108

"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."

@Erin, Investment Banking Associate , NYC

254

"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."

@djmikemoore

"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."

@Pitiful

4.5K

"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."

@SofiaP

"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"

@Jaded_Falcon

201

"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."

@OojasSalunke

"The themed book list podcasts help me connect ideas across authors—like a guided audio journey."

@Leo, Law Student, UPenn

483

"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"

@Cashflowbubu

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