RADICAL is an exploration of the life and murder conviction of Imam Jamil Al-Amin, formerly known as H. Rap Brown, the fiery Black Power leader turned Muslim cleric known for his bold calls for armed resistance to racial violence. Maybe you’ve heard Brown’s most quoted phrase, "Violence is as American as cherry pie," uttered during the long hot summer of Black rebellion in 1967. As an imam and convert to Islam, Brown-turned-Al-Amin was a towering figure in Atlanta's Muslim community where I grew up, and his history in the movement was legendary. When he was arrested in 2000 for shooting one sheriff's deputy and killing another, most people I knew thought that he could have done it, but did he really? Over the decades he has always claimed he was innocent and framed by the FBI. And the FBI was without a doubt shady in its pursuit of him for years. So what happened? This is what I work to unravel as reporter and host of RADICAL. The podcast is simultaneously a true crime story, a reinvestigation of misconduct by the FBI, a biography, and a philosophical and spiritual exploration of the roots of American violence.