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: @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 E...
Dec 22, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 302
Original 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. Twitter:...
Dec 19, 2021•57 min
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 an...
Dec 15, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 301
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: @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 podc...
Dec 12, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 300
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 138 Original Air Date: May 8, 2020 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
Dec 08, 2021•1 hr 18 min
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 wo...
Dec 05, 2021•58 min•Ep. 299
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: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Toure Show Episode 298 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 Entertainmen...
Dec 01, 2021•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 298
Touré 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 Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toure...
Nov 28, 2021•1 hr 6 min
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: @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 Entertainm...
Nov 24, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 297
Original 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 government con...
Nov 21, 2021•1 hr
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: @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 podcastch...
Nov 17, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 296
Toure 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 to...
Nov 14, 2021•1 hr 23 min
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: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Toure Show Episode 295 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Editor:...
Nov 10, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 295
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: @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 about...
Nov 07, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 294
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: @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 mo...
Nov 03, 2021•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 293
Toure 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.com/...
Oct 31, 2021•1 hr 23 min
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: @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. Vis...
Oct 27, 2021•58 min
Original Air Date: May 2, 2018 Touré Show Ep 27: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar-How To Ball In Life The 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/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 ch...
Oct 24, 2021•57 min
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: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Toure Show Episode 290 Host & Writer: Touré Senior ...
Oct 22, 2021•9 min•Ep. 290
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: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Toure Show Episode 289 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Editor:...
Oct 20, 2021•58 min•Ep. 289
Original 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 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
Oct 17, 2021•1 hr 20 min
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/toureshow Instagram: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Toure Show Episode 288 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Rya...
Oct 15, 2021•5 min•Ep. 288
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/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 Mar...
Oct 13, 2021•41 min•Ep. 287
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...
Oct 10, 2021•47 min
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/toureshow Instagram: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Toure Show Episode 286 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Produce...
Oct 08, 2021•7 min•Ep. 286
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/toureshow Instagram: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Toure Show Episode 285 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: J...
Oct 06, 2021•45 min•Ep. 285
Original 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.com/t...
Oct 03, 2021•1 hr 7 min
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/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, an...
Oct 01, 2021•6 min•Ep. 284
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/toureshow Instagram: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Toure Show Episode 283 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...
Sep 29, 2021•44 min•Ep. 283
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
Sep 26, 2021•1 hr 21 min
