Toure Show
485 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 682 ratingsToure talks to successful people to find out how they became successful and to see what they know that can help you on your journey.Check out NEW episodes every Wednesday and Throwback episodes on Sundays!
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Tyler James Williams–I Act
March 16, 2022 07:03 - 1 hourTyler 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 315 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assist...
Jeezy - I'm the Snowman
March 13, 2022 07:03 - 1 hourOriginal Air Date: November 25, 2020 Original Show Title: Toure Show Ep 195: I'm the Snowman Jeezy 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: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Leon–I Act
March 09, 2022 08:03 - 1 hourLeon 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 314 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your...
Jeffrey Wright - I'm An Actor
March 06, 2022 08:03 - 50 minutesOriginal Air Date: April 22, 2020 Original 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 fas...
DJ Drama–I Am the Culture
February 27, 2022 08:03 - 1 hourDJ 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 312 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan...
Jim Jones–I Hustle
February 23, 2022 08:03 - 1 hourJim 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 311 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...
Wyclef Jean–I Am Music
February 20, 2022 08:03 - 1 hourOriginal Air Date: Aug 12, 2020 Toure 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/adchoices
Congressman Jamaal Bowman–I’m In The House
February 16, 2022 08:03 - 1 hourJamaal 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 310 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad cho...
Malcolm Gladwell - I Am
February 13, 2022 08:03 - 1 hourOriginal 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 Twitter: @toure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Guy Torry–I Am Phat Tuesdays
February 09, 2022 08:03 - 58 minutesGuy 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 309 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Colem...
Corinne Bailey Rae - I Am Music
February 06, 2022 08:03 - 1 hourOriginal Air Date: Jan 13, 2021 Original 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: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Larry Miller–I Ran Brand Jordan
February 02, 2022 08:03 - 1 hourLarry 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 t...
Yvette Nicole Brown - I Am Sunshine
January 30, 2022 08:03 - 1 hourOriginal 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...
Nicole Ari Parker–I Am LTW
January 26, 2022 08:03 - 1 hourNicole 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 Episo...
Andre Leon Talley - I Am Fashion
January 23, 2022 08:03 - 1 hourTouré Show Ep - 42: I Am Fashion Original 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: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Snoop–I Am The Game
January 19, 2022 08:03 - 1 hourSnoop 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 306 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad c...
James Mtume - I Am Music
January 16, 2022 08:03 - 1 hourToure Show Ep 168: James Mtume–I Am Music Original Air Date: August 21, 2020 The 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/adchoices
Hrishikesh Hirway–I Song Explode
January 12, 2022 08:03 - 1 hourHrishikesh 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/betweenthereandhere Toure Show Episode 305 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp Booke...
Maxine Waters - I'm in the House
January 09, 2022 08:03 - 59 minutesOriginal Air Date: March 10, 2021 Original Title: Toure Show Ep 225 - I'm in the House Maxine 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/adchoices
Armand Hammer–We Rock The Mic Right
January 05, 2022 08:03 - 1 hourArmand 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 304 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit po...
Black Thought - How to MC
January 02, 2022 08:03 - 42 minutesOriginal Air Date: 2/2/2018 Original Title: Touré Show Ep 12: Black Thought-How To MC Black 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/adchoices
Doug Lyons–I Am The Drama
December 29, 2021 08:03 - 57 minutesDoug 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 303 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp Booke...
Iyanla Vanzant - I Save People
December 26, 2021 08:03 - 1 hourTouré Show Ep - 159: I Save People Original Air Date: July 22, 2020 Iyanla 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. Ins...
Zakiya Dalila Harris–I Write
December 22, 2021 08:03 - 1 hourZakiya 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: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Toure Show Episode 302 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP...
Isabel Wilkerson - I'm A Writer
December 19, 2021 08:03 - 56 minutesOriginal Air Date: September 2, 2020 Original Title: Touré Show Ep 171: I'm A Writer Isabel 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. Twi...
Michael Eric Dyson–I Love Blackness
December 15, 2021 08:03 - 1 hourMichael 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...
Wendy Raquel Robinson–I'm Game
December 12, 2021 08:03 - 1 hourWendy 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: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Toure Show Episode 300 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit po...
Greg Tate–I Am The Iron Man
December 08, 2021 08:03 - 1 hourGreg 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 138 Original Air Date: May 8, 2020 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Tananarive Due–I Am the Queen of Black Horror
December 05, 2021 08:03 - 57 minutesTananarive 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...
Tiffany Haddish - I Am Winning
November 28, 2021 08:03 - 1 hourTouré Show Ep 43: Tiffany Haddish-I Am Winning Original Air Date: August 22, 2018 Tiffany 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 inspiring Instagram: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Rémy Ngamije–I Write
November 24, 2021 08:03 - 1 hourRémy 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: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Toure Show Episode 297 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertai...
Who Killed Malcolm X
November 21, 2021 08:03 - 1 hourOriginal Air Date: February 19, 2020 Original 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 governmen...
Alicia Garza–I Know Black Lives Matter
November 17, 2021 08:03 - 1 hourAlicia 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: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Toure Show Episode 296 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcast...
Nikole Hannah-Jones - I Live In A Slaveocracy
November 14, 2021 08:03 - 1 hourToure Show Ep 107: Nicole Hannah-Jones: I Live In A Slaveocracy Original Air Date: January 8, 2020 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...
Yvonne Orji–I Love Jesus
November 10, 2021 08:03 - 1 hourYvonne 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: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Toure Show Episode 295 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Edito...
Jelani Cobb–I Love Black People
November 07, 2021 08:03 - 1 hourJelani 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: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Toure Show Episode 294 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more abo...
Omar Dorsey–I Love Acting
November 03, 2021 07:03 - 1 hourOmar 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: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Toure Show Episode 293 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Learn ...
Isiah Thomas–I'm A Champion
October 31, 2021 07:03 - 1 hourToure Show Ep 179: Isiah Thomas–I'm A Champion Original Air Date: September 30, 2020 The 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: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices...
Bitchin
October 29, 2021 07:03 - 8 minutesRick 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: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Toure Show Episode 292 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about ...
Justin Simien–I'm Done With Dear White People
October 27, 2021 07:03 - 57 minutesJustin 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: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Toure Show Episode 291 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. V...
Celeste Headlee–I Wanna Talk About Racism
October 22, 2021 07:03 - 10 minutesCeleste 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: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Toure Show Episode 290 Host & Writer: Touré Senio...
Adam Schiff–I’m Scared For Our Democracy
October 20, 2021 07:03 - 58 minutesCongressman 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: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Toure Show Episode 289 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Edito...
Big Daddy Kane - I'm A Smooth Operator
October 17, 2021 07:03 - 1 hourOriginal Air Date: August 4, 2021 Toure Show 267: I'm the Smooth Operator Big Daddy Kane. One of the best rappers of all time. Patreon.com/toureshow Instagram: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Khalil Muhammad–I Love History
October 15, 2021 07:03 - 5 minutesKhalil 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/toureshow Instagram: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Toure Show Episode 288 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: R...
Neal Brennan–I Feel Funny
October 13, 2021 07:03 - 40 minutesNeal 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/toureshow Instagram: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Toure Show Episode 287 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck M...
Michael K WIlliams
October 10, 2021 07:03 - 46 minutesIn 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 fig...
Clint Smith–I Write
October 08, 2021 07:03 - 8 minutesClint 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/toureshow Instagram: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Toure Show Episode 286 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Produ...
Dres–I’m A Black Sheep
October 06, 2021 07:03 - 44 minutesDres 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/toureshow Instagram: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Toure Show Episode 285 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer:...
Ibram Kendi - I Am Anti-Racist
October 03, 2021 07:03 - 1 hourOriginal Air Date: October 16, 2019 Toure Show Ep 95: Ibram Kendi-I am Anti-Racist Dr. 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.c...
Hari Kondabolu–I Feel Funny
October 01, 2021 07:03 - 7 minutesHari 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/toureshow Instagram: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Toure Show Episode 284 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, ...