Touré Show

Katrina Adams played tennis at the highest level in the 90s and ran the USTA in recent years. We’re nerding out about the intricacies of elite tennis and talking about the pro game, including what happened with Serena in the US Open last year. If you love tennis, you’ll love this. Let me know what you think! Instagram @toureshow. Twitter: @toure Toure Show Ep 79 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

Shangela is a drag queen superstar who blew up on RuPaul’s Drag Race and has been crushing it ever since. It’s not just about the amazing outfits, the death drop dance move, the comedy—Shangela, aka DJ, is a performer and an entrepreneur who figured out how to turn a love of entertaining, dance, and drag into a real big time career. And check out Shangela's podcast, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shangela/id1460631090 Let me know what you think! Instagram @toureshow. Twitter: @toure Shangela—I Am Giving You Life! Ep 78 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

Billy Porter is the star of Pose and Kinky Boots and one of the most captivating actors working today. We talk about him kissing on camera, wearing a masculine dress to the Oscars, and escaping his childhood home where he was molested for years. This is powerful, revealing, and riveting. Billy is amazing. Let me know what you think! Instagram @toureshow. Twitter: @toure Toure Show Ep 77 Host & Writer: Toure Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Brandon Tagoe Photographer: Chuck Marcus 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

The Central Park 5—We Are Free Dr. Yusef Salaam and Raymond Santana are two of the Central Park 5, men who are portrayed in the amazing new film When They See Us. They lost their freedom, their dignity, and their lives but they persevered and now they’re exonerated and they’re the subjects of a film by Ava Duvernay. We talk about everything in this almost two hour interview. Let me know what you think! Instagram @toureshow. Twitter: @toure Toure Show Ep 76 Host & Writer: Toure Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Brandon Tagoe Photographer: Chuck Marcus 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

Elaine Welteroth is fierce. She was the editor in chief at Teen Vogue, now she’s on Project Runway, and she’s written an amazing memoir about her young life called, "More Than Enough" that’s inspiring and funny and will teach the children a lot about how to get ahead. Elaine is the role model we need right now. Let me know what you think! Instagram @toureshow. Twitter: @toure Toure Show Ep 75 Host & Writer: Toure Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Brandon Tagoe Photographer: Chuck Marcus 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

Congressman Hakeem Jeffries is one of the most important people in Congress today because he knows how to push things through Congress, despite historic dysfunction. We talk a lot about impeachment, the insanity of Trump, the First Step Act, and how Senator Mitch McConnell is “a disgrace.” Hear, hear. Let me know what you think! Instagram @toureshow. Twitter: @toure Toure Show Ep 74 Host & Writer: Toure Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Brandon Tagoe Photographer: Chuck Marcus 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

Boots Riley is one of the most exciting directors in Hollywood today. His amazing debut Sorry To Bother You is one of my favorite films of the last few years. It was original and powerful and an engrossing anti-capitalism story. Here we talk about his film, Hollywood, growing up in the Bay Area, his amazing rap group The Coup, and his criticism of Spike Lee’s Black Klansman. Let me know what you think! Instagram @toureshow. Twitter: @toure Toure Show Ep 73 Host & Writer: Toure Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Brandon Tagoe Photographer: Chuck Marcus 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

Jemele Hill is a national icon. She went into ESPN as a journalist and came out a star. In the process she became Trump’s least favorite journalist but who cares what he thinks. She’s now got a podcast on Spotify called Unbothered and she’s writing for the Atlantic and she’s about to get married. Jemele is definitely living her best life. Here we talk ESPN, sports, Trump, fame, her wedding, and more. Let me know what you think! Instagram @toureshow. Twitter: @toure Toure Show Ep 72 Host & Writer: Toure Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Brandon Tagoe Photographer: Chuck Marcus 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

Nia Long’s movie career started with Boyz N Tha Hood and she remained friends with John Singleton for 30 years. She talks about her first days with him and her last days with him as well as what it takes to be a great actor and edibles. Let me know what you think! Instagram @toureshow. Twitter: @toure Toure Show Ep 71 Host & Writer: Toure Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Brandon Tagoe Photographer: Chuck Marcus 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

Fab 5 Freddy is the director of a new Netflix doc about marijuana called the Grass Is Greener and he’s a legend. He was a graffiti artist in the 80s when hiphop was forming. He was the original host of Yo! MTV Raps when that show really mattered. He’s an OG in hiphop, art, and the NY scene. Let me know what you think! Instagram @toureshow. Twitter: @toure Toure Show Ep 70 Host & Writer: Toure Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Brandon Tagoe Photographer: Chuck Marcus 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

Sam Jay is a writer for SNL and a stand up comic and this is a great interview about her development as a person. She couldn’t show up in comedy as her best self until she realized who she really was. Let me know what you think! Twitter: @toure. Instagram @toureshow Toure Show Ep 69 Host & Writer: Toure Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Brandon Tagoe Photographer: Chuck Marcus 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

Corey Glover is the lead singer of the biggest Black rock band that ever lived—Living Colour. He’s got stories to tell about band chaos, gigging in the south, and shooting Platoon with Charlie Sheen. Let me know what you think! Twitter: @toure. Instagram @toureshow Toure Show Ep 68 Host & Writer: Toure Senior Producer: Chris Colbert Editor: Brandon Tagoe Assistant Producer: Taelor High Photographer: Chuck Marcus Produced by: 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

Dr. Melina Abdullah is an original member of Black Lives Matter and the staunchest and most public critic of the LAPD. She recently faced a year in prison for allegedly touching an LAPD officer, a very scary situation, but she fought through it. She is one of the freest people I know and one of the fiercest activists I’ve ever met. She’s amazing. Let me know what you think. Twitter: @toure. Instagram @toureshow Toure Show Ep 67 Host & Writer: Toure Senior Producer: Chris Colbert Editor: Brandon Tagoe Photographer: Chuck Marcus Distribution: 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

Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine is a lead actor on The Chi and he’s an actor of extraordinary power. Let me know what you think. Twitter: @toure. Instagram @toureshow. Toure Show Ep 66 Host & Writer: Toure Senior Producer: Chris Colbert Editor: Brandon Tagoe Photographer: Chuck Marcus Distribution: 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

She is one of the great musicians of her era, a woman who Ava Duvernay calls “a goddess.” She’s a brilliant funk and soul singer/songwriter/bass player who’s also now scoring Queen Sugar. She started the neo-soul movement that gave you D’Angelo, Erykah, Lauryn, Maxwell, and them. And she’s an amazing person who’s been through a lot. She’s a phenomenal woman who I’m proud to call a friend. Twitter: @toure. Instagram @toureshow Toure Show Ep 65 Host & Writer: Toure Senior Producer: Chris Colbert Associate Producer: Brandon Tagoe Photographer: Chuck Marcus Production 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

Jodie Patterson wrote one of the great books of the year—The Bold World, a beautiful and gripping memoir that turns at the moment her three year-old tells her, “I don’t feel like a boy, I am a boy.” From that moment she evolves into a fierce advocate for him and trans people everywhere. She’s an amazing woman. Twitter: @toure. Instagram @toureshow Toure Show Ep 64 Host & Writer: Toure Senior Producer: Chris Colbert Producer: Tyrice Hester Photographer: Chuck Marcus Production 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

Jay Smooth is one of my favorite public intellectuals. Really interesting mind. I loved talking to him about race and hiphop and the right way to tell people that they’re racist. Let me know what you think! Twitter: @toure. Instagram @toureshow Toure Show Ep 62 Jay Smooth—I Keep It 110% Real   Host: Toure Producers: Chris Colbert, Kecia Cole, Tyrice Hester Photographer: Chuck Marcus Distributed by DCP Entertainment.  Produced by BRIC TV. Part of the BRIC Radio family. 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

Susannah was the love of Prince’s life. Nothing Compares 2 U is about her. If I Was Your Girlfriend is about her. They started dating before Purple Rain. They got engaged just before he started shooting Under The Cherry Moon. She talks all about the relationship and the story behind “Starfish and Coffee”—which was a song based on a story from her childhood. Let me know what you think! Twitter: @toure. Instagram @toureshow Toure Show Ep 62 Susannah Melvoin—I Loved Prince Host & Writer: Toure Senior Producer: Chris Colbert Producer: Tyrice Hester Assistant Producer: Candid Nicole Photographer: Chuck Marcus 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

The Wu is one of the best groups in hiphop history. I found three awesome interviews with the Wu in my vault so here’s three more from my 2004 MTV2 show Spoke N Heard. Let me know what you think! Twitter: @toure. Instagram @toureshow Toure Show Ep 61 The Wu-Tang Clan—Ghost/Meth/RZA Host & Writer: Toure Senior Producer: Chris Colbert Producer: Tyrice Hester Assistant Producer: Candid Nicole Photographer: Chuck Marcus The House: The Young Turks  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

Ricardo Rowan Phillips wrote one of the great books of the year—The Circuit, a deep dive into the pro tennis circuit. It’s awesome and I love talking tennis so here we are geeking out about tennis. I had to do it! I love tennis! Let me know what you think! Twitter: @toure. Instagram @toureshow Toure Show Ep 60 Ricardo Rowan Phillips—I Love Tennis Host & Writer: Toure Senior Producer: Chris Colbert Producer: Tyrice Hester Assistant Producer: Candid Nicole Photographer: Chuck Marcus The House: The Young Turks  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