Asha

While “Sower” follows lead character Lauren Olamina and her Earthseed religion in a dystopian version of the world, “Talents” more closely follows her daughter Asha as she comes to terms with her mother’s legacy.

Mansour’s experience was preceded by that of Asha Grant, founder of the Salt Eaters Bookshop, which opened its Inglewood doors in 2021 and closed at the end of 2024.

An LA federal judge ruled that wardrobe assistant Asha Daniels could not sue the singer as an individual, but Big Grrrl Big Touring remains a defendant in the ongoing case.

On this week’s episode of Amicus, Dahlia Lithwick speaks to Asha Rangappa, a former FBI special agent, editor at Just Security and author of the substack The Freedom Academy with Asha Rangappa.

Asha explains what happens when people who are hellbent on using the law to break the law achieve positions of power, and whether the safeguards still in place can hold.