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 319 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer:...
Apr 06, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 319
Touré Show Ep 48: Will Packer-I'm a Hollywood Producer Original Air Date: September 26, 2018 Will 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/adchoices Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad...
Apr 03, 2022•56 min
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...
Mar 30, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 318
Original Air Date: Jan 26, 2022 Original Title: Toure Show 307: I Am LTW HBO’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...
Mar 27, 2022•1 hr 10 min
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 317 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 Support the show: https://www.dc...
Mar 23, 2022•52 min•Ep. 317
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 316 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus,...
Mar 20, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 316
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 315 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assista...
Mar 16, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 315
Original 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 Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your...
Mar 13, 2022•1 hr 11 min
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 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 ...
Mar 09, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 314
Original 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 fascinat...
Mar 06, 2022•51 min
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 313 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...
Mar 02, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 313
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 312 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan ...
Feb 27, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 312
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 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...
Feb 23, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 311
Original 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 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
Feb 20, 2022•1 hr 21 min
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 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 choi...
Feb 16, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 310
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 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
Feb 13, 2022•1 hr 20 min
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 309 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Colem...
Feb 09, 2022•59 min•Ep. 209
Original 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 Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/list...
Feb 06, 2022•1 hr 21 min
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 ...
Feb 02, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 308
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 D...
Jan 30, 2022•1 hr 9 min
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 3...
Jan 26, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 307
Touré 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 Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio...
Jan 23, 2022•1 hr 12 min
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 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 cho...
Jan 19, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 306
Toure 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 Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio....
Jan 16, 2022•1 hr 4 min
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/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 Booker:...
Jan 12, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 305
Original 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 Support the show...
Jan 09, 2022•59 min
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 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 pod...
Jan 05, 2022•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 304
Original 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 Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad c...
Jan 02, 2022•43 min
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 303 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp Booker...
Dec 29, 2021•57 min•Ep. 303
Touré 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. Instagra...
Dec 26, 2021•1 hr 12 min
