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Who Killed Malcolm X is a hot new Netflix doc that tells us who pulled the trigger of the sawed-off shotgun that killed Malcolm X, which Newark mosque he was from, how he got away, how the NYPD knew Malcolm’s life was in danger and allowed him to operate, and how the FBI sowed the seeds of angry division in the Nation of Islam that led to Malcolm’s murder. I talk with the directors Rachel Dretzin...

This is a Friday Patreon Exclusive! Go to patreon.com/toureshow to hear the whole ep! For $5 a month you get 4 Patreon Exclusives!  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. 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 choice...

Karen Finney worked for Hillary Clinton and witnessed the rise and fall from the front row. As the Dems search for a new nominee, Hillary’s shadow looms large, so I called Karen to have one more look at what went wrong for Hillary and what we misunderstand about her campaign and how 2016 changed politics as we know it. If you like Toure Show please support us on Patreon patreon.com/toureshow and g...

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...

Marc Lamont Hill grew up in Philly playing basketball with Kobe Bryant. They were on different planets even then but Marc learned a lot about him in the hundreds of times they faced off. They went in different paths but stayed friends and Marc became more than just one of the coolest intellectuals in America, he became a basketball expert who thinks of himself as Mr. 76ers. He sits front row at ev...

Franklin Leonard is one of people who are aiding the Black film revolution from behind the scenes. He’s a veteran film exec who knows the game inside and out. He created The Black List, an annual survey of un-produced screenplays that spotlights the best of them, creating opportunities for young screenwriters. 37 films have leapt from The Black List to win Oscars. Leonard has worked for Will Smith...

Harriet Tubman is one of the inspiring figures in American history. For years she did the hard, dangerous, crucial work of running into the South and grabbing enslaved people off of plantations and bringing them to freedom through the Underground Railroad to the North—sometimes taking them as far as Canada. She risked her life and changed the lives of many, many families by rescuing people from sl...

Nikole Hannah Jones is the creator of the amazing 1619 project for The NY Times which has made people smarter, made people cry and made some conservatives lose their minds. It seeks to explain 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 schoo...

Sandra St. Victor is a legendary singer who led a group called the Family Stand and sang the 90s classic "Ghetto Heaven.” She worked with Prince, Chaka Khan, Roy Ayers, and many more. This is almost a master class in how to sing because she goes deep into the physical and spiritual things you need to think about if you want to be a singer or if you just want to understand singing a little better. ...

Phillip Youmans is 19 years young and he’s already written and directed a powerful film starring Wendell Pierce called Burning Cane that’s on Netflix right now. Ava Duvernay has called it a must see film. It’s a mature drama that does not seem like it was made by a teenage newbie. This conversation is about filmmaking in general, meant to help anyone who wants to direct, write, or make film, and i...

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 from growing up with nothing in Cleveland to having a long, steady career acting in Hollywood. 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 he...

Kim Fields has had an amazing acting career—she started as a kid on The Facts of Life, in her 20s she was a part of the iconic Living Single, she’s done the Real Housewives of Atlanta, and now she’s a director as well as an actor starring in Lifetime’s You Light Up My Christmas. I grew up watching her play Tootie on on The Facts of Life so it was a thrill to meet her. That said, I did not expect t...

The intellectual heavyweight champion is back with a book breaking down the genius of Jay-Z called Jay-Z: Made In America. Dyson is an old friend of mine, he wrote the introduction for my book Who’s Afraid of Post-Blackness, so we get into a deep conversation here. We talk about Jay-Z and the next MC he could write a whole book about and Kaepernick and his struggle to bury two brothers in the last...

Malcolm Nance is the author of a powerful new book about how Russia lured in and controlled Trump called The Plot To Destroy America. He knows Trump isn’t gripped by a fear of kompromat but a love of money. He was also in the Navy for over 35 years, reaching the highest levels and fighting in combat on multiple continents. He talks about Trump, combat, guns, crazy war stories, and how to survive b...

The Lucas Brothers are a pair of twins, Keith and Kenny, who are amazing stand-up comedians and comedy writers. They’re hysterical, they’re highly intellectual philosophers, they’re stoners, they’re everything. They’ve got a sitcom coming out and they’re working on another standup special and they’re part of Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show and they’re two of my favorite comics—well, they’re one act, s...

I Am Black In the Trump Era Politicon is an annual multi-day political festival that now takes place in Nashville. I conceived and moderated a panel where I wanted to get some of my smartest Black friends onstage to talk about how they feel about being Black in the Trump era. I feel under siege, I feel rejected, and I feel like the country is in an era that’s painful and frightening to me and peop...

Lawrence O’Donnell is one of the best TV hosts in cable news. He’s a man of passion and intelligence who prosecutes his subjects and sometimes his guests in a way that recalls a lawyer doing a cross examination. He’s had a fascinating life—he's hosted The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell on MSNBC for almost ten years, he wrote for the legendary TV show the West Wing, he was an advisor for New Yor...

Michael Smith was at ESPN for 15 years, he grew up there and became the co-anchor (along with Jemele Hill) of one of the net’s marquee shows, the 6pm SportsCenter. But as soon as they started, things started going downhill. It was a very rough end to his time at ESPN but he’s grateful for every moment and now that he’s out he feels liberated! Here he details the what happened when they got the sho...

Cyntoia Brown got out of prison just a few months ago. She did 15 years of a life sentence in prison for murder and she admits to having shot and killed a man but she was 15 years old and she had been forced into prostitution by a much older man after years of being raped, abused, and led astray. When the world learned about her case there was an outcry—the system had failed her, everyone failed h...

Dr. Ibram Kendi is the author of an important book How To Be An Anti-Racist that says you’re either racist or anti-racist. There is no neutral ground. He’s also a recent cancer survivor. He’s an incredible guy and this convo is really inspiring. Let me know what you think! Twitter @toure. Instagram @toureshow. Toure Show Ep 95 Host & Writer: Toure Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Associate Produce...

Ambassador Susan Rice was President Obama’s National Security Advisor for four years. She was the first one from the administration to go on TV and talk about the Benghazi attacks and the Republicans made her pay for that with an unending series of attacks that cost her a chance to become Secretary of State and ended up making her 9 year old daughter have frightening hallucinations. The Republican...

Brittany Howard is the leader of the Alabama Shakes, an amazing blues band, and she’s just released her first solo album Jaime, named for her older sister who died when they were children. The album is deep and so is Brittany. I love this conversation with her about music and life and family and race and so much more…For more follow me, twitter @toure, Instagram @toureshow. Toure Show Ep 93 Host &...

Tamika Mallory—I’m Not Afraid She’s an activist and a warrior who helped build the Women’s March. She’s a leader trying to make America better. This puts her life at risk constantly but she cannot stop. She grew up in activism and she knows no other way to be. She’s inspiring and powerful. Let me know what you think! Instagram @toureshow. Twitter: @toure Toure Show Ep 92 Host & Writer: Toure Senio...

Gbenga Akinnagbe played the evil henchman Chris on The Wire and is now on Broadway playing the wrongfully-arrested doomed defendant Tom Robinson in To Kill A Mockingbird. He’s a powerful actor and a really smart guy. We had an amazing conversation. Let me know what you think! Instagram @toureshow. Twitter: @toure Toure Show Ep 91 Host & Writer: Toure Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Associate Prod...