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Bomani Jones is the host of Game Theory on HBO and a longtime writer/broadcaster who can talk about absolutely anything. The guy has three advanced degrees in economics. I wanted to know how he’s created this amazing career for himself. We get deep talking sports but things get really heated when we get into music… Toure Show Episode 367 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Terry McMillan is one the most famous and successful writers of her time because she knows how to really connect with her audience. And the reason why she understands how to do that is because she knows how to make great characters and she knows how to listen to them. She doesn’t tell her characters what to do, she lets them tell her what she wants them to do and who they are and by really listening, she creates really honest characters who people love. This is a master class in how to write compelling fiction—after this convo in 2020, I will never look at characters the same ever again. This is a must for anyone who aspires to be a successful writer. Original Air Date: April 29, 2020 Ep 135: I Love My Characters Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dream Hampton is an activist and a filmmaker who made the incredible doc “Surviving R. Kelly” and co-wrote Jay-Z’s Decoded. She’s got an inspiring warrior spirit and knows how to use media to help the people. Toure Show Episode 366 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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 conspired to kill Malcolm—his top bodyguard at the end was an NYPD infiltrator and informant. Original Air Date: February 19, 2020 Original Title: Touré Show Ep 115: Who Killed Malcolm X Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Vinnie from Naughty By Nature is an old friend so he’s come by to break it all down. He talks about how and the guys started out dealing on the block, and how they made OPP and how that smash changed their lives, and the long slow breakdown of the group’s bonds which led to very real problems. He talks about the time he punched Treach in the face and why their relationship is strained now. Amazingly honest conversation about the rise and the struggles of a legendary rap group. Toure Show Episode 365 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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. Original Air Date: May 2, 2018 Touré Show Ep 27: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar-How To Ball In Life Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jermaine Dupri is a legend and we had a legendary conversation. We talk about dating Janet, producing Mariah, working with Jay-Z, visiting Magic City, and much more. Toure Show Episode 364 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nikki Giovanni is one of the greatest living poets in the world and she is a joy to be around. She’s funny, smart, humble, and very cool. She’s the best dinner guest imaginable. In honor of Black History Month, and since she’s recently announced her retirement from teaching let’s throwback to this hour plus conversation from 2017 about what makes a great poem, the impact of watching domestic violence in her childhood home, how she rebounded from a health scare by getting onstage, how she learned to cry and why she feels she needs to go into outer space. Toure Show Ep. 3: How to Make It in Poetry Original Air Date: Nov. 29, 2017 Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tommy Davidson is back. He’s hysterical and his life story is incredible—he was abandoned by his biological mom and adopted by a white family. And then the story gets wild. He’s an amazing person. Toure Show Episode 363 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nikole Hannah-Jones is the creator of the 1619 project which explains how America is still impacted by the legacy of slavery. It is not past, we are, today, in a slaveocracy. The 1619 project is a podcast, an ongoing series of articles and essays that are being taught in schools, and a series of books and now a show on Hulu. She is a verified genius, the recipient of a MacArthur grant, and I could feel her genius as I spoke to her. She is a person who is toweringly influential in that her ideas have changed my thinking on many issues and, with the 1619 project, aims to shape the way many people see the relationship between America and slavery. Toure Show Ep. 107 Original Air Date: Jan. 8, 2020 Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Malcolm-Jamal Warner was Theo on the Cosby Show but his career and his life are way bigger than that. We go through his whole career from Cosby to Malcolm and Eddie (which was contentious) to his fascinating musical career. This is an awesome conversation. Toure Show Episode 362 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Darrelle Revis is one of the best NFL players of his era—definitely the greatest cornerback of his day. We talked about football—how he became the best, who was his toughest competition, why he loves defense, and why he wants to become an owner. Great conversation. Toure Show Ep. 327 Original Air Date: May 25, 2022 Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
LisaRaye is an icon. She’s been a star since her first film Ice Cube’s The Player’s Club and today she’s on ALLBLK’s A House Divided. She’s an amazing woman and we talk about acting, learning how to be sexy, the time she shot someone, and she cries about her beloved late father. An amazing conversation. Toure Show Episode 361 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Congressman Hakeem Jeffries is one of the most important people in Congress because he knows how to get things done. In this throwback interview from 2019 we talk about the insanity of Trump, how Senator Mitch McConnell is “a disgrace,” and much more. Toure Show Ep. 74: I Am Open to Impeaching Trump Original Air Date: June 5, 2019 Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Talent is a legendary veteran stand up comic. We talk about comedy and I try to keep it together while he makes me laugh like crazy. Toure Show Episode 360 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Toure Show Ep. 315: Tyler James Williams-I Act Original Air Date: March 16, 2022 Tyler James Williams is a star on Abbott Elementary and he’s now Emmy nominated 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 father, a police officer, put him in handcuffs just so he’d know what it’s like. Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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. Toure Show Episode 359 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Toure Show x Toure because I wrote another book, this one is called The Ivy League Counterfeiter and it’s about a friend of mine from high school who finished Columbia University and then became a professional counterfeiter. He made money by photocopying it. Insane story of private schools, underworld dreams, fake money, prostitution, and an unforgettable, charismatic man. The book is available as an ebook or an audio book on Scribd. My friend Danielle Moodie did the honor of interviewing me. Use this link to read the book for free: https://www.scribd.com/book/611648035/The-Ivy-League-Counterfeiter Toure Show Episode 356 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Right now in Iran we are witnessing a massive revolution—the people are rising up to demand freedom from the repressive regime. That regime is responding with murder. Several activists have been executed for the crime of protesting. And yet thousands continue protesting. Western media isn’t really talking about it but my friend, the actor, Mozan Marno, is in touch with people inside Iran and she’s at the UN fighting on their behalf and she’s explaining to me what’s really going on in this huge national uprising. Toure Show Episode 358 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. https://pod.link/1313077481/episode/63b537e2a3fff652ec5b43ade103ad79# Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Exonerated 5, formerly known as the Central Park 5, now have an entrance into Central Park named in their honor, a stunning turnaround for men who spent years in prison, convicted of crimes they did not do. In 2019 I spoke with two of them, Dr. Yusef Salaam and Raymond Santana, about their extraordinary experience. These men survived a nightmare. Let me know what you think! Instagram @toureshow. Twitter: @toure Toure Show Ep 76: The Central Park 5 - We Are Free Original Air Date: June 19, 2019 Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ain’t No Mo is an amazing new Broadway play about a moment where every Black American is being given a one way plane ticket to Africa. This play, which is really a look at what it means to be African-American, is hysterical and deep and po’erful and an awesome theater experience. In this interview Cooper, the play’s creator and star, goes into the play’s meanings and the ideas that inspired it. Toure Show Episode 357 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mike Dyson is the intellectual heavyweight champion and someone who’s amazingly fun to talk to. In 2019 we talked about the genius of Jay-Z and his struggle to bury two brothers in the last few years. This convo is powerful and personal and brilliant and fun. Toure Show Ep 102: Michael Eric Dyson-I'm in Jay-Z's America Original Air Date: December 4, 2019 Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Toure Show x Toure because I wrote another book, this one is called The Ivy League Counterfeiter and it’s about a friend of mine from high school who finished Columbia University and then became a professional counterfeiter. He made money by photocopying it. Insane story of private schools, underworld dreams, fake money, prostitution, and an unforgettable, charismatic man. The book is available as an ebook or an audio book on Scribd. My friend Danielle Moodie did the honor of interviewing me. Use this link to read the book for free: https://www.scribd.com/book/611648035/The-Ivy-League-Counterfeiter Toure Show Episode 356 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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 my convo with the great NHJ. Toure Show Ep 107: Nikole Hannah-Jones: I Live In A Slaveocracy Original Air Date: January 8, 2020 Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Elvis Mitchell is an esteemed film critic and the director of Is That Black Enough For You?!? a fascinating Netflix doc about Black film history. Amazing convo about great Black films. Toure Show Episode 355 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The late Greg Tate is one of the greatest writers of our time. He’s an intellectual hero of mine. He’s a mentor. He’s a writer, a guitarist, a genius. We had an amazing conversation. I miss him immensely. Toure Show Episode 138 Original Air Date: May 8, 2020 Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Santigold is back with a new album Spirituals and a new podcast Noble Champions and she’s an old friend so we had an amazing conversation about making music. Toure Show Episode 354 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Malcolm Gladwell is a genius. This is a throwback to our interview from 2020. Toure Show Ep 126: I Am Original Air Date: 3/27/2020 Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Capt Kirk Douglas is the guitarist for the Roots and the man behind a new solo album New Unknown. I love talking to musicians about their music, their influences, their beginnings. Toure Show Episode 353 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Miss J. Alexander is a fashion world icon and an incredible person. Toure Show Ep. 344 Original Air Date: Sept. 21, 2022 Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
