Toure Show

Walter Mosley is the author of Every Man’s A King and more than 40 other novels because he writes every single day no matter what. He’s one of the most interesting writers working today so this is a must listen for anyone who cares about writing or writers. Toure Show Episode 372
 Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographer...

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 Ep 364: Jermaine Dupri Original Air Date: February 8, 2023 Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/a...

Carla Hall is a legendary chef who talks about cooking with love. But what does that really mean? And what does it mean to be a great chef? And what’s the real reason why her restaurant in Brooklyn closed? Carla answers all of that plus what being Black means to her and how to make perfect fried chicken.   Toure Show Episode 371
 Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan Woo...

Zadie Smith is one of the best writers and coolest people around. It’s a good time to revisit our 2018 talk about writing and Jay-Z and Chappelle. Touré Show Ep 13: Zadie Smith–How to Be Free Original Air Date: February 7, 2018  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

Dominique Fishback is the star of Donald Glover’s awesome new Amazon show Swarm. It’s a wild show and Fishback is extraordinary as a super fan slash serial killer. She’s an intense and philosophical actor who talks all about the character she plays in Swarm, as well as working with Glover and how she broke into acting. Amazing convo.    Toure Show Episode 370 
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Elaine Welteroth is fierce and brilliant and bold. In this throwback episode from 2019, she’s one of the hosts of The Talk on CBS and she was on Project Runway. She was the editor in chief at Teen Vogue and she’s the author of an amazing memoir called, "More Than Enough.” The book is inspiring and funny and empowering and will teach you a lot about how to get ahead and will help you see how to fee...

Seal. Crazy. Kiss From A Rose. Superstar. Talking about his music, his development as a singer, his youth, the history of the scars on his face, and more. A very deep look into one of the great singers of our time. Toure Show Episode 369
Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick...

Isabel Wilkerson is one of the great writers of her generation. The author of The Warmth Of Other Suns and now Caste is creating narrative non-fiction that is explaining 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 getting into all of that. Toure Show Ep 171: I'm A Writer Original Air Date: Sep...

Conscious Lee is an educator who uses TikTok and the classroom to teach about Blackness. He says education is elevation and his work is inspiring. We talk about Black history as well as his mom’s impending jail sentence.  Toure Show Episode 366
 
Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producer & Talent Booker: Jennifer BrownExecutive Producer: Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Ch...

Amy Sherald painted the official portrait of Michelle Obama that’s hanging in the National Portrait Gallery but there’s an awesome story around how she got that commission and the artistic decisions she made in making that painting. We get into all of that but there’s also so much more to her life than that painting. Amy had already become a major portraitist before that commission, even though, j...

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 
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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 listeni...

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...

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 governm...

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. Amazing...

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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your...

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: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertain...

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 viole...

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: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Cla...

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...

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: TouréExecutive Producer & Talent Booker: Jennifer BrownExecutive Producer: Ryan WoodhallAssociate Produ...

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 See omnystudio.com/listener...

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
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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 See omnyst...

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: TouréExecutive Producer & Talent Booker: Jennifer BrownExecutive Producer: Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta CovingtonBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Support t...