Toure Show

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.fm/adchoices

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. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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’s trying to create business opportunities for Black, brown, female and LGBT founders because they are an under utilized resource even though they know how to make a dollar out of 15 cents. A throwback to an important conversation from 2018 with a woman who’s figured out how to steal white privilege and make it work for her. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tiffany Cross is a broadcaster and podcaster and a political warrior. She’s brilliant and she’s a fierce defender of Black people. She’s now hosting the Native Land podcast with Angela Rye and Andrew Gillum and she’s also hosting a podcast called ACross Generations. We talk a lot about her rise and fall at MSNBC as well as how she grew into the tough-minded political analyst she is.  Toure Show Episode 423 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

Isabel Wilkerson is one of the great writers of her generation. Her book Caste has been shaped into a movie by Ava Duvernay called Origin which has been met with rave reviews. She is the author of Caste and The Warmth Of Other Suns in which she 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. In this throwback interview from 2020, we get into all of that. Toure Show 171: I'm a Writer Original Air Date: Sept. 2, 2020 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I went to SXSW to intv three Black activists—Maurice Mitchell of the Working Families Party, Chris Smalls of Amazon Labor Union, and Phillip Agnew of Black Men Build. Great conversation about the future of America and the sacrifices that activists make and how to keep your ego out of leadership. Toure Show Episode 422 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

A Different World is on tour so let's throwback to my interview with Kadeem Hardison. In this interview we talk about him starring on Netflix's hysterical Teenage Bounty Hunters and we talk about A Different World, and how he's made it as an actor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amber Riley is a singer-actress dynamo who starred in Glee and is now in Single Black Female 2. We talk about being on Glee, being a singer and how her Lizzo helped her become the proud woman she is. Toure Show Episode 421 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Jennifer Brown 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

Jeffrey Wright is an amazing actor who stars in one of the best films of the year, American Fiction. In this throwback intv we talk about his philosophies around acting as well as how he tried to make a difference during quarantine times and about around acting. I’ve known Wright a long time and he’s a really deep and fascinating guy onscreen and off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Erick Sermon is half of the legendary hiphop duo EPMD and also an incredible producer who’s worked with Kanye, Dr. Dre and more. We talk about making music with both Kanye and Dre, the rise of EPMD, the breakup of EPMD, and stories from a life in hiphop. Amazing convo with an icon.  Touré Show Episode 420 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall & Jennifer Brown 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

October London is a hot singer-songwriter who Snoop Dogg has installed as the new face of Death Row Records. London’s got an album out called the Rebirth of Marvin and another 75 albums in his hard drive. He’s an amazing talent who somehow made it out of Indiana and is now a superstar. We talk about making music by freestyling, loving his son, and how he doesn’t want to get married ever again. Amazing conversation with a singular musician. Toure Show Episode 419 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Jennifer Brown 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

Bomani Jones is 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 his amazing career. We get deep into sports but things get really heated when we get into music… Toure Show Ep. 367 Original Air Date: Mar. 1, 2023 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nina Compton is an amazing chef who has won a James Beard award who is running Compere Lapin in New Orleans. Awesome conversation with a legendary chef. Toure Show Episode 418 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Jennifer Brown Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Claudia Jean Engineer: Claire McHale Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amy Sherald painted the official portrait of Michelle Obama that’s hanging in the National Portrait Gallery. There’s an awesome story around how she got that commission and the artistic choices she made in making that painting. Amy was already a major portraitist before she met Michelle even though, just a few years ago, Amy was broke and wondering where her artistic career was going. She’s also got someone else’s heart inside of her thanks to a transplant that saved her life. She’s also a former rapper. And an all-around wonderful person. She’s an example of success coming to someone who believes in herself no matter what. I love this conversation. Toure Show Ep. 111 Original Air Date: Feb. 5, 2020 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chef Charlie Mitchell was the first Black chef in NYC to earn a Michelin star. He got it for his acclaimed Brooklyn restaurant Clover Hill. Mitchell is a brilliant chef and this convo dives deep into the mind of a great chef. Toure Show Episode 417 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Jennifer Brown Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Claudia Jean Engineer: Claire McHale Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices