Toure Show

Original Air Date: March 10, 2021 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. Patreon.com/toureshow Instagram: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices S...

Salim Akil is a major TV creator—he’s created, executive produced and directed lots of shows—Black Lightning, Being Mary Jane, The Game, Girlfriends, and more. We talk about how to create a show, how to pitch a show, and how to keep a show going once you’ve gotten a greenlight. Anyone who wants to be in TV or to understand TV this is for you. To hear this awesome conversation go to http://patreon....

Sananda Maitreya is one of the greatest singer-songwriters of his time. I have been a huge fan of the artist formerly known as Terrence Trent D’Arby for many years and it was an honor to talk to him about music and his career and his life and why his career didn’t get even bigger—which has a lot to do with Michael Jackson sabotaging him. Sananda now lives in Italy with his family and he’s still ma...

Original Airdate: June 26, 2019 Billy Porter is the star of Pose, one of the best shows on TV. Their final season starts on May 2. Porter is an incredibly captivating actor. We talk about acting, escaping his childhood home where he was molested for years, and wearing a masculine dress to the Oscars. This convo is powerful and riveting. Billy is amazing! Patreon.com/toureshow Instagram: @toureshow...

Javicia Leslie is the star of Batwoman on the CW and she’s an amazingly inspiring young actress who’s out and proud and living her best life. We talk about playing Batwoman, succeeding as an actress, and how easy it was to come out to her mom. To hear this awesome conversation go to http://patreon.com/toureshow and subscribe. For just $5 a month you get 4 Friday Patreon exclusives and the full ver...

Chris Redd is an SNL cast member and an hysterical stand up comic who’s also a rapper on the low. Amazing to talk to him about hiphop and comedy and how to make people laugh and the structure and stress of being on SNL and being in the Blackest SNL cast ever and his personal struggle with depression. Toure Show Episode 239 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: A...

Original Air Date: June 10. 2020 We need a new system of policing—it’s not about bad apples, it’s about a system that incentivizes arrests and protects violence against Black people. No one knows more about policing than Dr. Phillip Goff, a PhD, a professor at John Jay, and the head of the Center for Policing Equity. He studies policing and goes into departments and helps clean them up. We talk ab...

Shaun Robinson is a veteran TV star, the host of Access Hollywood and the global phenomenon 90 Day Fiancee. We talk all about 90 Day Fiancee and her interesting take on how to stay successful in this business. She’s an old friend so I know how to get her to keep it real…! To hear this awesome conversation go to http://patreon.com/toureshow and subscribe. For just $5 a month you get 4 Friday Patreo...

Don Lemon is a broadcaster who wears his heart on his sleeve. Every night on CNN he goes out and tells it how he sees it. He just wrote a powerful book “This Is the Fire: What I Say To My Friends About Racism.” We talk about broadcasting, Trump, America and a sweet story about how his fiancee proposed to him. For the full 60 minute version of this great conversation which will take you inside what...

Elaine Welteroth is fierce and brilliant and bold. She’s now 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 feel like no matter what you are eno...

Nipsey Hussle is one of the most interesting people in recent hip hop history. His biographer Rob Kenner, author of The Marathon Don’t Stop, talks about who Nip was, how he came up and what made him so special. To hear this awesome conversation go to http://patreon.com/toureshow and subscribe. For just $5 a month you get 4 Friday Patreon exclusives and the full version of our Wednesday shows and y...

Them is an extraordinary new show on Amazon Prime about a Black family in the 50s who integrate Compton and end up living in a virtual horror movie because of their white neighbors. Extremely engrossing show. Toure talks to the creator, Little Marvin about why he made it and how he went from working as a creative director to quitting, writing a show, and getting it made. Patreon.com/toureshow Inst...

Salman Rushdie is a legendary novelist and one of my literary idols. I’m proud to also call him a friend. Here in this throwback ep we talk about writing, Toni Morrison, life in crazy modern America, and his novel Quichotte. Everyone who’s a writer or a reader should check this out. He’s one of the great literary figures of the last few decades. Patreon.com/toureshow Instagram: @toureshow Twitter:...

Adepero Oduye is an amazing actor who’s been in some of the most interesting projects of the past few years. We talk about her new Disney plus Marvel show The Falcon and the Winter Soldier as well as being in the epic 12 Years A Slave and more. What does it take to be a great actor and to make it in Hollywood and what’s it like to tell your mom you’re ditching pre-med and switching to acting. To h...

Bad Trip on Netflix is hilarious and insane. It’s Eric Andre’s prank movie with Lil Rel and Tiffany Haddish where he goes around putting people in crazy situations. We talk about the movie and all the craziness. Patreon.com/toureshow Instagram: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Toure Show Episode 233 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan Wood...

Amy Sherald painted the awesome official portrait of Michelle Obama that’s hanging in the National Portrait Gallery and she now has a new show at Hauser & Wirth in LA so we’re throwing back to our interview with her. We talk through the story around how she got the Michelle Obama commission and the artistic decisions she made in making that painting and we explore her life as a renowned portrait p...

Phyllis Yvonne Stickney is an actor’s actor. She’s been in Malcolm X, New Jack City, What’s Love Got To Do With It, the Inkwell, and many more. She’s a great character actor who knows how to thrive in Hollywood. We talk about how to act and how to make it. To hear this awesome conversation go to http://patreon.com/toureshow and subscribe. For just $5 a month you get 4 Friday Patreon exclusives and...

Angie Thomas is an amazing writer who’s had multiple bestsellers and multiple books turned into movies. We talk writing and how to deal with Hollywood and how to create books for kids when you’re an adult and what it’s like to have massive success. You can get half of this for free. For the whole, amazing 60 minute conversation, with lots of insight into being a successful writer, listen to the fu...

Eric Andre is an amazing absurdist comedian who’s got a crazy new prank flick on Netflix called Bad Trip and a bananas show on Adult Swim called the Eric Andre Show. In this throwback from 2020 we talk about his show and his insane Netflix standup special Legalize Everything. Patreon.com/toureshow Instagram: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adch...

Kym Whitley is hysterical. Every time I see her I just want to smile. She’s been on a million shows throughout her career. How has she kept it going and kept people laughing and what is Kymism??? She’s so much fun to talk to. To hear this awesome conversation go to http://patreon.com/toureshow and subscribe. For just $5 a month you get 4 Friday Patreon exclusives and the full version of our Wednes...

Charles Blow has a very interesting idea: Black Americans should move to the South to create political power. If half of the Black people who live outside the south were to move Blacks would become the dominant force in 8 or 9 Southern states with the ability to choose Senators, Governors, Mayors, and reshape our political future. He breaks this down in his new book the Devil You Know and in our c...

Judas And the Black Messiah is up for Best Picture and two Supporting Actor awards so if you just rewatched it or just watched it for the first time, here’s a throwback to our conversation with the Lucas Bros who talk about the film from inception to screen. This is a great convo for those who’ve seen the film—spoilers abound because we go deep into the story, the nuances, the making of it, and th...

Jon Batiste is an extraordinary Juilliard-trained musician who grew up in a musical family from one of America’s greatest music towns, New Orleans. Yes he’s the musical director of the Late Show with Stephen Colbert but he’s a brilliant musician in his own right. He’s got a new album called We Are so we talk about music and how to make it. To hear this awesome conversation go to http://patreon.com...

Biggie was one of the greatest rappers ever and one of the most compelling people and just when you thought you knew everything about him here comes a new doc that’ll blow your mind. I Got A Story To Tell, on Netflix now, looks at Big as a musician, a son, a crack dealer, and a rising MC. I talked to director Emmett Malloy and Big’s friends D-Roc and Wayne Barrow about the film and the man. Patreo...

En Vogue is one of the greatest singing groups ever. We talked about how they sing, how they manage to get along, and what ever happened to the other two members? This throwback from 2018 came right after their album Electric Sky. It’s amazing to hear the newest member talk about going to hear them sing when she was a teenager. Patreon.com/toureshow Instagram: @toureshow Twitter: @toure  See acast...