Warren Sapp is one of the greatest football players of his era. Now he’s at Colorado working alongside Deon Sanders. We talk about Colorado football, Miami football, Tampa Bay, changing the culture, winning the Super Bowl and what mental toughness means to Sapp. Awesome convo with an amazing guy. Toure Show Episode 453 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Ashley J. Hobbs Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Rae Holliday Engineer: Claire McHale Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Malcolm Gladwell is a genius. This interview is from 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Talib Kweli is a legendary MC and an old friend so we keep it real in this convo about how he works with Yasiin Bey aka Mos Def and why he loves to argue with people online. Amazing convo. After we wrapped he said thanks for letting get into the online stuff. No one ever asks about that. We kept it real. Toure Show Episode 452 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Ashley J. Hobbs Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Rae Holliday Engineer: Claire McHale Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amari Marshall aka Amari Monster was a Dance Captain on Beyonce’s Renaissance World Tour. She danced beside the Queen night after night. She’s the person Beyonce chose to help Blue Ivy be ready for her part of the show. Amazing conversation about dance, working with Beyonce, working with Blue Ivy, working with Rihanna on the Super Bowl halftime show and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Consequence is an MC who’s worked closely with Kanye. Some say he’s Kanye’s ghostwriter. Is he? We talk about it. Plus what it’s like to work with Kanye including how Kanye totally screwed up Cons’s solo career. Also what it’s like to grow up with Q-Tip. This is a real inside-an-MC’s-life kindof conversation. One of my favorites of the year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Melyssa Ford is an icon. She’s been a star for over 20 years and we’ve been friends for that long. She’s smart, she’s fun, she’s got some things she’s vulnerable about. We talk about never getting married, surviving a brain injury, being perimenopausal, being a sex symbol and why The Joe Budden show works so damn well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eric Benet has been a friend for a long time but we’ve never really sat down and discussed his whole story. How did he get from Milwaukee to Hollywood? He’s a great storyteller so we run through how he discovered that he’s good looking, how he learned how to sing, how he pulled Halle Berry, and more. He’s a lot of fun to hang with. Toure Show Episode 450 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Ashley J. Hobbs Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Rae Holliday Engineer: Claire McHale Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eboni K. Williams is a lawyer, a broadcaster, a Real Housewife, a friend, and an amazing person. In this fascinating convo we talk about why she should not date a bus driver, what she’s looking for in a relationship, her future as a mother, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tommy Davidson is a legendary comic with a trans son. I did not intend to talk a lot about that—the man is on tour with Katt Williams. I’d planned to talk about comedy and we did that but somehow we kept coming back to talking about his trans son. It’s a very honest conversation. Toure Show Episode 449 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Ashley J. Hobbs Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Rae Holliday Engineer: Claire McHale Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Diddy is in jail awaiting trial for a slew of horrific charges. If you want to look back at who he was before everything fell apart, listen to this onstage interview from 2017. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Love McPherson is a relationship expert and marriage counselor who loves to help people create healthy relationships. In this convo we talk about surviving infidelity, fighting fairly, and how to make your relationship better. Toure Show Episode 448 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Ashley J. Hobbs Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Rae Holliday Engineer: Claire McHale Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hakim Green was part of Channel Live a hot 90s rap duo known for the massive hit “Mad-Izm.” The success of that record changed Green’s life in many ways—because he known for talking about weed, people started asking him for it. So he started selling it. But the struggle to make another massive hit led to depression, failure, and homelessness. It’s an incredible life story. Toure Show Episode 447 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Ashley J. Hobbs Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Rae Holliday Engineer: Claire McHale Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Taylor Townsend is one of my favorite current professional tennis players because she’s unrelentingly aggressive. She’s a serve and volleyer which is something no one does anymore! And she’s a survivor. Her journey has put her through a lot—she was the best junior player in the world when the USTA refused to back her because, well, she weighs more than the average player. But she was beating everyone! She’s been away recently on maternity leave but she’ll be back on the WTA circuit soon. We talk about technique, growing as a player, dealing with the USTA, playing against Serena, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Justin Simien is an amazing director (Dear White People) who’s made a hot new doc called Hollywood Black which explores the history of Black folks in cinema. Really deep look at everything from Birth of A Nation to the success of Jordan Peele. The doc is on MGM+. We go deep into the history of Black cinema and talk/argue about Blaxploitation, Hattie McDaniel, Denzel, Tarantino, what the definition of a Black film is, and more. Toure Show Episode 446 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Ashley J. Hobbs Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Rae Holliday Engineer: Claire McHale Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andy Roddick is a tennis legend—he was #1 in the world. We talk about how to hit a great serve, what it’s like to play against some of history’s best, if he choked against Federer at Wimbledon, and what is mental toughness? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James Blake was, at his height, the #4 best tennis player in the world. He beat Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer. Now he’s a commentator who still watches the game. We talk about drugs in the sport, his greatest matches, his forehand technique, and how hard it is for him to now find someone who’s interesting for him to hit with which is why he’s now getting into… pickleball. Recorded in Brooklyn in front of an audience of tennis players. 
 Toure Show Episode 445 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Ashley J. Hobbs Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Rae Holliday Engineer: Claire McHale Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eboni K. Williams is a lawyer, a broadcaster, a Real Housewife, a friend, and an amazing person. In this fascinating convo we talk about why she should not date a bus driver, what she’s looking for in a relationship, her future as a mother, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tricia Lee is the breakout star of Netflix’s fascinating real estate reality show Owning Manhattan. Tricia is the Queen of Brooklyn real estate and she’s a powerful woman. She can sell anything and she charges through the world full of confidence. She said on the show she wanted to be seen as a free Black woman. She is. We talk about real estate, how to sell anything, and how to impose your will on your world. She’s so inspiring. Toure Show Episode 444 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Ashley J. Hobbs Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Rae Holliday Engineer: Claire McHale Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

VP Kamala Harris’s ascension to Presidential nominee is an extraordinary historical moment. I talk with Danielle Moodie and Krystal Ball about what this all means and where we’re going. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Grafh is a hot lyrical MC from Queens who’s got the streets buzzing. Amazing convo about music, hiphop, his days in the streets and what it takes to be a great MC. Toure Show Episode 443 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Ashley J. Hobbs Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Rae Holliday Engineer: Claire McHale Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ghostface Killah is one of the greatest MCs of all time and an old friend. Amazing convo about music, the Wu, and where he’s at in life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FD Signifier is one of legends of the YouTube video essay world. He recently dropped a 3.5 hour video essay about Kendrick and Drake and the history of hiphop and it’s amazing. In this convo we talk deeply about the battle and Drake and Kendrick and what it takes to be great at making Youtube video essays. Toure Show Episode 442 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Ashley J. Hobbs Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Rae Holliday Engineer: Claire McHale Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Symone Sanders is an MSNBC star who has been an advisor to Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders. She loves politics and understands what the game is all about. Great convo about broadcasting and working closely with major political icons.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Morris Day is a lifelong close friend of Prince. They grew up together and remained close to Prince’s end. Day was also the leader of The Time, one of the funkiest bands of the 80s. Here, we talk all about Prince from their meeting to their last convo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Toure Show Ep 225 Original Air Date: March 10, 2021 Few Congresspeople had a more harrowing time on Jan 6 than Congresswoman Maxine Waters. In this throwback, we talked about what happened to her and what’s going on with this country. She does not hold back when talking about Republicans and their racism. Amazing conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

VP Kamala Harris’s ascension to Presidential nominee is an extraordinary historical moment. I talk with Danielle Moodie and Krystal Ball about what this all means and where we’re going. Toure Show Episode 440 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Ashley J. Hobbs Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Rae Holliday Engineer: Claire McHale Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joy Reid’s ascension to MSNBC's vaunted 7pm weekday time slot makes her one of the few Black women to ever host a prime time news show so we had to dig into the archive and replay our interview from 2018. She digs into how she handles Trump surrogates on TV, how she dealt with getting fired while on the air, and how she survived the death of her mother just before she was set to go to Harvard. She’s an extraordinary person who’s both brilliant and hard working and I’m proud to call her a friend.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bryant Terry is a chef as well as an artist and a food justice activist. If you love great vegan food, he is the man. Toure Show Episode 439 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Ashley J. Hobbs Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Rae Holliday Engineer: Claire McHale Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sanaa Lathan is a legendary actress who’s becoming a director. She shot the film adaptation of Angie Thomas’s novel On The Come Up. We talk about acting and directing and reality shows and how quarantine changed her life and lots more. Toure Show Episode 348: Sanaa Lathan Original Air Date: Oct 19, 2022 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kier Gaines is a brilliant therapist and mental health advocate who specializes in the psyche of Black men. I tried to talk to him about Black men and mental health but it kinda slid into him therapizing me. Toure Show Episode 438 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Ashley J. Hobbs Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Rae Holliday Engineer: Claire McHale Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Taraji P. Henson is one of the great actors of our time and in this throwback conversation she gives us a master class in acting. She explains how she relates to her characters, how she approaches scenes, and how she uses her instrument. Taraji is amazing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lalah Hathaway is an incredible singer who’s the daughter of an incredible singer: Donny Hathaway. Her new album is called Vantaback and she’s a fascinating person to talk to about singing and music and how’her father’s influence helps her. Toure Show Episode 437 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Ashley J. Hobbs Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Rae Holliday Engineer: Claire McHale Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robert Townsend is one of the great film directors of his era. I’ll never forget sitting in the theater and watching his first film Hollywood Shuffle. He also made the Five Heartbeats and directed Eddie Murphy’s legendary comedy special Raw. Townsend is a critical figure in modern Black Hollywood history. He’s hysterical, brilliant, driven and a legend. It’s an honor to talk about film with the awesome Robert Townsend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ghostface Killah is one of the greatest MCs of all time and an old friend. Amazing convo about music, the Wu, and where he’s at in life. Toure Show Episode 436 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Ashley J. Hobbs Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Rae Holliday Engineer: Claire McHale Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As we move through the NBA Finals it’s a good time to throwback to my epic convo with Isiah Thomas the two time NBA champ and one of the greatest point guards in NBA history. We talk about mental toughness, on-court trash talking, what it was like to battle Jordan, Kareem, Magic, and Bird, as well as how to be a winner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Exactly how much money do you get for being white in America? Because being white comes with tangible benefits. Author Tracie McMillan calculated that whiteness has given her over $350,000. In her new book The White Bonus, McMillan explores her finances and those of other white people to see exactly how beneficial racism is for white people. Toure Show Episode 435 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Ashley J. Hobbs Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Rae Holliday Engineer: Claire McHale Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Raquel Willis is a major trans activist and the author of a powerful memoir called The Risk It Takes To Bloom. We dive deep into what it means to be trans from her coming out to her politics to her dating life. Amazing conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Don Cheadle is the man. Incredible actor, deep thinker. I love hearing him talk about acting. Toure Show Episode 434 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Ashley J. Hobbs Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Rae Holliday Engineer: Claire McHale Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kareem Abdul Jabbar is one of the greatest basketball players ever, but he thinks of himself as a writer who played basketball. I loved talking to him in this throwback interview. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aries Spears is one of the funniest people alive. Amazing convo about how he grew up in the projects near Madison Square Garden and now he’s doing shows there. Toure Show Episode 433 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Ashley J. Hobbs Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Rae Holliday Engineer: Claire McHale Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MC Lyte is a legendary MC who was a star in the 80s. She’s now the star of a sitcom called Partners In Rhyme on ALLBLK. It was awesome to talk to her about hiphop back in the day and the show which is loosely based on her life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Black Twitter was an epic thing. An amazing place for us to come together. There’s a great doc about Black Twitter on Hulu now called Black Twitter. It’s made by veteran TV creator Prentice Penny who was also behind Insecure. In this convo we talk about Black Twitter, Insecure and much more. Toure Show Episode 432 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Ashley J. Hobbs Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Rae Holliday Engineer: Claire McHale Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Charlamagne tha God is a broadcasting legend, a provocateur, a smart guy, a funny guy, and a great interviewer. In 2018 we talked about interviews, radio and how to make your dreams come true. A really deep convo.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jade Novah is an extraordinary soul singer with a new album out called Where Have I Been. She’s deeply spiritual, she’s worked with Beyonce and Rihanna, and she’s deeply thoughtful about what it means to be a singer and to be a Black person in America. Deep convo. Toure Show Episode 431 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Ashley J. Hobbs Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Rae Holliday Engineer: Claire McHale Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lil' Yachty is one of my favorite modern rappers. In this convo from 2020 we talk about his style and his musical influences, and get a deep look at the personality of one of the most unique rappers in the game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Kendrick-Drake battle was so much that I had to do a whole episode about it. I called some MCs and people who love to deconstruct lyrics and we went deep through all the major songs of the battle. This is the dissection that you need. Toure Show Episode 430 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Ashley J. Hobbs Producer: Quinton Hill Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Rae Holliday Engineer: Claire McHale Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Melyssa Ford is an icon. She’s been a star for over 20 years and we’ve been friends for that long. She’s smart, she’s fun, she’s got some things she’s vulnerable about. We talk about never getting married, surviving a brain injury, being perimenopausal, being a sex symbol and why The Joe Budden show works so damn well. Toure Show Episode 429 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Ashley J. Hobbs Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Rae Holliday Engineer: Claire McHale Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tremaine Emory is a designer and creative director who was at Supreme until late last year. He resigned alleging rampant racism at Supreme. We talk about what happened, why he left, and why he believed in putting images of lynchings on t-shirts. This is his first time talking publicly about what happened at Supreme. Important conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amari Marshall aka Amari Monster was a Dance Captain on Beyonce’s Renaissance World Tour. She danced beside the Queen night after night. She’s the person Beyonce chose to help Blue Ivy be ready for her part of the show. Amazing conversation about dance, working with Beyonce, working with Blue Ivy, working with Rihanna on the Super Bowl halftime show and more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Taraji P. Henson is one of the great actors of our time and in this throwback conversation she gives us a master class in acting. She explains how she relates to her characters, how she approaches scenes, and how she uses her instrument. Taraji is amazing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tobias Dorzon played running back in the NFL briefly and then went to culinary school and became a serious chef. He is the owner and creator of Huncho House in Hyattsville, Maryland, and he’s brilliant. Amazing convo about playing in the NFL and being a chef and running a restaurant. Toure Show Episode 427 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Ashley J. Hobbs Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Rae Holliday Engineer: Claire McHale Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe Budden is an MC who retired and became an even bigger force in the culture than he was. In this throwback episode, we talk about everything from music to how he made it big as a podcaster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Psyche Williams-Forson is the he author of Eating While Black: Food Shaming and Race in America and a leading scholar on Black food studies. Fascinating conversation about Black people, food, and power. Toure Show Episode 426 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Ashley J. Hobbs Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Rae Holliday Engineer: Claire McHale Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kendrick Lamar is the greatest MC of his era. Is it even a question? But how did he get to be that? In this throwback interview, I talked to Kendrick to find out how he became Kendrick. We talk about how he got to be so good. What are his favorite words? We also talk about his best verses and his best song. And what was the impact of seeing dead bodies on the street when he was a kid. Awesome conversation with a genius.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BA Parker is the co-host of the great podcast Code Switch and she was a film professor at Morgan State U so we talk a lot about lots of films from a Black POV and get into the weeds about film culture. I love this convo. Toure Show Episode 425 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Ashley J. Hobbs Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Rae Holliday Engineer: Claire McHale Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matthew Knowles is Beyonce’s father and he served as her manager for many years and according to him he is central to her success. If you want to know about the strategy behind leading Beyonce to the top, listen to Mr. Knowles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

King Green is a great MC and a serious student of the craft. I found him on Tiktok and we had an amazing conversation about hiphop and the science of MCing. Toure Show Episode 424 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Ashley J. Hobbs Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Rae Holliday Engineer: Claire McHale Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You don’t need to work 50 hours a week to get rich. You need to make your money work for you. And you need to know that you can infiltrate the power structure and make their rules for you. Arlan Hamilton is an amazing Black female Venture Capitalist who was homeless not long ago and now has a crowdfunded VC fund that anyone can join (theoretically—right now it’s closed, slots sold out in a day! But I’m hoping it opens back up soon!) But here she talks about going from homeless to VC and how she’s trying to create business opportunities for Black, brown, female and LGBT founders because they are an under utilized resource even though they know how to make a dollar out of 15 cents. A throwback to an important conversation from 2018 with a woman who’s figured out how to steal white privilege and make it work for her. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tiffany Cross is a broadcaster and podcaster and a political warrior. She’s brilliant and she’s a fierce defender of Black people. She’s now hosting the Native Land podcast with Angela Rye and Andrew Gillum and she’s also hosting a podcast called ACross Generations. We talk a lot about her rise and fall at MSNBC as well as how she grew into the tough-minded political analyst she is.  Toure Show Episode 423 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Ashley J. Hobbs Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Rae Holliday Engineer: Claire McHale Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Isabel Wilkerson is one of the great writers of her generation. Her book Caste has been shaped into a movie by Ava Duvernay called Origin which has been met with rave reviews. She is the author of Caste and The Warmth Of Other Suns in which she is creating narrative non-fiction that is explaining Black America with a depth and precision rarely seen. I love her research, I love her way of explaining things, and I love her writing style. In this throwback interview from 2020, we get into all of that. Toure Show 171: I'm a Writer Original Air Date: Sept. 2, 2020 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I went to SXSW to intv three Black activists—Maurice Mitchell of the Working Families Party, Chris Smalls of Amazon Labor Union, and Phillip Agnew of Black Men Build. Great conversation about the future of America and the sacrifices that activists make and how to keep your ego out of leadership. Toure Show Episode 422 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Ashley J. Hobbs Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Rae Holliday Engineer: Claire McHale Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Different World is on tour so let's throwback to my interview with Kadeem Hardison. In this interview we talk about him starring on Netflix's hysterical Teenage Bounty Hunters and we talk about A Different World, and how he's made it as an actor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amber Riley is a singer-actress dynamo who starred in Glee and is now in Single Black Female 2. We talk about being on Glee, being a singer and how her Lizzo helped her become the proud woman she is. Toure Show Episode 421 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Jennifer Brown Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Rae Holliday Engineer: Claire McHale Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeffrey Wright is an amazing actor who stars in one of the best films of the year, American Fiction. In this throwback intv we talk about his philosophies around acting as well as how he tried to make a difference during quarantine times and about around acting. I’ve known Wright a long time and he’s a really deep and fascinating guy onscreen and off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Erick Sermon is half of the legendary hiphop duo EPMD and also an incredible producer who’s worked with Kanye, Dr. Dre and more. We talk about making music with both Kanye and Dre, the rise of EPMD, the breakup of EPMD, and stories from a life in hiphop. Amazing convo with an icon.  Touré Show Episode 420 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall & Jennifer Brown Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Rae Holliday Engineer: Claire McHale Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

October London is a hot singer-songwriter who Snoop Dogg has installed as the new face of Death Row Records. London’s got an album out called the Rebirth of Marvin and another 75 albums in his hard drive. He’s an amazing talent who somehow made it out of Indiana and is now a superstar. We talk about making music by freestyling, loving his son, and how he doesn’t want to get married ever again. Amazing conversation with a singular musician. Toure Show Episode 419 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Jennifer Brown Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Rae Holliday Engineer: Claire McHale Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bomani Jones is a longtime writer/broadcaster who can talk about absolutely anything. The guy has three advanced degrees in economics. I wanted to know how he’s created his amazing career. We get deep into sports but things get really heated when we get into music… Toure Show Ep. 367 Original Air Date: Mar. 1, 2023 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nina Compton is an amazing chef who has won a James Beard award who is running Compere Lapin in New Orleans. Awesome conversation with a legendary chef. Toure Show Episode 418 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Jennifer Brown Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Claudia Jean Engineer: Claire McHale Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amy Sherald painted the official portrait of Michelle Obama that’s hanging in the National Portrait Gallery. There’s an awesome story around how she got that commission and the artistic choices she made in making that painting. Amy was already a major portraitist before she met Michelle even though, just a few years ago, Amy was broke and wondering where her artistic career was going. She’s also got someone else’s heart inside of her thanks to a transplant that saved her life. She’s also a former rapper. And an all-around wonderful person. She’s an example of success coming to someone who believes in herself no matter what. I love this conversation. Toure Show Ep. 111 Original Air Date: Feb. 5, 2020 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chef Charlie Mitchell was the first Black chef in NYC to earn a Michelin star. He got it for his acclaimed Brooklyn restaurant Clover Hill. Mitchell is a brilliant chef and this convo dives deep into the mind of a great chef. Toure Show Episode 417 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Jennifer Brown Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Claudia Jean Engineer: Claire McHale Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Darrelle Revis is one of the best NFL players of his era—definitely the greatest cornerback of his day. We talked about football—how he became the best, who was his toughest competition, why he loves defense, and why he wants to become an owner. Great conversation. Toure Show Ep. 327 Original Air Date: May 25, 2022 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Toure talks to successful people to find out how they became successful and to see what they know that can help you on your journey. ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chef Jarvis Belton is the mind behind Slutty Vegan and so much else. A genius chef. We dig into what it really means to be a great chef. Amazing conversation. Toure Show Episode 416 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Jennifer Brown Booker: Claudia Jean Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Engineer: Claire McHale Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Black Thought is one of the greatest MCs ever and the author of a memoir The Upcycled Self. Check out this throwback intv with him where we talk about how he became such a monstrous talent and what makes Thought who he is? Toure Show Episode 12: How To MC Original Air Date: February 2, 2018 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Raquel Willis is a major trans activist and the author of a powerful memoir called The Risk It Takes To Bloom. We dive deep into what it means to be trans from her coming out to her politics to her dating life. Amazing conversation. Toure Show Episode 415 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Jennifer Brown Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Engineer: Claire McHale Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this throwback episode from 2023, Bresha Webb is the most hilarious person I know. I struggled to keep it together during this conversation. She’s so funny. Her impression of Rihanna is legendary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Omar Dorsey is an actor’s actor. He’s starring on Bookie on Max now. Amazing convo about acting and Hollywood and the difference between a character actor and a leading actor. Toure Show Episode 414 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Jennifer Brown Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Engineer: Claire McHale Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Isabel Wilkerson is one of the great writers of her generation. Her book Caste has been shaped into a movie by Ava Duvernay called Origin. She is the author of Caste and The Warmth Of Other Suns in which she is creating narrative non-fiction that is explaining Black America with a depth and precision rarely seen. I love her research, I love her way of explaining things, and I love her writing style. In this throwback interview from 2020, we get into all of that. Toure Show 171: I'm a Writer Original Air Date: Sept. 2, 2020 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeymes Samuel is the director of the Book of Clarence as well as The Harder They Fall. He’s also an incredible musician. The man has an indomitable spirit and a very deep well of self-confidence. I loved the Book of Clarence and I learned a lot in this dive into Jeymes’s mind. Toure Show Episode 413 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Jennifer Brown Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Podstream Studios Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Don Lemon is a broadcaster who wears his heart on his sleeve. Now he’s starting a new show on Twitter. I talked to him back when he was on CNN and right after he wrote a powerful book “This Is the Fire: What I Say To My Friends About Racism.” We talk about broadcasting, Trump, America, and the sweet story about how his fiancee proposed to him. Toure Show 237: I Am CNN Original Air Date: April 21, 2021 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Large Professor is one of the most important producers in hiphop history. Amazing convo. Toure Show Episode 412 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producer and Talent Booker: Jennifer Brown Executive Producer: Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Few Congresspeople had a more harrowing time on Jan 6 than Congresswoman Maxine Waters. In this throwback, we talked about what happened to her and what’s going on with this country. She does not hold back when talking about Republicans and their racism. Amazing conversation. Toure Show Ep 225: I'm in The House Original Air Date: Mar 10, 2021 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rachel Maddow is an MSNBC legend and an old friend and the author of a book called Prequel. We talk about what’s going on in America and also dive into Rachel’s life. Toure Show Episode 411 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producer and Talent Booker: Jennifer Brown Executive Producer: Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shaun King is… controversial. IG has banned him. How you feel about that depends on how you feel about him. Is he an activist or a con man? I’ve known Shaun for years, so in this throwback interview from 2020, I asked him point blank about his work and his troubles—why so many people have questions about his finances, why so many people doubt his Blackness, why so many people question his intentions, why he puts so many traumatic images in our faces through his social media. He answers everything. Toure Show Ep 172: I'm Controversial Original Air Date: Sept 4, 2020 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My man Mitchell S. Jackson has written an amazing book about NBA fashion called Fly. We talk about NBA style over the years and we nail down who’s the most stylish man in NBA history. Toure Show Episode 410 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producer and Talent Booker: Jennifer Brown Executive Producer: Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeffrey Wright is an amazing actor who stars in one of the best films of the year, American Fiction. In this throwback intv we talk about his philosophies around acting as well as how he tried to make a difference during quarantine times and about around acting. I’ve known Wright a long time and he’s a really deep and fascinating guy onscreen and off. Toure Show Ep 133: I Am An Actor Original Air Date: April 22, 2020 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy Wood Jr. could have been the new host of the Daily Show. But instead, he left the show. Why would he walk away from a great job? Did he want to be the host? He goes into the whole story and tells us why leaving was way more empowering than staying. And much more. Toure Show Episode 409 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producer and Talent Booker: Jennifer Brown Executive Producer: Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Taraji P. Henson is one of the great actors of our time and in this throwback conversation she gives us a master class in acting. She explains how she relates to her characters, how she approaches scenes, and how she uses her instrument. Taraji is amazing. Toure Show Ep 20: How To Act:A Master Class Original Air Date: March 28, 2018 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Charles Blow is a New York Times writer with a big idea: Black people should move back down South to create Black majority states and grow our political power. It’s a fascinating idea that we have to argue about. Toure Show Episode 408 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producer and Talent Booker: Jennifer Brown Executive Producer: Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Podstream Studios Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Redd was an SNL star. He’s now starring in Candy Cane Lane on Amazon. He’s an hysterical stand up comic and also a rapper on the low. Amazing to talk to him about hiphop and comedy and how to make people laugh and the structure and stress of being on SNL and being in the Blackest SNL cast ever and his personal struggle with depression. Toure Show Episode 239: I Love Flute Original Air Date: April 28, 2021 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sam Jay is a superstar comedian! How’d she do it? We talk about the mindset and the attitude that helped her get to the big time. And we try to push her to move from being engaged to being married. It’s a crazy ep. Toure Show Episode 407 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Jennifer Brown Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Podstream Studios Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Please note: This episode is a very recent interview that we are introducing as a throwback. André 3000 is back with an album of instrumental jazz where he’s playing the flute. We talk about the album, New Blue Sun, and the deep reasons behind why he’s not rapping. Plus why he loves flute, what happened to Outkast, and where he is in life. A deep interview with a deep brother. Toure Show Episode 405: I Love Flute Original Air Date: November 22, 2023 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eboni K. Williams is a lawyer, a broadcaster, a Real Housewife, a friend, and an amazing person. In this fascinating convo we talk about why she should not date a bus driver, what she’s looking for in a relationship, her future as a mother, and more. Toure Show Episode 406 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Jennifer Brown Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Podstream Studios Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eboni K. Williams is a lawyer, a broadcaster, a Real Housewife, a friend, and an amazing person. In this fascinating convo we talk about why she should not date a bus driver, what she’s looking for in a relationship, her future as a mother, and more. Toure Show Episode 406 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producer and Talent Booker: Jennifer Brown Executive Producer: Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Podstream Studios Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Black Thought is one of the greatest MCs ever and the author of a memoir The Upcycled Self. Check out this throwback intv with him where we talk about how he became such a monstrous talent and what makes Thought who he is? Toure Show Episode 12: Black Thought-How To MC Original Air Date: February 2, 2018 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

André 3000 is back with an album of instrumental jazz where he’s playing the flute. We talk about the album, New Blue Sun, and the deep reasons behind why he’s not rapping. Plus why he loves flute, what happened to Outkast, and where he is in life. A deep interview with a deep brother. Toure Show Episode 405 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producer and Talent Booker: Jennifer Brown Executive Producer: Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Podstream Studios Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My 2017 conversation with Diddy about money, relentlessness, and hiphop. Held in front of an audience at the New School.  Toure Show Episode 4: Puffy Original Air Date: December 6, 2017 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Harriot is a brilliant writer and the author of Black History AF one of the best Black history books I’ve ever read. Toure Show Episode 404 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Jennifer Brown Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Podstream Studios Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brent Faiyaz just dropped a new album Larger than Life, so we’re throwing back to our last intv with him.  Toure Show Episode 334: Brent Faiyaz Original Air Date: July 13, 2022 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zainab Johnson is an amazing comedian who’s got a new special on Amazon called Hijabs Off. We talk about being funny, being Muslim, and being absolutely gorgeous. Toure Show Episode 403 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Podstream Studios Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Note: A very recent interview with Jada Pinkett Smith is our throwback. Is Tupac the love of her life? Is her relationship with Will actually getting better? Was she really in the streets of Baltimore? And how does she borrow from animals to create her characters? An epic convo. Toure Show Ep 401: Jada Pinkett-Smith-I'm Worthy Original Air Date: Oct. 25, 2023 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eriq La Salle has been a major actor for decades but now he’s also working on writing novels. He’s just pubbed Laws of Annihilation and we talk about writing, his books and of course his acting career. And we argue about whether or not Tom Cruise is a good actor. Toure Show Episode 402 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Jennifer Brown Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Podstream Studios Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The NBA season has begun and one of my best NBA intvs ever was withJohn Salley who’s a 4 time NBA champ as well as an extremely cool and funny brother. We talk about trash talk, things he did to distract opponents, and what made the best players of his era transcendent. If you care about basketball you gotta check out this throwback from 2020. Toure Show Ep 180: John Salley-I'm a Champion Original Air Date: October 2, 2020   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jada Pinkett Smith. Is Tupac is the love of her life? Is her relationship with Will actually getting better? Was she really in the streets of Baltimore? And how does she borrow from animals to create her characters? An epic convo. Toure Show Episode 401 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producer and Talent Booker: Jennifer Brown Executive Producer: Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Podstream Studios Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tremaine Emory is a designer and creative director who was at Supreme until recently. He resigned alleging rampant racism at Supreme. In this recent interview, we talk about what happened, why he left, and why he believed in putting images of lynchings on t-shirts. This is his first time talking publicly about what happened at Supreme. Important conversation. Toure Show Episode 397: I Quit Supreme Original Air date: Sep. 27, 2023 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nicole Ari Parker is back in NY doing the Refuge Plays so of course she came by to talk to me. We talk about the play and acting and who she was as a child that led her to this amazing career. Toure Show Episode 400 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Jennifer Brown Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Podstream Studios Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe Budden is on Drake’s mind a lot right now which shows what a force he is in the culture. In this throwback interview from 2020, we talk about everything from music to how he made it big as a podcaster. Toure Show Ep. 155: I Am Hip Hop Original Air date: July 8, 2020 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Grace Harry is a Joy Strategist and the author of a book called The Joy Strategist where she teaches people how to get more joy into their lives. She’s had lots of famous and important clients who’ve benefitted from her work. She’s also the person Q-Tip was talking about in “Bonita Applebum.” We talk about how to get more joy and what it’s like to have Tip rhyming about you. Toure Show Episode 399 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producer and Talent Booker: Jennifer Brown Executive Producer: Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Podstream Studios Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lil' Yachty is one of my favorite modern rappers. In this convo from 2020 we talk about his style and his musical influences, and get a deep look at the personality of one of the most unique rappers in the game. Toure Show Ep. 118: Lil Yachty-I Am The King of The Youth Patreon Original Air Date: February 28, 2020 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Johnson is an hysterical stand up and a good friend. It’s always an incredible convo with him. Toure Show Episode 398 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Jennifer Brown Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Podstream Studios Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Elaine Welteroth is fierce and brilliant and bold. In this throwback episode from 2019, she’s one of the hosts of The Talk on CBS and she was on Project Runway. She was the editor in chief at Teen Vogue and she’s the author of an amazing memoir called, "More Than Enough.” The book is inspiring and funny and empowering and will teach you a lot about how to get ahead and will help you see how to feel like no matter what you are enough. Toure Show Ep 75: I Am More Than Enough Original Air Date: June 12, 2019 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tremaine Emory is a designer and creative director who was at Supreme until recently. He resigned alleging rampant racism at Supreme. We talk about what happened, why he left, and why he believed in putting images of lynchings on t-shirts. This is his first time talking publicly about what happened at Supreme. Important conversation. Toure Show Episode 397 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producer and Talent Booker: Jennifer Brown Executive Producer: Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Podstream Studios Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Other Black Girl is a hot new show on Hulu that came from the best selling novel by Zakiya Dalila Harris. We talked to Harris back home the book came out about writing and her process and the way to make a book explode. Toure Show 302: I Write Original Air Date: Dec. 21, 2021 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our celebration of hiphop’s 50th continues with a round table of women who love hiphop talking about the music, the female MCs, and the culture. It’s Drew Dixon, a former music exec, Kathy Iandoli, an NYU professor, and Carri Twigg, who worked in the Obama White House and EP’d the great Netflix doc Ladies First that inspired this awesome convo. Toure Show Episode 396 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producer and Talent Booker: Jennifer Brown Executive Producer: Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Podstream Studios Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of hiphop I got two hiphop fans who I love to argue about hiphop with—Bomani Jones and Michael Smith. We’re going through everything we love and don’t love about the music. Epic convo. Toure Show 390: Arguing About Hip Hop Original Air Date: Aug. 9, 2023 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

RA the Rugged Man is an amazing veteran MC who’s got a crazy life story.His Dad was a Vietnam vet who brought home something that led to two of RA’s siblings being born with significant health challenges and dying young. All of that has shaped him into a unique person and a unique MC. I love talking to him about his wild life and his crazy career. Toure Show Episode 395 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producer and Talent Booker: Jennifer Brown Executive Producer: Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Podstream Studios Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andy Roddick is a tennis legend—he was #1 in the world. We talk about how to hit a great serve, what it’s like to play against some of history’s best, if he choked against Federer at Wimbledon, and what is mental toughness? Toure Show 221: I Was #1 In the World Original Air Date: Feb. 24, 2021 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Durand Jones is an amazing soul singer and the leader of Durand Jones and the Indications. Amazing conversation about music and how it shaped him. Toure Show Episode 394 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James Blake was once #4 in the world and #1 in America with wins over Federer and Nadal. He’s tough, smart (Harvard), humble, and cool. Amazing convo with one of American tennis’s greatest legends. This interview took place in 2018. Toure Show Ep 36: James Blake-I Beat Federer Original Air Date: July 4, 2018   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gina Yashere is an amazing comedian and one of the central minds behind Bob Hearts Abishola a great sitcom on CBS. We talk about comedy and her show and her amazing journey. Toure Show Episode 393 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Eubanks is a pro tennis star with a monster serve. In this interview from 2022, we talk about pro tennis from every angle from stroke technique to why there’s so many great Black players right now. If you love tennis you gotta check this out. Toure Show Episode 321: Chris Eubanks-I Play Tennis Original Air Date: April 22, 2022  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Styles P from the LOX is a legendary rapper who’s become a wellness entrepreneur. He’s got a lot of Juices For Life stores in NY. We talk about that as well as everything from the rise of the LOX and how they met to the time he roughed up Diddy in his office. Toure Show Episode 392 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment

Malcolm Gladwell is a genius. This interview is from 2020. Original Air Date: 3/27/2020 Original Title: Toure Show Ep 126: I Am Original Description: Malcolm Gladwell is a genius. This is a throwback to our interview from 2020. Instagram: @toureshow

Jeezy is a legendary rapper with a new memoir out now called Adversity For Sale. Here we talk about his hard times growing up, his criminal years, and how he’s now into therapy and meditation. Toure Show Episode 391 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment

Neil deGrasse Tyson is one of the most brilliant men alive and I think his genius runs beyond science and into how he’s able to communicate with people. Indeed, he rejects the very notion of himself as a genius—when I asked him about it he said his success is all about hard work. He just reads and writes and thinks all the time. In this conversation I wanted to talk about anything but science, I wanted to get to know a different side of him, so here’s Neil like you’ve never heard him before—on his penchant for hard work, on his father, on wine, and on racism. Also check out his new Master Class on science and communication. This interview is from 2020. http://tryfum.com/TOURE

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of hiphop I got two hiphop fans who I love to argue about hiphop with—Bomani Jones and Michael Smith. We’re going through everything we love and don’t love about the music. Epic convo. Toure Show Episode 390 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment

Lil' Yachty is one of my favorite modern rappers. In this convo from 2020 we talk about his style and his musical influences, and get a deep look at the personality of one of the most unique rappers in the game. Toure Show Ep. 118: Lil Yachty-I Am The King of The Youth Patreon Original Air Date: February 28, 2020

Che Durena is one of the most exciting young stand ups out today. An absolute beast onstage and on TikTok. We talk about the science of comedy and how to be good at it. Toure Show Episode 389 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment

Sheila E. played with Prince, she got engaged to Prince, and she fronted some of the hottest singles of the 80s including The Glamorous Life. But it wasn’t always glam for her. She had a rough childhood, which we talk about, but she’s now a world-class percussionist and a really fascinating person. Toure Show Ep 112: Sheila E-I Want to Lead the Glamorous Life Original Air Date: February 7, 2020

I am super excited about Spill a brand new social media platform that centers Black people. I’m @toure on Spill. It’s so much fun being in a Black social media world. How was Spill started and how will it stay Black as it grows? I talked to Spill’s leader Phonz about his exciting young company. If you haven’t tried Spill, you need a code to join. Use the code Spillmob. Toure Show Episode 388 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment

Josh Johnson is hysterical. Toure Show Episode 340: Josh Johnson-I Know Funny Original Air Date: Aug 24, 2022

Jordan Carlos is an amazing stand up comedian and an old friend so we get into how you make people laugh, what it was like going to Brown, and what it means to him to be Black. Toure Show Episode 387 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment

Chris Eubanks just had an amazing run at Wimbledon because he’s pro tennis star with a monster serve. In this throwback interview from 2022, we talk about pro tennis from every angle from stroke technique to why there’s so many great Black players right now. If you love tennis you gotta check this out.   Toure Show Episode 321: Chris Eubanks-I Play Tennis Original Air Date: April 22, 2022

Yaya DaCosta is an extraordinary actress who’s now on the Lincoln Lawyer. She was previously on Chicago Med and of course she was Whitney in Lifetime’s biopic about Whitney Houston. Amazing convo about acting and growing up in prep school. Toure Show Episode 386 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment

James Blake was once the #4 tennis player in the world and #1 in America. He beat Federer and Nadal. But what’s most amazing is that he played his best tennis after breaking his neck in a freak injury and contracting shingles and losing his dad—all in one year. He’s tough, smart (Harvard), humble, and cool. And the best Black male player since Arthur Ashe. I interviewed him at the tennis club where I grew up, Sportsmen’s Tennis Club in Dorchester, Massachusetts, in front of a few hundred people. James is an amazing person. It’s really interesting to see how he thinks. This interview took place in 2018. Toure Show Ep 36: James Blake-I Beat Federer Original Air Date: July 4, 2018  

Dr. Stacey Patton is the author of Spare the Kids: Why Whupping Children Won't Save Black America and her mission is to educate people that spanking is “the whitest thing you can do,” and its child abuse and domestic violence. Toure Show Episode 385 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment

Dr. Stacey Patton is the author of Spare the Kids: Why Whupping Children Won't Save Black America and her mission is to educate people that spanking is “the whitest thing you can do,” and its child abuse and domestic violence. She believes that parents should never spank. Eliminating corporal punishment and even the threat of violence will make our kids healthier. It’s an amazing conversation with an academic with a mission to save Black kids from spankings. Toure Show Episode 385 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment

Dr. Yusef Salaam is on his way to a seat on Harlem’s City Council. A stark turnabout for one of the famous Exonerated Central Park 5. They lost their freedom, their dignity, and their lives but they persevered and now they’re truly free. Salaam and Raymond Santana talked to me just before the release of the film When They See Us, a film by Ava Duvernay that told their story. We talk about everything in this amazing interview. Toure Show Ep 76: The Central Park 5 - We Are Free Original Air Date: June 19, 2019Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jennifer Esposito is a veteran actress who mortgaged her house to finish making the movie she’s wanted to make since she was a teenager. She wrote, directed, and stars in Fresh Kills about growing up in the world of the mafia in Staten Island. It’s a smart, touching portrait of young women in crisis and it shows Jen as a talented filmmaker and a great actress. Plus, we figure out that we worked together 30 years ago. For real. Awesome conversation.   Please fill out our listener survey. We’d love to hear from you! https://forms.gle/jFWcyk3qp4Wfi7YF7  Toure Show Episode 384 
Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP EntertainmentSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DMC is one third of Run-DMC the most important group in hiphop history. Run-DMC were rap’s first superstars and their success helped the genre become a global phenomenon. But through all the triumphs, DMC was unhappy. He was an alcoholic who became depressed and then suicidal. He thought about how to kill himself all the time. Then he found out he was adopted. This is an amazingly honest life story.  Please fill out our listener survey. We’d love to hear from you! https://forms.gle/jFWcyk3qp4Wfi7YF7  Toure Show Episode 90: I Was Suicidal Original Air Date: Sept. 11, 2019Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Yo-Yo is a rap star who’s become a cooking star. Her new TV show Downright Delicious With Yo-Yo lets us see her show off her creativity in a whole new way. We’re talking about food and cooking as well as hiphop and the old days when she was rocking the mic.   Please fill out our listener survey. We’d love to hear from you! https://forms.gle/jFWcyk3qp4Wfi7YF7    Toure Show Episode 383 
Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP EntertainmentSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omny.fm/listener for privacy information.

N.W.A’s “Dopeman” Is one of the illest songs ever made because it takes you deep into the drug dealer’s perspective on selling drugs. The crack dealer was evil but we should still seek to understand what drove him and when we look into his soul we find that like the fiends he served, he too was an addict, but he was addicted to power and money. Crack dealers and their culture had a deep influence on hiphop culture and the Black community. In this ep we go into "Dopeman” with The D.O.C. from NWA and talk to several former drug dealers about how dealers changed the world around them. Guests:Nelson George, FilmmakerRoyce Da 5’9, RapperBiba Adams, WriterThe D.O.C., RapperSamson Styles, Journalist and FilmmakerKevin Chiles, CEO Don Diva MagazineJim Jones, Rapper 
Credits:NWA - Dope Man    •    Writer: Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Sugarfoot, Junie Morrison, Marshall “Rock” Jones, Greg Webster, Ralph Middlebrooks, Marvin Pierce, Norman Napier & Andrew Noland     •    Label: Ruthless Records    •    Publisher: Ruthless Attack Muzick & Bridgeport Music  NWA - Fuck Tha Police    •    Writer: The D.O.C., Ice Cube & MC Ren    •    Label: Universal Music Group, Ruthless Records & Priority Records    •    Publisher: Universal Music Group Notorius BIG - The Ten Crack Commandments    •    Writer: The Notorious B.I.G. & DJ Premier    •    Label: Bad Boy Entertainment    •    Publisher: B.I.G. Poppa Music, Gifted Pearl Music, Justin Combs Music & EMI April MusicSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omny.fm/listener for privacy information.

In this very recent interview, we throw back to Bresha Webb, who is the most hilarious person I know. She’s a comedic actress currently starring in Run the World on Starz and she’s a longtime stand up and I struggled to keep it together during this conversation because she’s so funny. Please fill out our listener survey. We’d love to hear from you! https://forms.gle/jFWcyk3qp4Wfi7YF7  Toure Show Episode 381: I'm Like A Puppy Original Air Date: June 7, 2023Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Babyface is a legend. Songwriter, producer, singer—he’s made lots of the greatest songs of the past few decades. We talk about music—how this obsession started, how he makes it, and a deep look into some of the songs he’s made. Please fill out our listener survey. We’d love to hear from you! https://forms.gle/jFWcyk3qp4Wfi7YF7  Toure Show Episode 382
Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP EntertainmentSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The NBA Finals are here and John Salley has been there. He’s a 4 time NBA champ as well as an extremely cool and funny brother. We talk about trash talk, things he did to distract opponents, and what made the best players of his era transcendent. If you care about basketball you gotta check out this throwback conversation from 2020. Please fill out our listener survey. We’d love to hear from you! https://forms.gle/jFWcyk3qp4Wfi7YF7  Toure Show Ep 180: John Salley-I'm a Champion Original Air Date: October 2, 2020    Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bresha Webb is the most hilarious person I know. She’s a comedic actress currently starring in Run the World on Starz and she’s a longtime stand up and I struggled to keep it together during this conversation because she’s so funny. Please fill out our listener survey. We’d love to hear from you! https://forms.gle/jFWcyk3qp4Wfi7YF7  Toure Show Episode 381
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As we move through the NBA Finals it’s a good time to throwback to my epic convo with Isiah Thomas the two time NBA champ and one of the greatest point guards in NBA history. We talk about mental toughness, on-court trash talking, what it was like to battle Jordan, Kareem, Magic, and Bird, as well as how to be a winner. Original Air Date: September 30, 2020 Touré Show Ep 179: Isiah Thomas: I'm A Champion  Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ruth Carter is the Costume Designer behind Black Panther, Malcolm X, Do the Right Thing and many more. She’s got two Academy Awards. We go in depth on the looks in Black Panther and her inspirations as well as how to become a professional Costume Designer. Please fill out our listener survey. We’d love to hear from you! https://forms.gle/jFWcyk3qp4Wfi7YF7    Toure Show Episode 380 
Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP EntertainmentSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kareem Abdul Jabbar is one of the greatest basketball players ever, but he thinks of himself as a writer who played basketball. I loved talking to him in this throwback interview. Original Air Date: May 2, 2018 Touré Show Ep 27: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar-How To Ball In Life Please fill out our listener survey. We’d love to hear from you! https://forms.gle/jFWcyk3qp4Wfi7YF7   Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

IDK is a hot MC with a new album out called F65. His plan to become a rapper started when he was in prison and now he’s living his dream.   Please fill out our listener survey. We’d love to hear from you! https://forms.gle/jFWcyk3qp4Wfi7YF7    Toure Show Episode 379 
 Host & Writer: Touré  Executive Producer: Ryan Woodhall  Executive Producer & Talent Booker: Jennifer Brown  Associate Producer: Adell Coleman  Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp  The House: DCP Entertainment Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tiffany Aliche aka the Budgetnista went from sleeping on her parents’ couch to being a multi-millionaire all based on teaching financial literacy. In this throwback episode from 2021, Tiffany is the author of Get Good With Money and she’s here to help us get good with money! She’s brilliant with money and she knows how to make her tips on money really easy and accessible. You don’t want to work for every dollar you ever make! You have to invest so your money grows! You don’t want to spend more than you make. You have a future you have to plan for. Original Air Date: June 30, 2021 Toure Show Episode 257: I Am The BudgetnistaSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert Townsend is one of the great film directors of his era. I’ll never forget sitting in the theater and watching his first film Hollywood Shuffle. He also made the Five Heartbeats and directed Eddie Murphy’s legendary comedy special Raw. Townsend is a critical figure in modern Black Hollywood history. He’s hysterical, brilliant, driven and a legend. It’s an honor to talk about film with the awesome Robert Townsend.     Please fill out our listener survey. We’d love to hear from you! https://forms.gle/jFWcyk3qp4Wfi7YF7      Toure Show Episode 378
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This week, we’re sharing an episode from Making from WBEZ. Before becoming a cultural lightning rod, Kanye West was a self-confident teenager, handing out mixtapes on the South and West sides of Chicago. In the first episode of this two-part podcast series, they track Kanye’s meteoric rise from uncredited producer to headlining star.   Hear about his rise in this special episode. And if you enjoy it, you can hear about his fall in part two by finding Making from WBEZ.     Making tells the story of a different, iconic figure every episode. Subscribe and don’t miss an episode.Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jordan E. Cooper is an amazing young playwright who created the Tony nominated Broadway play Ain’t No Mo which is about a moment where every Black American is being given a one way plane ticket to Africa. In this throwback interview Cooper, who is also the play’s star, goes into what Ain’t No Mo means and what ideas inspired it.    Original Air Date: Dec 21, 2022 Toure Show Ep 357: I Made Ain't No Mo Please fill out our listener survey. We’d love to hear from you! https://forms.gle/jFWcyk3qp4Wfi7YF7 Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Diamond D is a hiphop legend. Rapper, producer, and lover of the culture. I love talking the people who help create the culture every day.    Please fill out our listener survey. We’d love to hear from you! https://forms.gle/jFWcyk3qp4Wfi7YF7    Toure Show Episode 377 
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Don Lemon was let go by CNN recently after an amazing 17 year run there, so let’s throwback to our interview from 2021 where we talk broadcasting, Trump, America and how his fiancé proposed to him. Original Air Date: April 21, 2021 Toure Show Ep 237: I Am CNN Please fill out our listener survey. We’d love to hear from you! https://forms.gle/jFWcyk3qp4Wfi7YF7 Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Major Jackson is one of America’s great poets. Amazing conversation about what it means to write poetry for a living.    Please fill out our listener survey. We’d love to hear from you! https://forms.gle/jFWcyk3qp4Wfi7YF7    Toure Show Episode 376
Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP EntertainmentSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wyclef Jean. Genius. Producer. Rapper. A throwback to our 2020 interview. Original Air Date: Aug 12, 2020 Toure Show Ep 165: Wyclef - I Am MusicSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Symone Sanders–I Shine Symone Sanders is an MSNBC star who has been an advisor to Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders. She loves politics and understands what the game is all about. Great convo about broadcasting and working closely with major political icons.    Please fill out our listener survey. We’d love to hear from you! https://forms.gle/jFWcyk3qp4Wfi7YF7 Toure Show Episode 375
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In this 2022 interview, Brent Faiyaz talks about his latest album Wasteland.  Toure Show Episode 334: Brent Faiyaz Original Air Date: July 13, 2022Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sherri Shepherd is a comedian, a host of the daily talk show Sherri, an actress, and an all around lovely person. Whenever I see her I start to smile. This interview is awesome—we talk about the craft of comedy, her fear before going onstage, hosting a talk show, the challenge of being a man, what you need to do to successfully date her, and much more. She’s amazing.  Toure Show Episode 374
Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta CovingtonBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment   Sherri is performing a solo comedy show in NYC on May 4th at City Winery & going on the “Two Funny Mamas” comedy tour in May with fellow comedian and friend, Kym Whitley on May 19 in New Brunswick, NJ, May 20th in Bensalem, PA and May 21st in Wilmington, DE. For tickets, please visit www.sherrishowtv.comSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joey Bada$$ is one of the leaders of the modern generation of MCs. In this throwback episode from 2022, we discuss his latest album 2000. It is deep and so is our conversation. I didn’t expect to talk about emotional intelligence and his passion for self-improvement. I didn’t expect him to bring his 4 yo daughter and let her sit in. I didn’t expect him to be as sensitive as he is here. Great convo about hiphop and about feelings. Toure Show Episode 338: Joey Bada$$-I Am HipHop Original Air Date: August 10, 2022Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kel Mitchell is famous for making Good Burger and starring on Kenan and Kel but his life in comedy also includes a life in the church. He’s a youth pastor. The church helped him survive a very difficult time in his life where he thought about ending it all. This is a deep convo about his spirituality and his comedy.    Toure Show Episode 373 
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Sanaa Lathan is a legendary actress who’s becoming a director. She shot the film adaptation of Angie Thomas’s novel On The Come Up. We talk about acting and directing and reality shows and how quarantine changed her life and lots more. Toure Show Episode 348: Sanaa Lathan Original Air Date: Oct 19, 2022Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Walter Mosley is the author of Every Man’s A King and more than 40 other novels because he writes every single day no matter what. He’s one of the most interesting writers working today so this is a must listen for anyone who cares about writing or writers. Toure Show Episode 372
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Jermaine Dupri is a legend and we had a legendary conversation. We talk about dating Janet, producing Mariah, working with Jay-Z, visiting Magic City, and much more.  Toure Show Ep 364: Jermaine Dupri Original Air Date: February 8, 2023Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Carla Hall is a legendary chef who talks about cooking with love. But what does that really mean? And what does it mean to be a great chef? And what’s the real reason why her restaurant in Brooklyn closed? Carla answers all of that plus what being Black means to her and how to make perfect fried chicken.   Toure Show Episode 371
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Zadie Smith is one of the best writers and coolest people around. It’s a good time to revisit our 2018 talk about writing and Jay-Z and Chappelle. Touré Show Ep 13: Zadie Smith–How to Be Free Original Air Date: February 7, 2018 Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dominique Fishback is the star of Donald Glover’s awesome new Amazon show Swarm. It’s a wild show and Fishback is extraordinary as a super fan slash serial killer. She’s an intense and philosophical actor who talks all about the character she plays in Swarm, as well as working with Glover and how she broke into acting. Amazing convo.    Toure Show Episode 370 
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Elaine Welteroth is fierce and brilliant and bold. In this throwback episode from 2019, she’s one of the hosts of The Talk on CBS and she was on Project Runway. She was the editor in chief at Teen Vogue and she’s the author of an amazing memoir called, "More Than Enough.” The book is inspiring and funny and empowering and will teach you a lot about how to get ahead and will help you see how to feel like no matter what you are enough. Toure Show Ep 75: I Am More Than Enough Original Air Date: June 12, 2019Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Seal. Crazy. Kiss From A Rose. Superstar. Talking about his music, his development as a singer, his youth, the history of the scars on his face, and more. A very deep look into one of the great singers of our time. Toure Show Episode 369
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Isabel Wilkerson is one of the great writers of her generation. The author of The Warmth Of Other Suns and now Caste is creating narrative non-fiction that is explaining Black America with a depth and precision rarely seen. I love her research, I love her way of explaining things, and I love her writing style so we’re getting into all of that. Toure Show Ep 171: I'm A Writer Original Air Date: Sept. 2, 2020Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Conscious Lee is an educator who uses TikTok and the classroom to teach about Blackness. He says education is elevation and his work is inspiring. We talk about Black history as well as his mom’s impending jail sentence.  Toure Show Episode 366
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Amy Sherald painted the official portrait of Michelle Obama that’s hanging in the National Portrait Gallery but there’s an awesome story around how she got that commission and the artistic decisions she made in making that painting. We get into all of that but there’s also so much more to her life than that painting. Amy had already become a major portraitist before that commission, even though, just a few years before she met the Obamas, Amy was broke and wondering where her artistic career was going. She’s also got someone else’s heart inside of her thanks to a transplant that saved her life. She’s also a former rapper. And an all-around wonderful person. She’s an example of success coming to someone who believes in herself no matter what. Toure Show Ep 111: I Painted Michelle Obama Original Air Date: Feb 05, 2020Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bomani Jones is the host of Game Theory on HBO and a longtime writer/broadcaster who can talk about absolutely anything. The guy has three advanced degrees in economics. I wanted to know how he’s created this amazing career for himself. We get deep talking sports but things get really heated when we get into music…  Toure Show Episode 367 
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Terry McMillan is one the most famous and successful writers of her time because she knows how to really connect with her audience. And the reason why she understands how to do that is because she knows how to make great characters and she knows how to listen to them. She doesn’t tell her characters what to do, she lets them tell her what she wants them to do and who they are and by really listening, she creates really honest characters who people love. This is a master class in how to write compelling fiction—after this convo in 2020, I will never look at characters the same ever again. This is a must for anyone who aspires to be a successful writer.  Original Air Date: April 29, 2020 Ep 135: I Love My CharactersSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dream Hampton is an activist and a filmmaker who made the incredible doc “Surviving R. Kelly” and co-wrote Jay-Z’s Decoded. She’s got an inspiring warrior spirit and knows how to use media to help the people.    Toure Show Episode 366 
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Now that two men have been exonerated in the murder of Malcolm X, who killed him? Well there’s a Netflix doc that has an answer: “Who Killed Malcolm X” tells us the name of the man who pulled the trigger of the sawed-off shotgun that killed Malcolm, and which Newark mosque he was from. I talk with the directors Rachel Dretzin and Phil Bertelsen about who killed Malcolm and how the American government conspired to kill Malcolm—his top bodyguard at the end was an NYPD infiltrator and informant. Original Air Date: February 19, 2020 Original Title: Touré Show Ep 115: Who Killed Malcolm X Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vinnie from Naughty By Nature is an old friend so he’s come by to break it all down. He talks about how and the guys started out dealing on the block, and how they made OPP and how that smash changed their lives, and the long slow breakdown of the group’s bonds which led to very real problems. He talks about the time he punched Treach in the face and why their relationship is strained now. Amazingly honest conversation about the rise and the struggles of a legendary rap group.  Toure Show Episode 365
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is one of the greatest basketball players ever, but he thinks of himself as a writer who played basketball. I loved talking to him in this throwback interview. Original Air Date: May 2, 2018 Touré Show Ep 27: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar-How To Ball In LifeSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jermaine Dupri is a legend and we had a legendary conversation. We talk about dating Janet, producing Mariah, working with Jay-Z, visiting Magic City, and much more.  Toure Show Episode 364
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Nikki Giovanni is one of the greatest living poets in the world and she is a joy to be around. She’s funny, smart, humble, and very cool. She’s the best dinner guest imaginable. In honor of Black History Month, and since she’s recently announced her retirement from teaching let’s throwback to this hour plus conversation from 2017 about what makes a great poem, the impact of watching domestic violence in her childhood home, how she rebounded from a health scare by getting onstage, how she learned to cry and why she feels she needs to go into outer space. Toure Show Ep. 3: How to Make It in Poetry Original Air Date: Nov. 29, 2017Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tommy Davidson is back. He’s hysterical and his life story is incredible—he was abandoned by his biological mom and adopted by a white family. And then the story gets wild. He’s an amazing person.   Toure Show Episode 363
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Nikole Hannah-Jones is the creator of the 1619 project which explains how America is still impacted by the legacy of slavery. It is not past, we are, today, in a slaveocracy. The 1619 project is a podcast, an ongoing series of articles and essays that are being taught in schools, and a series of books and now a show on Hulu. She is a verified genius, the recipient of a MacArthur grant, and I could feel her genius as I spoke to her. She is a person who is toweringly influential in that her ideas have changed my thinking on many issues and, with the 1619 project, aims to shape the way many people see the relationship between America and slavery. Toure Show Ep. 107 Original Air Date: Jan. 8, 2020Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Malcolm-Jamal Warner was Theo on the Cosby Show but his career and his life are way bigger than that. We go through his whole career from Cosby to Malcolm and Eddie (which was contentious) to his fascinating musical career. This is an awesome conversation. Toure Show Episode 362
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Darrelle Revis is one of the best NFL players of his era—definitely the greatest cornerback of his day. We talked about football—how he became the best, who was his toughest competition, why he loves defense, and why he wants to become an owner. Great conversation. Toure Show Ep. 327 Original Air Date: May 25, 2022Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

LisaRaye is an icon. She’s been a star since her first film Ice Cube’s The Player’s Club and today she’s on ALLBLK’s A House Divided. She’s an amazing woman and we talk about acting, learning how to be sexy, the time she shot someone, and she cries about her beloved late father. An amazing conversation. Toure Show Episode 361
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Congressman Hakeem Jeffries is one of the most important people in Congress because he knows how to get things done. In this throwback interview from 2019 we talk about the insanity of Trump, how Senator Mitch McConnell is “a disgrace,” and much more.  Toure Show Ep. 74: I Am Open to Impeaching Trump Original Air Date: June 5, 2019Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Talent is a legendary veteran stand up comic. We talk about comedy and I try to keep it together while he makes me laugh like crazy. Toure Show Episode 360
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Tyler James Williams is a star on Abbott Elementary and he’s now Emmy nominated but he first blew up years ago on Everybody Hates Chris playing young Chris Rock. He’s a great comedic actor and a deep introvert and a very thoughtful person who loves to be alone with a book. We talk about acting and getting out of the child star trap and what it was like to have his father, a police officer, put him in handcuffs just so he’d know what it’s like. Toure Show Ep. 315: Tyler James Williams-I Act Original Air Date: March 16, 2022Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MC Lyte is a legendary MC who was a star in the 80s. She’s now the star of a sitcom called Partners In Rhyme on ALLBLK. It was awesome to talk to her about hiphop back in the day and the show which is loosely based on her life. Toure Show Episode 359
Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP EntertainmentSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Toure Show x Toure because I wrote another book, this one is called The Ivy League Counterfeiter and it’s about a friend of mine from high school who finished Columbia University and then became a professional counterfeiter. He made money by photocopying it. Insane story of private schools, underworld dreams, fake money, prostitution, and an unforgettable, charismatic man. The book is available as an ebook or an audio book on Scribd. My friend Danielle Moodie did the honor of interviewing me. Use this link to read the book for free: https://www.scribd.com/book/611648035/The-Ivy-League-Counterfeiter Toure Show Episode 356
Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP EntertainmentSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Right now in Iran we are witnessing a massive revolution—the people are rising up to demand freedom from the repressive regime. That regime is responding with murder. Several activists have been executed for the crime of protesting. And yet thousands continue protesting. Western media isn’t really talking about it but my friend, the actor, Mozhan Marnó, is in touch with people inside Iran and she’s at the UN fighting on their behalf and she’s explaining to me what’s really going on in this huge national uprising. Toure Show Episode 358
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The Exonerated 5, formerly known as the Central Park 5, now have an entrance into Central Park named in their honor, a stunning turnaround for men who spent years in prison, convicted of crimes they did not do. In 2019 I spoke with two of them, Dr. Yusef Salaam and Raymond Santana, about their extraordinary experience. These men survived a nightmare. Let me know what you think! Instagram @toureshow. Twitter: @toure Toure Show Ep 76: The Central Park 5 - We Are Free Original Air Date: June 19, 2019Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ain’t No Mo is an amazing new Broadway play about a moment where every Black American is being given a one way plane ticket to Africa. This play, which is really a look at what it means to be African-American, is hysterical and deep and po’erful and an awesome theater experience. In this interview Cooper, the play’s creator and star, goes into the play’s meanings and the ideas that inspired it.      Toure Show Episode 357
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Mike Dyson is the intellectual heavyweight champion and someone who’s amazingly fun to talk to. In 2019 we talked about the genius of Jay-Z and his struggle to bury two brothers in the last few years. This convo is powerful and personal and brilliant and fun. Toure Show Ep 102: Michael Eric Dyson-I'm in Jay-Z's America Original Air Date: December 4, 2019Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Toure Show x Toure because I wrote another book, this one is called The Ivy League Counterfeiter and it’s about a friend of mine from high school who finished Columbia University and then became a professional counterfeiter. He made money by photocopying it. Insane story of private schools, underworld dreams, fake money, prostitution, and an unforgettable, charismatic man. The book is available as an ebook or an audio book on Scribd. My friend Danielle Moodie did the honor of interviewing me. Use this link to read the book for free: https://www.scribd.com/book/611648035/The-Ivy-League-Counterfeiter Toure Show Episode 356
Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP EntertainmentSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nikole Hannah-Jones is the creator of the amazing 1619 project which explains how America is still impacted by the legacy of slavery. We are, today, in a slaveocracy. Nikole is a verified genius, the recipient of a MacArthur grant, and I can feel her genius when I speak to her. She is a toweringly influential intellectual. Her ideas have changed my thinking on many issues. It’s time to throwback to my convo with the great NHJ. Toure Show Ep 107: Nikole Hannah-Jones: I Live In A Slaveocracy Original Air Date: January 8, 2020Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Elvis Mitchell is an esteemed film critic and the director of Is That Black Enough For You?!? a fascinating Netflix doc about Black film history. Amazing convo about great Black films. Toure Show Episode 355
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The late Greg Tate is one of the greatest writers of our time. He’s an intellectual hero of mine. He’s a mentor. He’s a writer, a guitarist, a genius. We had an amazing conversation. I miss him immensely.  Toure Show Episode 138 Original Air Date: May 8, 2020Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Santigold is back with a new album Spirituals and a new podcast Noble Champions and she’s an old friend so we had an amazing conversation about making music.   Toure Show Episode 354
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Malcolm Gladwell is a genius. This is a throwback to our interview from 2020. Toure Show Ep 126: I Am Original Air Date: 3/27/2020  Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Capt Kirk Douglas is the guitarist for the Roots and the man behind a new solo album New Unknown. I love talking to musicians about their music, their influences, their beginnings. Toure Show Episode 353
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Miss J. Alexander is a fashion world icon and an incredible person. Toure Show Ep. 344 Original Air Date: Sept. 21, 2022Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week I want to highlight a new podcast I’m loving. It’s called In The Deep: Stories That Shape Us and it’s a gripping look into the lives of some extraordinary people. This episode is about Leon Ford who changed his life after being shot by police. Check out more episodes Here: https://link.chtbl.com/iBGI-vdl  Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Strange Loop is the best Broadway play I’ve seen in a while. It won the Tony for Best Musical and a Pulitzer Prize for Drama and it’s blowing people away. I spoke to the play’s brilliant creator Michael R. Jackson about what it’s about, how he made it, and making your dreams come true.   Toure Show Episode 352
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Billy Porter is one of the most captivating actors working today. We talk about Pose and kissing on camera and wearing a masculine dress to the Oscars, and escaping his childhood home where he was molested for years. This is powerful, revealing, and riveting. Billy is amazing. Toure Show Ep. 77 Original Air Date: June 26, 2019Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jemele Hill is back with a spicy memoir called Uphill where she talks about growing up in poverty and her rise and fall at ESPN. We get all into the story of her SportsCenter gig and her rugged youth in Detroit. It’s inspiring to see where she is now after all she’s been through.Please fill out our listener survey: https://forms.gle/vSXPsDdMGcSbKrfY9Toure Show Episode 351Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar is one of the most progressive and most inspiring elected officials in this country. She’s an immigrant, she’s Muslim, she’s Black, she’s intensely proud of all that and of her country. We talk about her harrowing experience on January 6th where she feared for her life, the future of progressivism in America, and whether The Squad is being successful.Toure Show Ep. 345Original Air Date: Sep 28, 2022 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sarah Jones is an extraordinary actress who’s made an incredible documentary about the sex work industry called Sell/Buy/Date where she talks to lots of different sorts of sex workers about the difficulties of being in their industry. It’s a fascinating conversation about sex workers that flows out of Sarah’s many hours of talking to people about that world.Sell/Buy/Date will go onto VOD on Amazon Prime and iTunes on November 8th. Please fill out our listener survey: https://forms.gle/vSXPsDdMGcSbKrfY9Toure Show Episode 350Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chris Redd was an SNL star because he’s an hysterical comic and he’s also a rapper on the low. Amazing to talk to him about hiphop and comedy and how to make people laugh and the structure and stress of being on SNL and being in the Blackest SNL cast ever and his personal struggle with depression.Toure Show Ep. 239: I Run SNLOriginal Air Date: April 28, 2021 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sean Patrick Thomas is a great actor and one of the stars of Till the new biopic about the courageous Mamie Till and her murdered son Emmett. I talk to Thomas about the Till movie, acting, what it takes to become a star, and what it means to be Black.Please fill out our listener survey: https://forms.gle/vSXPsDdMGcSbKrfY9Toure Show Episode 349Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lil' Yachty is one of my favorite modern rappers. In this convo from 2020 we talk about his style and his musical influences, and get a deep look at the personality of one of the most unique rappers in the game.Toure Show Ep. 118: Lil Yachty-I Am The King of The YouthPatreon Original Air Date: February 28, 2020 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sanaa Lathan is a legendary actress who’s becoming a director. She just shot the film adaptation of Angie Thomas’s novel On The Come Up. We talk about acting and directing and reality shows and how quarantine changed her life and lots more.Please fill out our listener survey: https://forms.gle/vSXPsDdMGcSbKrfY9Toure Show Episode 348Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Eric Andre is in the news because he’s fighting back against some airport racism so let’s throwback to our 2020 interview and see who he really is. He’s an amazing absurdist comedian.He is hilarious and brilliant and this convo is crazy. I don’t know why everyone tells me and him that we look alike. Toure Show Ep. 151: I Am CrazyOriginal Air Date: June 24, 2020 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jevon McCormick is reinventing business leadership. His book Modern Leader explains principles for a more worker-friendly workplace. McCormick learned a lot about leadership from his father who was a pimp. We get all into that and much more. This is inspiring and informative.Please fill out our listener survey: https://forms.gle/vSXPsDdMGcSbKrfY9Toure Show Episode 347Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Earthquake has become a legendary stand up comic and like so many, there’s a lot of pain in his background. He spent over a decade in the Air Force until they asked him to go to the Gulf War. He said no. And he broke his wrist to avoid going. That and much more on Toure Show.Toure Show Ep. 150: I Am ComedyOriginal Air Date: June 19, 2020 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ben Crump is a lawyer who’s made it his mission in life to defend and protect Black families who have suffered massive tragedies. He was there for Trayvon Martin’s family, he was there for George Floyd’s family, and now he’s fighting for Breonna Taylor’s family. He’s one of the people making a difference in modern America. This is a fascinating look into the mind of one of the most important civil rights warriors in the country.Please fill out our listener survey: https://forms.gle/vSXPsDdMGcSbKrfY9Toure Show Episode 346Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nikki Giovanni is one of the greatest living poets in the world and she is a joy to be around. She’s funny, smart, humble, and very cool. She’s the best dinner guest imaginable. Since she’s recently announced her retirement from teaching let’s throwback to this hour plus conversation about what makes a great poem, the impact of watching domestic violence in her childhood home, how she rebounded from a health scare by getting onstage, how she learned to cry and why she feels she needs to go into outer space.Toure Show Ep. 3: How to Make It in PoetryOriginal Air Date: Nov. 29, 2017 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar is one of the most progressive and most inspiring elected officials in this country. She’s an immigrant, she’s Muslim, she’s Black, she’s intensely proud of all that and of her country. We talk about her harrowing experience on January 6th where she feared for her life, the future of progressivism in America, and whether The Squad is being successful.Please fill out our listener survey: https://forms.gle/vSXPsDdMGcSbKrfY9Toure Show Episode 345Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chris Redd just retired from SNL. So let’s throwback to our amazing talk with him about comedy and hiphop and how to make people laugh and the stress of being on SNL and being in the Blackest SNL cast ever, and his personal struggles with depression.Toure Show Ep. 239: I Run SNLOriginal Air Date: Apr. 28, 2021 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Miss J. Alexander is a fashion world icon and an incredible person. I love this conversation.Please fill out our listener survey: https://forms.gle/vSXPsDdMGcSbKrfY9Toure Show Episode 344Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sheryl Lee Ralph is a legend. So many of us were overjoyed to see her win an Emmy for her work on Abbott Elementary. In this throwback we talked about acting, why she’s had such a long career, and what it means to her to be Black.Toure Show Ep 183: I'm An ActorOriginal Air Date: Oct. 14, 2020 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I’m going inside the marijuana business with Whitney Beatty the owner of Josephine & Billie’s an LA dispensary that caters to Black women. We talk about all the hurdles of opening a marijuana shop and what it means to make one that’s aimed at the tastes of the sisters.Please fill out our listener survey: https://forms.gle/vSXPsDdMGcSbKrfY9Toure Show Episode 343Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andy Roddick was a tennis legend—#1 in the world, US Open winner, 3x Wimbledon finalist, and he held serve over 90% of the time for his career. We talk about how to hit a great serve, what it’s like to play against some of history’s best, if he choked against Federer at Wimbledon, and what is mental toughness?Toure Show 221: I Was #1 In the WorldOriginal Air Date: Feb. 24, 2021 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pipcorn is one of my favorite snacks and after watching it’s founders on Shark Tank I had to talk to them about how the my created and popularized a whole new snack option. Jen Martin is one of the founders of Pipcorn because she loves snacking. It’s fun to talk to her about the business of snacking.Please fill out our listener survey: https://forms.gle/vSXPsDdMGcSbKrfY9Toure Show Episode 342Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James Blake was once #4 in the world and #1 in America. He beat both Federer and Nadal. But what’s most amazing is that he played his best tennis after breaking his neck in a freak injury and contracting shingles and losing his dad—all in one year. He’s tough, smart (Harvard), humble, and cool. And still the best Black male player since Arthur Ashe. I interviewed him back in 2018 at the tennis club where I grew up, Sportsmen’s Tennis Club in Dorchester, Massachusetts, in front of a few hundred people. James is an amazing person. It’s really interesting to see how he thinks.Toure Show Ep 36: I Beat FedererOriginal Air Date: July 4, 2018 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Open Mike Eagle is a brilliant MC and podcaster (I love his show What Had Happened Was). We talk about hiphop and the intricacies of MCing and his upcoming album Component System With the Auto Reverse.Please fill out our listener survey: https://forms.gle/vSXPsDdMGcSbKrfY9Toure Show Episode 341Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

City Girls is a hot rap group from Miami and there’s a lot to their story. I spoke to Yung Miami back in 2018 when her partner JT was still in prison. Even if you’re not a fan of City Girls, this is a fascinating look at someone from the bottom who’s about to change her life forever.Toure Show Ep 55: I'm From The BottomOriginal Air Date: November 14, 2018 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Josh Johnson is hysterical.Please fill out our listener survey: https://forms.gle/vSXPsDdMGcSbKrfY9Toure Show Episode 340Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Puff (or Sean Combs, or Diddy) is one of the greatest business minds in the country today. He’s closing in on being a billionaire and he’s done it by being fearless in business and by being a great marketer. Puff is indefatigable. He’s driven like no one you’ve ever seen. He’s great at inspiring people and setting a high bar for everyone around him. And that’s just part of why he’s so successful. In this throwback interview from 2017, Puff gives some of the best money-making advice.Toure Show Ep 04: How to Make a BillionOriginal Air Date: December 5, 2017We would love to hear from you! Provide us with some feedback on what you've loved and what you would like to see on Toure Show:https://forms.gle/vSXPsDdMGcSbKrfY9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Charles Booker is the Democratic nominee for Senate from Kentucky, a man running to unseat Rand Paul. He gained national fame when he shot an ad showing himself inside of a noose. He’s got an inspiring life story and isn’t afraid to say tough things about Rand Paul. He just might win this race…Please fill out our listener survey: https://forms.gle/vSXPsDdMGcSbKrfY9Toure Show Episode 339Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In solidarity with my friend Salman Rushdie, who was tragically stabbed this week, I’m re-airing our 2019 interview so you can hear him speak about his writing, Toni Morrison, the insanity of modern America, and his novel Quichotte.Toure Show Ep 89: I WriteOriginal Air Date: September 4, 2019 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joey Badass is one of the leaders of the modern generation of MCs. His new album 2000 is deep and so is our conversation. I didn’t expect to talk about emotional intelligence and his passion for self-improvement. I didn’t expect him to bring his 4 yo daughter and let her sit in. I didn’t expect him to be as sensitive as he is here. Great convo about hiphop and about feelings.Please fill out our listener survey: https://forms.gle/Bfz7soYyppPoCq2Z8Toure Show Episode 338Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joy Bryant is a great actress who grew up in the Bronx with nothing then ended up studying at Yale and is now a longtime working actress. She’s fun, she’s witty, she’s cool, and I’ve known her forever so we had a great conversation about acting and what it’s like to feel free.Toure Show Ep 114: I Love The SupermarketPatreon Original Air Date: February 14, 2020 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Christian Smalls is the revolutionary Amazon worker who’s building a nationwide Amazon union in a battle with Amazon’s leadership. He’s got an amazing story—he’s a regular guy who’s trying to make life a little better for the common man who works at Amazon where they treat workers like crap. And they’re fighting against unionization like crazy.Please fill out our listener survey: https://forms.gle/Bfz7soYyppPoCq2Z8Toure Show Episode 337Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Matthew Knowles is Beyonce’s father and he served as her manager for many years and according to him he is central to her success. If you want to know about the strategy behind leading Beyonce to the top, listen to Mr. Knowles.Toure Show Ep 163: I Managed BeyoncéPatreon Original Air Date: August 5, 2020 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Elizabeth Alexander is an amazing poet, writer, professor, and person, and the author of a fascinating new book The Trayvon Generation that explores how the Trayvon Martin killing and all the others like it have influenced us. Alexander also interviewed her friend Michelle Obama on her book tour and we talk about that, too. https://forms.gle/Bfz7soYyppPoCq2Z8Toure Show Episode 336Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Ford and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Toure Show Ep. 196: Neneh Cherry-I'm Still In A Buffalo StancePatreon Original Air Date: November 27, 2020Neneh Cherry became a pop culture phenomenon when she dropped her 1988 single “Buffalo Stance” and she’s led a really interesting, very global life. She’s about to start working on a new album and it was amazing to catch up with her. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Malcolm Nance wrote a book about the Trump insurgency called They Want To Kill Americans and he’s come back from fighting in the Ukraine to talk about it. We get into what he did and saw in Ukraine, where he was part of the war effort, as well as what he says Trump inspired people to do on Jan 6 and why he’s certain that there’s more violence coming.Toure Show Episode 335Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Ford and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Toure Show Ep. 315: Tyler James Williams-I ActOriginal Air Date: March 16, 2022Tyler James Williams is a star on Abbott Elementary and he’s now Emmy nominated but he first blew up years ago on Everybody Hates Chris playing young Chris Rock. He’s a great comedic actor and a deep introvert and a very thoughtful person who loves to be alone with a book. We talk about acting and getting out of the child star trap and what it was like to have his father, a police officer, put him in handcuffs just so he’d know what it’s like. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brent Faiyaz has a new album Wasteland.Toure Show Episode 334Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Ford and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Toure Show Ep. 136: Jesmyn Ward-I WritePatreon Original Air Date: May 1, 2020Jesmyn Ward is one of the great writers of our time. She’s a two-time National Book Award winner and a MacArthur Genius grant recipient. She wrote Salvage The Bones, Men We Reaped, and Sing, Unburied, Sing. I wanted to talk to her about writing, how she does it, so we talk about her work—I ask her to read from her books and break down the choices she’s making. A really powerful master class for anyone who loves writing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

His Name Is George Floyd is an incredible book about Floyd and the world he lived in that takes you deeper into his life than any book has. The authors Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa went into Floyd’s community and spoke with his family and his friends to find out all the truths about what Floyd’s life and death were influenced by.Toure Show Episode 333Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Ford and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This show has featured a lot of amazing musicians so this week we’re compiling the best advice and insight from some of the greatest musicians we’ve ever had on the show into one show.In Order of Appearance:MaxwellToni BraxtonBig Daddy KaneMorris DayIndia.ArieCorinne Bailey Rae Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Denzel Curry is an MC with new album out called Melt My Eyez See Your Future. We talk about his music and about hiphop and about the tragic death of his brother.Toure Show Episode 332Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Ford and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Touré Show Ep 200: Big Freedia-I Am BounceOriginal Air Date: December 11, 2020Big Freedia is the Queen of Bounce music and the star of Beyoncé's new single Break My Soul and one of the most amazing performers to come out of New Orleans in years. And her life story is everything. It's a throwback to our interview from 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bartees Strange has a new album out called Farm To Table and he’s a brilliant, artistic, fascinating musician’s musician who’s a joy to talk to.Toure Show Episode 331Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Ford and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Touré Show Ep 152: D Smoke-I Won Rhythm + FlowOriginal Air Date: June 26, 2020D Smoke won Netflix’s hiphop reality competition show Rhythm + Flow because he’s an MC who’s shaped by knowing music theory from his mom, by knowing how to teach from working in public schools, and knowing the streets of LA. All of that is great training for an MC. He’s a fascinating guy and an MC on the rise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamie Hector played Marlo Stanfield on the Wire and a controversial cop on David Simon’s newest drama We Own The City. He’s an incredible actor. We talk about We Own The City, the Wire, and how to be a great actor.Toure Show Episode 330Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Ford and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: May 2, 2018Touré Show Ep 27: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar-How To Ball In LifeKareem Abdul Jabbar is one of the greatest basketball players ever, but he thinks of himself as a writer who played basketball. I loved talking to him in this throwback interview. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There's a small business I love called Harlem Chocolate Factory that makes amazing chocolate. Their owner's story is hard and beautiful and inspiring. We're spotlighting small Black woman owned businesses this month.Toure Show Episode 329Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Ford and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Touré Show Ep 180: John Salley-I'm a ChampionOriginal Air Date: October 2, 2020The NBA Finals is here and John Salley has been there. He’s a 4 time NBA champ as well as an extremely cool and funny brother. We talk about trash talk, things he did to distract opponents, and what made the best players of his era transcendent. If you care about basketball you gotta check out this throwback conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Carlos King is the King of Reality TV. He’s been huge in the space for over a decade and now he’s got a deal with OWN and he’s the EP of Love & Marriage Huntsville which is their #1 show. He’s on fire so I wanted to know the science behind reality shows and why we love them so much. He wrote the book on it so he can break it all down.Toure Show Episode 328Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Ford and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Toure Show Ep 179: Isiah Thomas–I'm A ChampionOriginal Air Date: September 30, 2020Isiah Thomas is a 2 time NBA champ and an NCAA champ and one of the greatest point guards in NBA history. In this throwback interview we talk about mental toughness, on-court trash talking, what it was like to battle Jordan, Kareem, Magic, and Bird, as well as how to be a winner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Darrelle Revis is one of the best NFL players of his era—definitely the greatest cornerback of his day. We talked about football—how he became the best, who was his toughest competition, why he loves defense, and why he wants to become an owner. Great conversation.Toure Show Episode 327Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Ford and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Touré Show Ep 128: Sanford Biggers-I Am ArtOriginal Air Date: April 3, 2020Sanford Biggers is an amazing visual artist who works in a wide variety of mediums and makes really powerful work—which I don’t always understand. In this throwback interview he helps me understand. We have a great talk about art and his work and being in the studio—if you’re at all interested in the life and process of a major professional working artist, don't miss this conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Igwe Aka is a great young MC who was born in Nigeria and now lives in Sacramento. It’s fascinating to hear him talk about the Africanness of American hiphop. I love talking to him about music.Toure Show Episode 326Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Ford and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Touré Show Ep 298: Jam & Lewis–We Are A Part of the Rhythm NationOriginal Air Date: December 1, 2021Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis are one of the great production teams of the modern era—they started with Prince, they helped make Janet Jackson a superstar, and much more. I wanted to talk to them for a long time and now they’re in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame so let’s throwback to my convo with this legendary team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This episode of Toure Show is a special podcast, part of the Dell PodFerence 2022.Whipped Urban Dessert Lab is an amazing small business run by two sisters—they’re Black women and blood sisters—who are trying to reinvent ice cream and the experience of buying it. We love their story so we’re featuring them as our part of the Dell Small Business Podference. It’s a great time to put a spotlight on awesome small businesses.Toure Show Episode 325Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Ford and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Alfre Woodard is one of the great actresses of our time. Her intensity can burn a hole in the screen. She’s currently starring in BET’s The Porter and she talked to me about The Porter and about her philosophy around acting and why she loves the craft. Amazing conversation.Toure Show Episode 324Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Ford and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Touré Show Ep 11: Kendrick Lamar: How To MCOriginal Air Date: January 24, 2018Kendrick Lamar is the greatest MC of his era and with a new album about to drop let’s throwback to my 2018 interview with him where we talk about how he got to be so good. I asked how do you practice? How do you develop as an MC? What are his favorite words? We talk about his best verses and his best song and the impact of seeing dead bodies on the street when he was a kid. His success is built on lots and lots of private failures that helped him become a master MC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kid Capri has been a part of hiphop culture as a seminal DJ for decades so he’s got stories, he’s got interesting ideas, he’s got hiphop in his blood. Amazing conversation about the music, the culture, his philosophy as a DJ, and the person he thinks is the first rapper.Toure Show Episode 323Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Ford and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Touré Show Ep 313: Talib Kweli–I Am An MCOriginal Air Date: March 2, 2022The new Black Star album is almost here so I talked to Talib Kweli and got the story of how it got made. It was not an easy road. We also talk about how Kweli feels he’s gotten better as an MC, how he writes rhymes, why he’s sometimes writing songs on shrooms, and more. An epic hiphop conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Farah Jasmine Griffin is a brilliant woman who heads the African-American studies department at Columbia. She’s been a friend for a long time and it was an honor to talk to her about her new book Read Until You Understand which dives into the brilliance of Black people. She’ll remind you of your favorite professor.Toure Show Episode 322Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Ford and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Touré Show Ep 159: Iyanla Vanzant–I Save PeopleOriginal Air Date: July 22, 2020Iyanla Vanzant is one of the most interesting guests I’ve ever had. In this 2020 talk she deeply analyzes the world, herself, me, everything. She’s a fountain of wisdom. I'm usually skeptical of spiritual guru types but this woman is truly doing the work of saving people. And this conversation shows me how deeply she thinks and cares about people. It was an honor to get to know her. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chris Eubanks is an amazing young pro tennis star with a monster serve. We talked about pro tennis from every angle from stroke technique to why there’s so many great Black players right now. If you love tennis you gotta check this out.Toure Show Episode 321Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Toure Show Ep 161: Jay Pharoah–I'm White FamousOriginal Air Date: July 29, 2020Jay Pharoah is an hysterical comedian who feels like his comedy and his understanding of himself are coming together. He thinks a creative breakthrough is coming soon. He talks all about that and getting taken down by LAPD and more in this amazing conversation from 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jason Reynolds is a Children’s Lit Superstar as the author of tons of best-selling widely-loved titles. My kids love his work way more than mine. I wondered what it was like writing for kids when you haven’t been one for a long time and how he landed up in children’s writing. He’s a brilliant writer and it’s amazing to hear his process and his philosophies behind writing. Don’t miss his latest, Ain’t Burned All the Bright.Toure Show Episode 320Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Toure Show 151: Eric Andre–I Am CrazyOriginal Air Date: June 24, 2020Eric Andre is crazy. He’s an amazing absurdist comedian and he’s hilarious and brilliant and this convo from 2020 is insane. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Check out this special preview of the new podcast, Well-Read Black Girl from Pushkin Industries. Well-Read Black Girl is the literary kickback you never knew you needed. Glory Edim, author and founder of the Well-Read Black Girl community, sits in deep, honest and close conversation with authors like Tarana Burke, Anita Hill, Gabrielle Union, Nikole Hannah-Jones, and more. You’ll also meet book club members, literacy advocates, and Black booksellers to hear what they’re reading and what it means to be well-read. In this preview, you'll get a peek behind the page and hear how these authors, thinkers, and makers found their voices, honed their crafts, and showed up in the world. You can listen to Well-Read Black Girl at https://podcasts.pushkin.fm/wrbgdcp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Erika Alexander is an amazing actress and an activist. Her new project is a podcast called Finding Tamika about the harrowing story of a Black woman who went missing… then her body was found. Her killer is now doing life but Alexander gives us the whole emotional story. She also talks about doing the Cosby Show, being in Get Out, getting reparations, and working as an actress since she was a kid.Toure Show Episode 319Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Touré Show Ep 48: Will Packer-I'm a Hollywood ProducerOriginal Air Date: September 26, 2018Will Packer produced the Oscars and a couple of years ago he talked to me about how to produce hot movies his way. He’s incredibly successful at it and he’s brilliant and this conversation is fascinating. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Taylor Townsend is one of my favorite current professional tennis players because she’s unrelentingly aggressive. She’s a serve and volleyer which is something no one does anymore! And she’s a survivor. Her journey has put her through a lot—she was the best junior player in the world when the USTA refused to back her because, well, she weighs more than the average player. But she was beating everyone! She’s been away recently on maternity leave but she’ll be back on the WTA circuit soon. We talk about technique, growing as a player, dealing with the USTA, playing against Serena, and much more.Toure Show Episode 318Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: Jan 26, 2022Original Title: Toure Show 307: I Am LTWHBO’s And Just Like That is coming back for a 2nd season so we’re throwing back to my convo with Nicole Ari Parker one of the show’s stars and a longtime friend of mine. She’s a an amazing actress and an awesome person. We talk about doing the legendary show and why she ate that french fry in the first ep and who her character really is, and what it’s like to work on this show and be a mom and be a wife and make it all work. Fans of And Just Like That have to hear this! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tracey Michae'l Lewis-Giggetts the author of “Black Joy: Stories of Resistance, Resilience, and Restoration” on what Black joy is and how to claim it.Toure Show Episode 317Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Elie Mystal is the author of the NYT Best Seller Allow Me To Retort an amazing book about all that’s wrong with the Constitution and it’s roots in slavery. He’s a brilliant legal mind, a Harvard Law grad, and one of my favorite public intellectuals. Amazing conversation about the government of America and how it could be far better.Toure Show Episode 316Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tyler James Williams is a star on Abbott Elementary but he first blew up years ago on Everybody Hates Chris playing young Chris Rock. He’s a great comedic actor and a deep introvert and a very thoughtful person who loves to be alone with a book. We talk about acting and getting out of the child star trap and what it was like to have his police man father put him in handcuffs just so he’d know what it’s like.Toure Show Episode 315Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: November 25, 2020Original Show Title: Toure Show Ep 195: I'm the SnowmanJeezy is one of the most iconic Southern MCs of all time. In this interview from 2020 we talk hiphop, growing up in the streets, the War on Drugs, and his favorite guns.Instagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leon is an incredible actor who’s been around forever and been in many iconic projects. His latest is an action film called A Day To Die co-starring Bruce Willis and Kevin Dillon. We talk acting and his reggae band and much more.Toure Show Episode 314Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: April 22, 2020Original Show Title: Toure Show Ep 133: I’m An Actor Jeffrey Wright is an amazing actor who’s part of the hot new Batman film. And he’s a Brooklyn guy who cares about his community. In this throwback we talk about his philosophies around acting and about Batman and his work on helping some great local restaurants get meals to Brooklyn hospitals and how he made a difference during the worst of Covid. I’ve known Jeff a long time and he’s a really deep and fascinating guy onscreen and off.Instagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Talib Kweli is one of the greatest MCs of the modern era. There's a new Black Star album on the way and the story of it got made is kinda crazy. Kweli talks Black Star, how he’s gotten better as an MC, writing songs on shrooms, and more. An epic hiphop conversation.Toure Show Episode 313Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DJ Drama is a legendary mixtape DJ who’s become a music industry powerhouse. He’s running the label behind Lil Uzi Vert and Jack Harlow as well as still producing Gangster Grillz albums like his new one for Jim Jones. We talk about getting arrested for making music, how he turned Lil Uzi Vert and Jack Harlow into megastars and how he turned himself into a power player.Toure Show Episode 312Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jim Jones is back to talk about MCing, Harlem, hustling, Verzuz, fatherhood, and so much. Jimmy contains multitudes by which I mean he’s a deep dude. Amazing conversation with a legendary member of hiphop culture.Toure Show Episode 311Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: Aug 12, 2020Toure Show Ep 165: Wyclef - I Am Music Wyclef Jean. Genius. Producer. Rapper. A throwback to our 2020 interview. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jamaal Bowman is a first term Congressman from New York and the first male member of The Squad and a true progressive who’s close with AOC. But being in Congress now means working alongside crazy people. How does he do it?Toure Show Episode 310Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: 3/27/2020Original Title: Toure Show Ep 126: I AmOriginal Description: Malcolm Gladwell is a genius. This is a throwback to our interview from 2020.Instagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guy Torry is a legendary comic who helped change the game—his comedy night Phat Tuesdays gave a lot of comics the shot they needed to blow up. Now he’s got a doc about that comedy show on Amazon called Phat Tuesdays. We talked about the show, the doc, how to make it in comedy, and what’s really behind his long-running beef with his older brother Joe. This is hysterical and insightful.Toure Show Episode 309Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: Jan 13, 2021Original Title Toure Show Ep 209: I Am Music Corinne Bailey Rae is a brilliant musician and she’s on tour in America now. In this awesome interview from 2021 we talk about what she loves about singing, her upcoming album, and how she survived the sudden death of her first husband.Instagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Larry Miller was the President of Brand Jordan and the author of Jump a memoir that tells the story of how he ran the iconic sneaker brand for years while harboring a tragic secret—when he was teenager in the streets of Philly he shot and killed someone. The secret gave him nightmares and migraines. He was going to take it to his grave but he decided to write a book about it all and reveal his truth. Miller talks about meeting with the family of the deceased and apologizing as well as about the challenges of running MJ’s sneaker brand.Toure Show Episode 308Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: Dec 18, 2019 Original Title: Toure Show Ep 104: Yvette Nicole Brown: I Am Sunshine Yvette Nicole Brown makes me happy every time I see her onscreen. She’s a ray of sunshine. That’s probably why she made it out of poverty in Cleveland and into a long, steady acting career. She was on Community, she was in Avengers: Endgame, she’s done movies, sitcoms, kids shows, all kinds of things. We had an amazing talk about life and acting and walking away from her career to care for her Dad and much more. She’s an incredible personInstagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nicole Ari Parker is one of the new stars of HBO’s And Just Like That and she’s been a friend of mine forever so this is a great conversation. She’s a an amazing actress and an awesome person and she’s on one of the biggest shows in TV. We talk about doing this legendary show and why she ate that french fry in the first ep, who LTW really is, and what it’s like to work on this show and be a mom and be a wife and make it all work. Fans of And Just Like That have to hear this!Toure Show Episode 307Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Touré Show Ep - 42: I Am FashionOriginal Air Date: August 15, 2018 My friend Andre Leon Talley passed away this week. He was a fashion world icon who rose from nothing to become a major player and tastemaker. He’s brilliant, witty, funny, and a lot of fun to be around and all of that comes out in this epic conversation. Instagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Snoop aka Felicia Pearson is a Baltimore legend, a hustler who became a star on The Wire and is now an actor. She’s had a crazy life and we get into lots of her wildest stories and what makes her tick. Amazing conversation. Toure Show Episode 306Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Toure Show Ep 168: James Mtume–I Am MusicOriginal Air Date: August 21, 2020The legendary James Mtume passed away recently so let’s throwback to our 2021 convo with the musician who played with Miles Davis and made “Juicy Fruit” which became the basis for Biggie’s “Juicy.” He’s got all kinds of stories about his incredible life in music. He will be missed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hrishikesh Hirway is the man behind the amazing podcast and TV show Song Exploder and he’s a musician and an all around amazing person with an awesome sounding voice. He’s got a new song out called Between Here And There featuring Yo-Yo Ma. Check it out here:  https://ffm.to/betweenthereandhereToure Show Episode 305Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: March 10, 2021Original Title: Toure Show Ep 225 - I'm in the HouseMaxine Waters is one of the most powerful and charismatic people in Congress. But how do you get important things passed when Republicans want to obstruct everything? We dig into how she fights and the legislation she cares most about. This is a throwback to our interview from early 2021.Instagram @toureshow.Twitter: @toure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Armand Hammer is a legendary underground hiphop duo that’s been rocking the mic for years. They’re brilliant and their rhyming is incredible and it was an honor to talk to two amazing veteran MCs about music.Toure Show Episode 304Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: 2/2/2018Original Title: Touré Show Ep 12: Black Thought-How To MCBlack Thought is one of the greatest MCs of all time. How'd he become such a monstrous talent? What are his favorite words? What makes Thought who he is? I dig into all of that and more in this 2018 interview.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Doug Lyons is a great young Broadway playwright as well as an actor, writer, director, and composer. He loves creating stories that will illuminate the lives of Black queer people and I love talking to him about Broadway, acting, writing, and how he wants to tell great stories about gay people.Toure Show Episode 303Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Touré Show Ep - 159: I Save PeopleOriginal Air Date: July 22, 2020Iyanla Vanzant is one of the most interesting guests I’ve ever had. In this talk she deeply analyzes the world, herself, me, everything. She’s a fountain of wisdom. I am usually skeptical of spiritual guru types but this woman is doing the work of saving people. And this conversation shows me how deeply she thinks and cares about people. It was an honor to get to know her. This is a throwback to our interview from 2020.Instagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Zakiya Dalila Harris is the best-selling novelist who wrote The Other Black Girl, a book that took the publishing industry by storm. I love talking to writers about writing and their process and the way to make a book explode.Instagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toureToure Show Episode 302Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: September 2, 2020Original Title: Touré Show Ep 171: I'm A WriterIsabel Wilkerson is one of the great writers of her generation. The author of The Warmth Of Other Suns and Caste is creating narrative non-fiction that explains Black America with a depth and precision rarely seen. I love her research, I love her way of explaining things, and I love her writing style so we’re throwing back to one of my favorite eps ever. It’s a visit with a genius.Instagram @toureshow.Twitter: @tourePatreon.com/toureshowInstagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michael Eric Dyson is a brilliant public intellectual and a great friend. I love talking with him because he’s genius and because he loves Blackness so deeply. Here we dive into some of the messages in his new book Entertaining Race where he talks about the history of Black Americans being entertainers on every level. We are performative on a celebrity level from music to screen to sports, but we are also amazingly and beautifully performative on every level. Regular Black folks talk and walk and greet each other in ways that are expressive and performative and beautiful. We talk through all of that.Instagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toureToure Show Episode 301Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wendy Raquel Robinson is a star on The Game one of the longest-running shows on TV! We talk acting, affirmations, and how it is she’s managed to have such a long career.Instagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toureToure Show Episode 300Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Greg Tate passed away this week so I’m throwing back to an episode we did in 2020 where we talk about his career, Blackness, and his time interviewing Sade. Toure Show Episode 138Original Air Date: May 8, 2020 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tananarive Due understands horror. She’s written it, she’s studied it, she teaches about it at UCLA in a class that has Jordan Peele come by to explain his perspective. There’s something unique about Black horror films like Get Out or Candyman—they’re not usually just a madman going around killing. There’s usually some political angle that relates to the challenge of being Black in America. Tananarive talks about this and much more about the art and science of Black horror films including the work of Jordan Peele.Instagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toureToure Show Episode 299Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis make up one of the great production teams of the modern era—they started with Prince, they helped make Janet Jackson a superstar, and much more. I’ve wanted to talk to them for a long time.Instagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toureToure Show Episode 298Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Touré Show Ep 43: Tiffany Haddish-I Am WinningOriginal Air Date: August 22, 2018Tiffany Haddish is a Hollywood Superstar and she overcame so much to get there, from a horrific childhood to homelessness as an adult. She's a success now because she thought all of what's happening to her into existence. The power of her mind is so inspiringInstagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rémy Ngamije is the author of the great new novel The Eternal Audience of One and he Zoomed from Namibia to talk about his book and writing and the political struggles of modern Africans. It’s an amazing conversation.Instagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toureToure Show Episode 297Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: February 19, 2020Original Title: Touré Show Ep 115: Who Killed Malcolm X Now that two men have been exonerated in the murder of Malcolm X, who killed him? Well there’s a Netflix doc that has an answer: “Who Killed Malcolm X” tells us the name of the man who pulled the trigger of the sawed-off shotgun that killed Malcolm, and which Newark mosque he was from. I talk with the directors Rachel Dretzin and Phil Bertelsen about who killed Malcolm and how the American government conspired to kill Malcolm—his top bodyguard at the end was an NYPD infiltrator and informant.Instagram @toureshow.Twitter: @tourePatreon.com/toureshowInstagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Alicia Garza. One of the founders of Black Lives Matter and Black Futures Lab. Organizer. Revolutionary. Author. Phenomenal woman. It was an honor to talk with her.Instagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toureToure Show Episode 296Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Toure Show Ep 107: Nicole Hannah-Jones: I Live In A SlaveocracyOriginal Air Date: January 8, 2020Nikole Hannah Jones is the creator of the amazing 1619 project which explains how America is still impacted by the legacy of slavery. We are, today, in a slaveocracy. Nikole is a verified genius, the recipient of a MacArthur grant, and I can feel her genius when I speak to her. She is a toweringly influential intellectual. Her ideas have changed my thinking on many issues. It’s time to throwback to my convo with the great NHJ.Instagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Yvonne Orji is a fantastic actress, an hysterical comedian, and someone who has a really close relationship with God. She listens when He tells her what to do. When He said go be a comedian she was like what? No. She tried to ignore that advice but… here we are. Her life story and behind the scenes stories about Insecure are fascinating.Instagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toureToure Show Episode 295Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jelani Cobb is a brilliant writer, thinker, professor, academic, NYer staffer, and the author of the new book The Matter of Black Lives. I love his mind so any chance I get to talk to him is a joy.Instagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toureToure Show Episode 294Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Omar Dorsey is a veteran actor who’s appeared in Halloween Kills, Harriet, When They See Us, Django Unchained and many more films. We talk about the craft of acting and what it’s like to work in Hollywood.Instagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toureToure Show Episode 293Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Toure Show Ep 179: Isiah Thomas–I'm A ChampionOriginal Air Date: September 30, 2020The NBA season is back in swing so let’s throwback to my interview with the legendary Isiah Thomas a 2 time NBA champ and one of the greatest point guards in NBA history. We talk about mental toughness, on court trash talking, what it was like to battle Jordan, Kareem, Magic, and Bird, as well as how to be a winner.Instagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rick James was an incredible musician who lived a checkered life. Director Sacha Jenkins talks about his new film about Rick “Bitchin: The Sound And Fury of Rick James” which is on Showtime now.Instagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toureToure Show Episode 292Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Justin Simien, the creator of Dear White People talks about the show’s end, why the show had to end, how hard it was to do a major show, and why the final season was a musical.Instagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toureToure Show Episode 291Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: May 2, 2018Touré Show Ep 27: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar-How To Ball In LifeThe NBA has returned so let’s throwback to my convo with the GOAT Kareem Abdul Jabbar a man who now calls himself a writer who played basketball. Patreon.com/toureshowInstagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Celeste Headlee is a longtime public radio star and the author of Speaking of Race: Why Everybody Needs to Talk About Racism. We talk deeply about her book and why parents need to talk to their kids about race and racism and how they should do it. Basically: racism is like anything else, if you don’t tell your kids about it someone outside your home will and they may not get the right message from them.Instagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toureToure Show Episode 290Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Congressman Adam Schiff is the author of a fantastic new book Midnight In Washington that talks about living through the 1/6 insurrection, the Trump years, the Benghazi hearings and more. He’s a fascinating politician who’s very honest and candid and real about how crazy it’s been to work in DC through the last few years of GOP insanity.Instagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toureToure Show Episode 289Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: August 4, 2021Toure Show 267: I'm the Smooth OperatorBig Daddy Kane. One of the best rappers of all time.Patreon.com/toureshowInstagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Khalil Gibran Muhammad is an amazing History Professor at Harvard and an old friend of mine and the co-host of a new podcast called Some of My Best Friends Are. He’s brilliant and fascinating and this is a deep dive into his thoughts on Black history and why this brother’s co-host and best friend is a white guy.Patreon.com/toureshowInstagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toureToure Show Episode 288Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Neal Brennan is an hysterical standup and a great comedy writer. He was one of the minds behind Chappelle’s Show and now he’s doing a show called Unacceptable in NY until Nov 21. This is a great convo about comedy, money, Chappelle, and what it’s like to live the stand up life.Patreon.com/toureshowInstagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toureToure Show Episode 287Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 2018 I interviewed the legendary actor Michael K Williams about his HBO documentary Raised In the System which gave him a chance to talk about criminal justice and also about his incarcerated nephew Dominic who did over 20 years inside. It was a powerful interview—we talk about prison, drug addiction, acting, the Wire, the Night Of, and Dominic who had been released days earlier and was there at the interview with us. It was an honor to spend time with Michael—he was an intense freedom fighter who cared deeply about criminal justice reform. His intensity comes through in this conversation.Toure Show Episode 277Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clint Smith is the author of a powerful book about the ways that slavery continues to impact America. He visited many places that where that influence is most plainly visible and brought home how slavery continues to shape our modern lives in a beautifully-written way. Clint is a great writer and thinker and it was an honor to talk to him.Patreon.com/toureshowInstagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toureToure Show Episode 286Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dres from Black Sheep is an MC who made a lot of noise in the 90s and is still out here making music now—he’s got an album coming out next year with him rhyming over J Dilla beats. We had an intense convo about a recent IG post that seemed homophobic, his music, his rise, his time in the drug game, and his thoughts on being a father. A great conversation with a great MC.Patreon.com/toureshowInstagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toureToure Show Episode 285Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: October 16, 2019Toure Show Ep 95: Ibram Kendi-I am Anti-RacistDr. Ibram Kendi is a new recipient of a MacArthur Genius Grant which is so deserved because of his work educating people about the reality of racism and anti-racism. In this 2019 interview we talked about his work and his book How To Be An Anti-Racist. He says you’re either racist or anti-racist. There is no neutral ground. He’s an important and influential thinker and this convo is really inspiring.Patreon.com/toureshowInstagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hari Kondabolu is an amazingly influential comedian and comedic writer and the man behind the landmark doc The Problem With Apu. He’s a brilliant and funny guy so we talk about comedy and being Indian-American and why he had to stand up to the Simpsons.Patreon.com/toureshowInstagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toureToure Show Episode 284Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jordan Casteel is a brilliant young painter who was just awarded a MacArthur Genius Grant. Her work is extraordinary. We talk about painting, Blackness, and living with lupus.Patreon.com/toureshowInstagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toureToure Show Episode 283Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: August 12, 2020Toure Show Ep 165: I Am MusicWyclef Jean. Genius. Producer. Rapper. Throwback to our awesome 2020 interview. Patreon.com/toureshowInstagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

To hear this awesome conversation go to http://patreon.com/toureshow and subscribe. For just $5 a month you get 4 Friday Patreon exclusives and the full version of our Wednesday shows and you get to help us keep making this show!Yale professor Elizabeth Hinton has written an important and powerful book about the history of Black rebellion against police repression called America On Fire. A must read. We dive deep into why we shouldn’t call them riots, they’re uprisings, and why it’s the police being oppressive in Black communities that sparks those uprisings.Patreon.com/toureshowInstagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toureToure Show Episode 282Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mekhi Phifer is a legendary actor. Was a privilege to speak about his craft and his journey through an amazing career.Patreon.com/toureshowInstagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toureToure Show Episode 281Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: Feb 24, 2021Andy Roddick was a tennis legend—#1 in the world, US Open winner, 3x Wimbledon finalist, and one of best servers in modern history. We talk about how to hit a great serve, what it’s like to play against Roger Federer, and what is mental toughness?Patreon.com/toureshowInstagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Elaine Welteroth is the big sister you knew you needed but didn’t know where to find. She’s succeeded in magazines, books, TV, and now she has a Master Class talking about how to make your career the best it can be. We talk about all the career advice you need.Patreon.com/toureshowInstagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toureToure Show Episode 280Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stephanie Mills is a legendary singer. She’s been a star since she was a teenager and she’s got many timeless hits. We talk about singing, making hits, dating Michael Jackson, and raising a son with Down’s Syndrome.Patreon.com/toureshowInstagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toureToure Show Episode 279Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the day of the US Open Finals let’s throwback to my 2018 convo with James Blake the tennis star who was once #4 in the world and #1 in America with wins over Federer and Nadal. But what’s most amazing is that he played his best tennis after breaking his neck in a freak injury and contracting shingles and losing his dad—all in one year. He’s tough, smart (Harvard), humble, and cool. And the best Black male player since Arthur Ashe. I interviewed him at the tennis club where I grew up, Sportsmen’s Tennis Club in Dorchester, Massachusetts, in front of a few hundred people. James is an amazing person. It’s really interesting to see how he thinks.Patreon.com/toureshowInstagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Alex Isley is an amazing young singer who’s the daughter of one of the legendary Isley Brothers and it’s like she was born to sing. She has an amazing voice, perfect pitch, and synesthesia. A fascinating conversation with a gifted singer.Toure Show Episode 278Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 2018 I interviewed the legendary actor Michael K Williams about his HBO documentary Raised In the System which gave him a chance to talk about criminal justice and also about his incarcerated nephew Dominic who did over 20 years inside. It was a powerful interview—we talk about prison, drug addiction, acting, the Wire, the Night Of, and Dominic who had been released days earlier and was there at the interview with us. It was an honor to spend time with Michael—he was an intense freedom fighter who cared deeply about criminal justice reform. His intensity comes through in this conversation.Toure Show Episode 277Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: July 31, 2019Toure Show Ep 83: Mark Ronson - I'm Too HotMark Ronson is the host of Watch The Sound on Apple TV and a music producer who’s made massive hits with Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, Amy Winehouse, and Miley Cyrus. How does he make music? We dig into his musical philosophies and his stories about making music in this throwback from 2019.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

To hear this awesome conversation go to http://patreon.com/toureshow and subscribe. For just $5 a month you get 4 Friday Patreon exclusives and the full version of our Wednesday shows and you get to help us keep making this show!Kendrick Johnson was 17 years young when he was murdered but no one has been brought to justice. Why? Perhaps because he was killed in the Deep South, possibly by the son of an FBI agent. It’s a tragic story that relates to the history of lynching, the FBI and so much more. The gripping documentary about all this Finding Kendrick Johnson is narrated by Jenifer Lewis from Black•ish so I talked to her and the film’s director Jason Pollock about this story.Toure Show Episode 276Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jason Banks is an hilarious comedian who was working in a bank not long ago but thanks to Tiktok and courage he’s become a full time working comedian who’s living his dream. It’s a funny and heartwarming story.Toure Show Episode 275Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: May 26, 2021Toure Show Ep 247: I'm An ActorDjimon Hounsou is the star of A Quiet Place Part II and an actor with uncommon intensity. It really seems like a fire burns inside of him. We talk about his acting and his new movie and what it was like to be young and broke and homeless in Paris. He’s had an amazing life journey. We’re throwing back to our interview from earlier this year.Patreon.com/toureshowInstagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

To hear this awesome conversation go to http://patreon.com/toureshow and subscribe. For just $5 a month you get 4 Friday Patreon exclusives and the full version of our Wednesday shows and you get to help us keep making this show!Gabrielle Dennis is an hysterical actress who stars on A Black Lady Sketch Show and played on Luke Cage and was Whitney Houston in BET’s The Bobby Brown Story. We talk about acting, comedy, and what it’s like being on one of the funniest shows on TV—A Black Lady Sketch Show.Toure Show Episode 274Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chef Jerome Grant was the leader of the restaurant at the Black Smithsonian and it was an amazing extension of the museum where you could eat food from each of the four major African-American culinary traditions. Sweet Home Cafe was one of my favorite parts of the NMAAHC. Now he’s the executive chef at Jackie in DC. We talk about running the Sweet Home Cafe and Black culinary traditions and the way to take your fried chicken up a notch.Toure Show Episode 273Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: August 12, 2020Toure Show Ep 165: I Am MusicWyclef Jean. Genius. Producer. Rapper. Throwback to our awesome 2020 interview. Patreon.com/toureshowInstagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

To hear this awesome conversation go to http://patreon.com/toureshow and subscribe. For just $5 a month you get 4 Friday Patreon exclusives and the full version of our Wednesday shows and you get to help us keep making this show!I love dancehall and reggae immensely. They are two of my favorite types of music. So I loved talking to Jamaican music scholar Heather Augustyn, author of the new book Women In Jamaican Music, about the history and the culture of the amazing sounds that come out of one of the greatest countries in the world Jamaica.Toure Show Episode 272Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Blood Orange aka Dev Hynes is a brilliant musician who does things his own way. Amazing conversation with a genius musicmaker. You can get half of this convo anywhere podcasts are streamed but for the whole thing, to hear his full brilliance, go to Patreon.com/toureshow and subscribe to get our Friday Patreon Exclusives and the full version of our Wednesday shows.Toure Show Episode 271Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: January 13, 2021Toure Show Ep 209: I Am MusicCorinne Bailey Rae is a brilliant musician who lives and breathes music. We’re throwing back to our talk from early 2021 about what she loves about singing, her upcoming album, and how she survived the sudden death of her first husband.Patreon.com/toureshowInstagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

To hear this awesome conversation go to http://patreon.com/toureshow and subscribe. For just $5 a month you get 4 Friday Patreon exclusives and the full version of our Wednesday shows and you get to help us keep making this show!Josh Johnson is a hysterical young comedian who writes for the Daily Show with Trevor Noah and went on tour with Noah and recently dropped an hour-long Comedy Central special called Trevor Noah Presents Josh Johnson: # (Hashtag). We talk comedy and how to make people laugh and why.Toure Show Episode 270Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vernon Reid is one of the greatest guitar players alive. He was the lead guitarist in Living Colour and he’s a brilliant musical mind.  We talk about guitar, rock, music, and his iconic band. Amazing conversation with a genius. Get half of this for free, get the whole interview at Patreon.com/toureshowToure Show Episode 269Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Toure Show Ep 185: We Out HereOriginal Air Date: Oct 21, 2020Jadakiss and The Lox are red hot after that Verzuz battle with Dipset so let’s throwback to our 2020 convo about music, heartbreak, taking side ventures into healthy eating, and why these brothers still love each other after all this time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

To hear this awesome conversation go to http://patreon.com/toureshow and subscribe. For just $5 a month you get 4 Friday Patreon exclusives and the full version of our Wednesday shows and you get to help us keep making this show!Yolonda Ross is a powerful actor who stars on The Chi. I’ve known her since the beginning of her career and seeing her rise has been amazing. She’s been fighting to get here for years and you can see her strength in the work. Great conversation about acting, striving, and how you move up as an actor.Toure Show Episode 268Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Big Daddy Kane. One of the best rappers of all time. I’ve been hoping to interview him for years.Get half of this for free, get the whole interview at Patreon.com/toureshowToure Show Episode 267Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta CovingtonBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: November 25, 2020Touré Show Ep 195: Jeezy - I'm the SnowmanYoung Jeezy is one of the most iconic Southern MCs of all time. We’re throwing back to our 2020 convo about hiphop, coming up in the streets, the War on Drugs, and what his favorite guns are.Patreon.com/toureshowInstagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

To hear this awesome conversation go to http://patreon.com/toureshow and subscribe. For just $5 a month you get 4 Friday Patreon exclusives and the full version of our Wednesday shows and you get to help us keep making this show!Nore Davis is an hysterical young comedian—we talk about how to make people laugh, how to make it in comedy, his struggle with depression, how therapy helped, what it’s like to have your parents unimpressed with what you do, and how street racing can get you into trouble.Toure Show Episode 266Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta CovingtonBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jody Watley is a legend. Such an honor to have one of the great, unforgettable singers from the 80s and 90s on the show. We talk about her music as well as her struggles. A great conversation. Get the first half for free but for the whole thing go to Patreon.com/toureshow and subscribe. You’ll help support our show.Toure Show Episode 264Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta CovingtonBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: January 20, 2021Touré Show Ep 227: Levar Burton - I Am Who I AmLevar Burton is guest hosting Jeopardy right now so it’s a great time to throwback to our epic conversation about his life, his career, Reading Rainbow, Star Trek, Roots, and his deep thoughts about life.Patreon.com/toureshowInstagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

To hear this awesome conversation go to http://patreon.com/toureshow and subscribe. For just $5 a month you get 4 Friday Patreon exclusives and the full version of our Wednesday shows and you get to help us keep making this show!Wesley Morris is a brilliant writer and an award winning movie critic. We talk movies, Blackness, and what it’s like to work at The NY Times as a young Black person.Toure Show Episode 264Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta CovingtonBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Reggie Watts is a comedic legend, a musician, an improviser, a genius. This conversation is epic.You can get half of it for free. For the whole amazing thing go to patreon.com/toureshow and subscribe for $5 a month and help support our show.Toure Show Episode 263Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta CovingtonBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: September 30, 2020Touré Show Ep 179: Isiah Thomas: I'm A ChampionAs we move through the NBA Finals it’s a good time to throwback to my epic convo with Isiah Thomas the two time NBA champ and one of the greatest point guards in NBA history. We talk about mental toughness, on-court trash talking, what it was like to battle Jordan, Kareem, Magic, and Bird, as well as how to be a winner.Patreon.com/toureshowInstagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

To hear this awesome conversation go to http://patreon.com/toureshow and subscribe. For just $5 a month you get 4 Friday Patreon exclusives and the full version of our Wednesday shows and you get to help us keep making this show!Lynae Vanee is a brilliant, powerful sister who rose to fame with her IG video series Parking Lot Pimpin where she breaks down racism with her own particular swag and her MA in African-American Studies in her pocket. Somebody please give this woman a show. In the meantime I loved our conversation about her mind and her journey.Toure Show Episode 262Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta CovingtonBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Omari Hardwick is an actor of power, strength, handsomeness, and a deep sense of Blackness. I always love watching him onscreen in Netflix’s Army of the Dead and Boots Riley’s Sorry To Bother You and Power and more. I was thrilled to learn that he’s also a poet, an intellectual, a former football star and a really good brother. I loved this talk which gets really deep into who he really is.Get half of this for free, get the whole interview at Patreon.com/toureshowToure Show Episode 261Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta CovingtonBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air Date: May 2, 2018Touré Show Ep 27: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar-How To Ball In LifeIn honor of the NBA Finals, we throwback to our interview with the legendary Kareem Abdul-Jabbar who is one of the greatest basketball players of all time but you’ll see why he thinks of himself as a writer who played basketball.Patreon.com/toureshowInstagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

To hear this awesome conversation go to http://patreon.com/toureshow and subscribe. For just $5 a month you get 4 Friday Patreon exclusives and the full version of our Wednesday shows and you get to help us keep making this show!Michael Harriot is a writer whose work is deeply Black. He’s smart, he’s insightful, he’s powerful, he’s funny, he’s in love with Black people. I found him on Twitter @michaelharriot where his tweets are awesome and now I’m checking out his book Black AF History. He’s got a fascinating mind.Toure Show Episode 260Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta CovingtonBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jim Jones is a Harlem legend. Rapper, director, crypto coin creator—the man has been in the streets and in the culture forever. I wanted to talk to him about hiphop but Jim Jones is impossible to corral so we spiral all over the place and it’s amazing. Get half of this for free, get the whole interview at Patreon.com/toureshowToure Show Episode 259Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta CovingtonBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air date: June 13, 2018Touré Show Ep 33: Susan Rogers-I Made Music With PrinceI hope you’re listening to my new Prince docuseries Who Was Prince? It’s an 8-ep deep dive into his work, his life, his youth, and his personality. This week we’re throwing back to my interview with engineer Susan Rogers who worked with Prince in the studio, engineering his best albums. Susan tells us what song that was the germ of each of Prince’s big albums and the awesome story of what happened when Prince was forced to meet Liz Taylor.Follow Who Was Prince? wherever podcasts are streamed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

To hear this awesome conversation go to http://patreon.com/toureshow and subscribe. For just $5 a month you get 4 Friday Patreon exclusives and the full version of our Wednesday shows and you get to help us keep making this show!Nick Jones Jr. was a Marine for many years but he left to become a Hollywood screenwriter and is now working on Yasuke on Netflix. We talk about the Marines, getting to know Barack Obama and the life-changing advice he got from him, and his life as a screenwriter.Toure Show Episode 258Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta CovingtonBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tiffany Aliche aka the Budgetnista went from sleeping on her parents’ couch to being a multi-millionaire all based on teaching financial literacy. Tiffany is the author of Get Good With Money and she’s here to help us get good with money! She’s brilliant with money and she knows how to make her tips on money really easy and accessible. You don’t want to work for every dollar you ever make! You have to invest so your money grows! You don’t want to spend more than you make. You have a future you have to plan for.Toure Show Episode 257Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta CovingtonBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Touré Show Ep 32: Andre Cymone-I Grew Up With PrinceOriginal Air date: June 9, 2018In celebration of our new Prince docuseries Who Was Prince? here’s a throwback to our interview with Prince’s childhood best friend André Cymone who tells the truth about who Prince was as a teenager. Prince and Andre lived together throughout their teens and they played together for years. Who was young Prince? Andre knows. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

To hear this awesome conversation go to http://patreon.com/toureshow and subscribe. For just $5 a month you get 4 Friday Patreon exclusives and the full version of our Wednesday shows and you get to help us keep making this show!Flying Lotus is one of the most incredible producers ever and it makes sense that he comes from an amazingly musical family. This is a deep conversation about music with a true genius.Toure Show Episode 256Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta CovingtonBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tarell McCraney is an extraordinary screenwriter who’s exploring the Black male through amazing films like Moonlight and High-Flying Bird and the TV show David Makes Man which airs on OWN and HBO Max. We talk about writing and David Makes Man and Black men and Moonlight and the moment they won the Oscar which was not marked by joy but by fear. Amazing conversation.Toure Show Episode 255Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta CovingtonBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Susannah Melvoin was the love of Prince’s life. Nothing Compares 2 U is about her. If I Was Your Girlfriend is about her. They started dating before Purple Rain. They got engaged just before he started shooting Under The Cherry Moon. My Prince docuseries Who Was Prince? is out now so let’s throwback to this convo with Susannah where she talks all about their relationship and the story behind “Starfish and Coffee”—which was a song based on a story from her childhood.Follow Who Was Prince? wherever podcasts are streamed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hit-Boy is a major producer who worked on monster songs for Jay-Z, Beyonce, Kanye, Travis Scott, Lil Wayne, and many more. We talk about making music and the stories behind some of his hits.To hear this awesome conversation go to http://patreon.com/toureshow and subscribe. For just $5 a month you get 4 Friday Patreon exclusives and the full version of our Wednesday shows and you get to help us keep making this show!Toure Show Episode 254Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta CovingtonBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Raven-Symone is a lifelong actress who doesn’t really like acting. She dreams of leaving showbiz behind and living on a farm with her wife and a ton of kids. She is by far one of the most interesting people I’ve ever talked to on this show and this conversation goes way off the rails—Raven’s a doomsday prepper—and it’s so amazing. You gotta hear the whole crazy thing. You can get half the show for free. For the whole thing go to patreon.com/toureshow and for just $5 a month you’ll get this whole convo plus our Friday Patreon exclusives.Toure Show Episode 253Host & Writer: TouréSenior Producer: Jackie GarofanoAssistant Producer: Adell ColemanEditor: Ryan WoodhallPhotographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta CovingtonBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Original Air date: July 8, 2020Joe Budden is… an original. There’s no one like him. You can see why he’s a great broadcaster in this throwback interview from 2020 and why he doesn’t need anyone else to be big in media. We talk about how he made it big as a podcaster and his music as well.Patreon.com/toureshowInstagram: @toureshowTwitter: @toure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.