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 megaphon...
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 abou...
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 Hollida...
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 ...
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 Enter...
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 Entertai...
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 McHa...
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 ...
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...
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. V...
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’...
