Touré Show

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 people who like me. I feel like the MAGA hat is the new Klan hood and it scares me to see it worn so brazenly and thoughtlessly. I wondered how others were feeling about being Black in the era of Trump. We had six awesome panelists—April Ryan the White House reporter, Malcolm Nance the superspy who just published the Plot To Betray America, Elie Mystal the legal analyst, Lexi McCammond the Axios reporter, Maya Wiley the activist and legal analyst, and Briahna Joy Gray the national press secretary for Bernie Sanders. The panel was attended by hundreds. Instagram @toureshow. Twitter: @toure Toure Show Ep 99 Host & Writer:

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 York Senator Daniel Moynihan in the 90s. We get into all of that and disdain for Donald Trump in this fascinating conversation. I’ve known Lawrence for a long time so this was a treat. Let me know what you think! Instagram @toureshow. Twitter: @toure Toure Show Ep 98 Host & Writer: Toure Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta Covington The House: DCP Entertainment   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.dcpoffici

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 show and how everything fell apart. This will take you inside the world of TV and ESPN like nothing you’ve ever heard. It’s Michael’s deepest and most revealing interview ever. Let me know what you think! Instagram @toureshow. Twitter: @toure Toure Show Ep 97 Host & Writer: Toure Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Cheyanne Millz, Chuck Marcus, and Shanta Covington The House: DCP Entertainment  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.d

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 her. Her story is amazing and it’s chronicled in a heartbreaking book called Free Cyntoia. We talk through her unbelievable story and try to understand how she made it through. Let me know what you think! Instagram @toureshow. Twitter: @toure Toure Show Ep 96 Host & Writer: Toure Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta Covington The House: DCP Entertainment  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/

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

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 Republicans’ attack on Rice was political, and personal, and had nothing to do with the actual tragedy that took place in Benghazi. Rice talks about all of this and more in her new memoir Tough Love and on this show. Let me know what you think! Instagram @toureshow. Twitter: @toure Toure Show Ep 94 Host & Writer: Toure Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta Covington The House: DCP Entertainment  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.dcpoffi

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 & Writer: Toure Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Associate Producer: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta Covington The House: DCP Entertainment   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 choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta Covington The House: DCP Entertainment   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 choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta Covington The House: DCP Entertainment  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 choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Touré Show Episode 90 DMC is one third of Run-DMC the most important group in hiphop history. Run-DMC were rap’s first superstars and their success helped the genre become a global phenomenon. But through all the triumphs, DMC was unhappy. He was an alcoholic who became depressed and then suicidal. He thought about how to kill himself all the time. Then he found out he was adopted. This is an amazingly honest life story. Let me know what you think! Instagram @toureshow. Twitter: @toure Host & Writer: Toure Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta Covington The House: DCP Entertainment    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 choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Touré Show Episode 89 Rushdie is a legendary novelist and writer who is one of my literary idols. I’m proud to also call him a friend. His new novel Quichotte is awesome. Here we talk about writing, Toni Morrison, and living in crazy modern America. Let me know what you think! Instagram @toureshow. Twitter: @toure Host & Writer: Toure Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta Covington The House: DCP Entertainment For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy  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 choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A$AP Ferg—I Am The Streets Ferg is one of my favorite modern MCs because he’s versatile, raw, smart, and his flows are ill. Plus he’s a designer with all kinds of dreams to make clothes and furniture and everything. This conversation goes far away from what I’d planned because he’s brilliant and I love that. Instagram @toureshow. Twitter: @toure Toure Show Ep 88 Host & Writer: Toure Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Associate Producer: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta Covington The House: DCP Entertainment For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy  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 choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms—I Love Atlanta Mayor Keisha is an extremely inspiring woman who’s making big changes to criminal justice systems in the city and re-opening the investigation into the infamous Atlanta Child Murders of 1979-1981. Instagram @toureshow. Twitter: @toure Toure Show Episode 87 Host & Writer: Toure Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Associate Producer: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta Covington The House: DCP Entertainment For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy  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 choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sandra Bernhard is one of my favorite actress/comic/singers of all time. Long before she was Nurse Judy on Pose, she was on the Richard Pryor Show and in Martin Scorsese’s the King of Comedy and so much more. I interviewed her at the very beginning of my career and made a total mess out of it, one of the most embarrassing professional moments ever so I’m thrilled I had a chance to re-interview her and show her I can be an actual professional. Sandra’s a treasure who can do anything onstage. I hope you learn a lot from her. Instagram @toureshow. Twitter: @toure Toure Show Episode 86 Host & Writer: Toure Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta Covington The House: DCP Entertainment  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy  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 omnystud

How We Fight White Supremacy is a new book by Akiba Solomon and Kenrya Rankin that talks about how to deal with the insidious monster controlling life in America. What is it exactly and what does real resistance look like and what is freedom dreaming? They’ll break it all down. Instagram @toureshow. Twitter: @toure Toure Show Episode 85 Host & Writer: Toure Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta Covington The House: DCP Entertainment  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy  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 choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dapper Dan is a fashion legend, a hiphop legend, and a Harlem legend. He’s the man who made the clothes that define the height of early hiphop style by chopping up clothes made by the high fashion houses and turning the fabric into something new, bold, and fresh. He went to prison for that and hit bottom but he’s rebounded and now he’s got a partnership with Gucci. His story is amazing. Instagram @toureshow. Twitter: @toure Toure Show Episode 84 Host & Writer: Toure Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Brandon Tagoe Photographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta Covington The House: DCP Entertainment  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy  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 choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ronson is a music producer who’s made massive hits with Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, Amy Winehouse, and Miley Cyrus. How does he make music? We dig into his musical philosophies and his stories about making music. Let me know what you think! Instagram @toureshow. Twitter: @toure Toure Show Episode 83 Host & Writer: Toure Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Brandon Tagoe Photographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta Covington The House: DCP Entertainment    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 choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 He’s running for President, he’s a superstar Senator, he was a superstar Mayor—Cory Booker can do anything. What’s his superpower? How have his parents shaped his life? Why is he out here shoveling driveways and rescuing people from fires? And what does he think when people say he seems white? We cover everything in this no holds barred interview. Let me know what you think! Instagram @toureshow. Twitter: @toure Toure Show Episode 82 Host & Writer: Toure Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Brandon Tagoe Photographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta Covington The House: DCP Entertainment   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 choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Margot played Clorinda on the recently cancelled Netflix show She’s Gotta Have It. I watched every episode. I wanted to know what she’ll recall about the show and what it was like working on it and how she feels about getting cancelled and what she thinks some of the issues were. Let me know what you think! Instagram @toureshow. Twitter: @toure Host & Writer: Toure Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Brandon Tagoe Photographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta Covington The House: DCP Entertainment   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 choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ice Cube is a hiphop legend who started in N.W.A and became a solo star. He’s one of the greatest MCs ever. He’s also an actor and a screenwriter and now a mogul as the founder of a 3 on 3 basketball league. Let me know what you think! Instagram @toureshow. Twitter: @toure Host & Writer: Toure Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Brandon Tagoe Photographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta Covington The House: DCP Entertainment   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 choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices