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 ...
Sep 24, 2021•9 min•Ep. 282
Mekhi Phifer is a legendary actor. Was a privilege to speak about his craft and his journey through an amazing career. Patreon.com/toureshow Instagram: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Toure Show Episode 281 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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices Supp...
Sep 22, 2021•45 min•Ep. 281
Original Air Date: Feb 24, 2021 Andy 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/toureshow Instagram: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener for pri...
Sep 19, 2021•1 hr 16 min
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/toureshow Instagram: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Toure Show Episode 280 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covin...
Sep 17, 2021•6 min•Ep. 280
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/toureshow Instagram: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Toure Show Episode 279 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 H...
Sep 15, 2021•45 min•Ep. 279
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, Sportsme...
Sep 12, 2021•48 min
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 278 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 ab...
Sep 10, 2021•12 min•Ep. 278
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 fighte...
Sep 08, 2021•47 min•Ep. 277
Original Air Date: July 31, 2019 Toure Show Ep 83: Mark Ronson - I'm Too Hot Mark 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/adchoices Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudi...
Sep 05, 2021•1 hr 13 min
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 m...
Sep 03, 2021•9 min•Ep. 276
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 275 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 p...
Sep 01, 2021•45 min•Ep. 275
Original Air Date: May 26, 2021 Toure Show Ep 247: I'm An Actor Djimon 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/toureshow Instagram: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Learn more about your ad choices....
Aug 29, 2021•54 min
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 ...
Aug 27, 2021•7 min•Ep. 274
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 273 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Prod...
Aug 25, 2021•45 min•Ep. 273
Original Air Date: August 12, 2020 Toure Show Ep 165: I Am Music Wyclef Jean. Genius. Producer. Rapper. Throwback to our awesome 2020 interview. Patreon.com/toureshow Instagram: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 22, 2021•1 hr 21 min
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...
Aug 20, 2021•11 min
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 271 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan Woodh...
Aug 18, 2021•44 min•Ep. 271
Original Air Date: January 13, 2021 Toure Show Ep 209: I Am Music Corinne 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/toureshow Instagram: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystud...
Aug 15, 2021•1 hr 21 min
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 la...
Aug 13, 2021•8 min•Ep. 270
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/toureshow Toure Show Episode 269 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp...
Aug 11, 2021•39 min•Ep. 269
Toure Show Ep 185: We Out Here Original Air Date: Oct 21, 2020 Jadakiss 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/adchoices Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about yo...
Aug 08, 2021•1 hr 10 min
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, a...
Aug 06, 2021•6 min•Ep. 268
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/toureshow Toure Show Episode 267 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta Covington Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Support the show: htt...
Aug 04, 2021•43 min•Ep. 267
Original Air Date: November 25, 2020 Touré Show Ep 195: Jeezy - I'm the Snowman Young 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/toureshow Instagram: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf...
Aug 01, 2021•1 hr 11 min
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 troubl...
Jul 30, 2021•7 min•Ep. 266
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 264 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta Coving...
Jul 28, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 264
Original Air Date: January 20, 2021 Touré Show Ep 227: Levar Burton - I Am Who I Am Levar 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/toureshow Instagram: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listene...
Jul 25, 2021•1 hr 8 min
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 264 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Ade...
Jul 23, 2021•9 min•Ep. 264
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 263 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta Covington Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your...
Jul 21, 2021•45 min•Ep. 263
Original Air Date: September 30, 2020 Touré Show Ep 179: Isiah Thomas: I'm A Champion 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. Patreon.com/toureshow Instagram: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Learn more about your ad choices...
Jul 18, 2021•1 hr 24 min
