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Original Air Date: January 17, 2018 Patrisse Cullors is stepping away from BLM so it’s a good time to look back at our 2018 interview diving into her incredible life that includes victories over poverty, homophobia, family incarceration, and a police force the criminalized her as a child—She dealt with all the pain, chaos and repression in her life and grew strong. She helped build and run Black Lives Matter for years, a movement that has changed the world but also led to her being surveilled and attacked by police. When we spoke she had just published her powerful memoir When They Call You A Terrorist. It’s a great, great book that tells the story of her life and the rise of Black Lives Matter. Cullors is a really special person and I’m proud to call her a friend and this interview will help provide perspective on who she is. Patreon.com/toureshow Instagram: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/touresh

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 you get to help us keep making this show! Cool & Dre are two of the baddest producers in the game. We talk about musical philosophies, how they make music, why they become successful, and what it’s like to work with Beyoncé. Toure Show Episode 248 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta Covington Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment 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 choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Djimon Hounsou is the star of A Quiet Place Part II and an actor with uncommon intensity. It really seems like a fire burns inside of him. We talk about his acting and his new movie and what it was like to be young and broke and homeless in Paris. He’s had an amazing life journey. Toure Show Episode 247 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta Covington Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment 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 choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Original Air Date: January 8, 2020 Nikole Hannah Jones is in the news because UNC turned her down for a professorship even though she’s a MacArthur Genius grant recipient and a Pulitzer Prize winner so it’s a good tome to throwback to our 2020 interview. But what’s really going on is she’s the creator of the amazing 1619 project for The NY Times and that project is frightening to the right because it explains how America is still impacted by the legacy of slavery. It is not just our past. We are, today, a slaveocracy. The 1619 project is a podcast, a series of essays, and, soon, a series of books. She is a true genius 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 many people’s thinking on many issues, people including me. I look up to her intellectually and with the 1619 project she aims to shape the way people see the relationship between America and slavery. It was an honor to talk to @nhannahjones. Patreon.com/toureshow Instagra

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 you get to help us keep making this show! Isaiah Jackson has been deep in the Bitcoin world for years and he’s done well and he’s trying to get others involved because this is a world where you can build wealth. I went into this convo semi-skeptical about Bitcoin and came away convinced that I had to invest in it. This is not financial advice but I’d encourage you to listen to @bitcoinzay and find a way to get yourself involved   Toure Show Episode 246 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta Covington Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy in

Ian Dunlap is the Master Investor, Mr. Stock Market, the man who understands the game and dispenses wisdom about how to build wealth on the podcast Market Mondays. I’ve been listening to what he says and building a strategy around his teachings and watching the money grow. But it takes years… Listen to this episode only if you want build wealth and work toward a comfortable financial future. Those things don’t require you to make a lot of money. They require you to invest wisely and give your investments time to grow. Listen to learn from the man who’s taught me a lot. You’ll get half of this ep for free, for the whole 70 minute convo—which includes much more about how to build wealth and Ian interviewing me—go to patreon.com/toureshow and subscribe and for just $5 a month you’ll get our Friday Patreon Exclusives and the full version of our Wednesday intvs and you’ll help us keep the show going. Toure Show Episode 245 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Ed

Original Air Date: August 21, 2019 Mayor Keisha recently announced that she is not running for re-election so now’s a good time to look back at a great conversation with an extremely inspiring elected official who’s made big changes to criminal justice systems in Atlanta and re-opened the investigation into the infamous Atlanta Child Murders of 1979-1981. She also talks candidly about being a kid and watching her father be arrested and imprisoned for selling drugs and how that changed her family and her approach to criminal justice and to life. Patreon.com/toureshow Instagram: @toureshow Twitter: @toure 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 choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tracy K Smith is one of America’s great poets—she was Poet Laureate from 2017-2019. We talk about poetry and writing and America and the time we were in creative writing grad school together. This is a Patreon exclusive—go to http://patreon.com/toureshow to subscribe and for just $5 a month you get four exclusives plus the full 60 minute version of our Wednesday shows and you get to help support our small show and keep us going. Toure Show Episode 244 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta Covington Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment 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 choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy Wood Jr is en Fuego. He’s on the Daily Show, he’s got a new podcast, he’s got TV shows he’s producing and a standup special he’s creating. He’s been productive during the pandemic! We talk about his work, his process, and what it means to be funny. Toure Show Episode 243 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta Covington Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment 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 choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 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

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.com/toureshow and subscribe. For just $5 a month you get 4 Friday Patreon exclusives and the full version of our Wednesday shows and you get to help us keep making this show! Toure Show Episode 242 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta Covington Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment 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 choices. V

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 making music and he’s still a musical genius. It was an honor to talk to him. You can get half of this convo for free and if you want to hear the whole 60 minutes, go to patreon.com/toureshow and for $5 a month you get 4 Friday Patreon exclusives and the full 60 minute version of our Wednesday shows and you help support us so we can keep this show going. We appreciate your support. Toure Show Episode 241 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta Covington Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Learn

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 Twitter: @toure 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 choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 version of our Wednesday shows and you get to help us keep making this show! Toure Show Episode 240 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta Covington Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment 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 choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta Covington Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment 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 choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 about what’s wrong with American policing and how we can fix it. Patreon.com/toureshow Instagram: @toureshow Twitter: @toure 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 choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Patreon exclusives and the full version of our Wednesday shows and you get to help us keep making this show! Toure Show Episode 238 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta Covington Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment 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 choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 it’s like to be a TV host, go to patreon.com/toureshow. For just $5 a month you get the full version of our Wednesday interviews and our Friday Patreon exclusives and you get to help keep this show going. Toure Show Episode 237 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta Covington Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment 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. Lear

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 enough. Patreon.com/toureshow Instagram: @toureshow Twitter: @toure 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 choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 you get to help us keep making this show! Toure Show Episode 236 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta Covington Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment 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 choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices