Touré Show

Will Packer is an amazing Hollywood producer who produced Girls Trip, Ride Along, Night School and more. He’s got a new book out, Who Better Than You? We talk about making movies and visualizing the audience he wants to come to his films. Packer also produced the Oscars the year that Will Smith slapped Chris Rock. Amazing convo. 
Toure Show Episode 469 
 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Ashley J. Hobbs Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Rae Holliday Engineer: Desta Wondirad Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This season, the UnCuffed podcast is doing something new. Greg Eskridge, one of the program’s founding producers inside San Quentin prison, was released over the summer, after more than 30 years of incarceration. And now, he is our host. Over roughly ten episodes, he’ll be telling a deeply personal, riveting story about re-entering society after decades away. It’s a story that’s rarely if ever told about re-entry – the good, the bad, and everything in between: getting robbed at the mandatory transitional living center within weeks of his release, making amends with family members, revisiting the scene of his crime, and documenting, in real time, as he trains to join the leadership team of the Uncuffed program, which runs classes in three California prisons. [As Kelly put it to me, "he's going to be the boss!"] This ambitious season of the podcast will continue to feature stories of incarcerated producers – including, for the first time ever, incarcerated women. And now, with Greg on the mic, the stories from

Original Air Date: February 21, 2018 Toure Show Episode 15 The Cable TV Queen dishes on how to handle anything - wild Trump-supporting guests, Hillary, getting fired while on the air, and the death of her mother just before she was supposed to go to Harvard. Joy is the one you want guiding you in a crisis. We’re in a crisis. That’s why it’s great that she’s on the air. Lots of gems in this one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Noah Lyles in his first podcast interview since the Olympics. We talk about how he won the 100m and what happened with him and Covid and the 200m. Also: what makes him such a dominant athlete and what he thinks about during the race and why he feels controlled by the Olympics. An epic conversation with the gold medal winning fastest man in the world. 
Toure Show Episode 468 
 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Ashley J. Hobbs Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Rae Holliday Engineer: Desta Wondirad Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Original Air Date: December 4, 2025 Toure Show Episode 461 Josh Johnson is back to talk about Luigi and the wild world we’re living in. Buckle up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Leslie Jones is an amazing comedian who came in and kept it all the way real. How she got on SNL, how she told Trump to STFU at SNL, how she had an all out fight at SNL, why she left—this is an incredible convo. 
Toure Show Episode 467 
 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Ashley J. Hobbs Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Rae Holliday Engineer: Desta Wondirad Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Original Air Date: Jan 8, 2025 Toure Show Episode 463 Josh Johnson is back to talk about Luigi and the wild world we’re living in. Buckle up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Van Lathan is an amazing broadcaster and creator who I’ve admired for a long time but never met until now but moments after meeting him I felt like I’d known him forever. It’s fun to talk to a great conversationalist like him. 
Toure Show Episode 466 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Ashley J. Hobbs Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Rae Holliday Engineer: Desta Wondirad Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Toure Show Ep 141 Original Air Date: 5/1/2024 Amari Marshall aka Amari Monster was a Dance Captain on Beyonce’s Renaissance World Tour. She danced beside the Queen night after night. She’s the person Beyonce chose to help Blue Ivy be ready for her part of the show. Amazing conversation about dance, working with Beyonce, working with Blue Ivy, working with Rihanna on the Super Bowl halftime show and more.  Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Ashley J. Hobbs Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Rae Holliday Engineer: Desta Wondirad Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Day26 is a band that Diddy formed and nurtured so you know they’ve been through it. They succeeded, broke up, reunited, and now they’re independent. They got stories. 
Toure Show Episode 465 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Ashley J. Hobbs Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Rae Holliday Engineer: Desta Wondirad Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lil' Yachty is one of my favorite modern rappers. In this convo from 2020 we talk about his style and his musical influences, and get a deep look at the personality of one of the most unique rappers in the game. Toure Show Ep. 118: Lil Yachty-I Am The King of The Youth Patreon Original Air Date: February 28, 2020 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Teedra Moses is an incredible singer who’s independent so she’s made the game work for her. Amazing convo about singing and independence.  Toure Show Episode 464 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Ashley J. Hobbs Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Rae Holliday Engineer: Desta Wondirad Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Touré Show Ep 11: Kendrick Lamar: How To MC Original Air Date: January 24, 2018 Kendrick Lamar is the greatest MC of his era and with a new album about to drop let’s throwback to my 2018 interview with him where we talk about how he got to be so good. I asked how do you practice? How do you develop as an MC? What are his favorite words? We talk about his best verses and his best song and the impact of seeing dead bodies on the street when he was a kid. His success is built on lots and lots of private failures that helped him become a master MC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Congressman Jamaal Bowman is back to talk about what life was like in Congress. What does it take to get stuff passed? What was it like dealing with crazy Republicans? A really open convo about the reality of Congress. 
Toure Show Episode 463 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Ashley J. Hobbs Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Rae Holliday Engineer: Desta Wondirad Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Spencer is a longtime comedian who makes me laugh so hard every time I see him. He’s got a new doc on Vice called Black Comedy In America. Toure Show Ep 457: Chris Spencer - I Feel Funny Original Air Date: November 20, 2024 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Ashley J. Hobbs Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Rae Holliday Engineer: Desta Wondirad Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy Wood Jr. is back to talk about his new special Lonely Flowers and the art of comedy. 
Toure Show Episode 462 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Ashley J. Hobbs Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Rae Holliday Engineer: Desta Wondirad Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Throwback Episode: 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. And her experiences on 1/6 when domestic terrorists had her afraid that she would be killed. For even more of me and Maxine go to Patreon.com/toureshow and subscribe for just $5 a month and get Friday Patreon exclusives. Your support help us keep this show going! Patreon.com/toureshow Instagram: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Toure Show Original Episode 225 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  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.co

Josh Johnson is back to talk about Luigi and the wild world we’re living in. Buckle up. 
Toure Show Episode 463 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Ashley J. Hobbs Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Rae Holliday Engineer: Desta Wondirad Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Warren Sapp is one of the greatest football players of his era. Now he’s at Colorado working alongside Deon Sanders. We talk about Colorado football, Miami football, Tampa Bay, changing the culture, winning the Super Bowl and what mental toughness means to Sapp. Awesome convo with an amazing guy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ferg is back with a great new album Darold. We talk about the album, the job of MCing, the impact of being molested as a kid, and what’s up with Rocky. 
Toure Show Episode 460 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Ashley J. Hobbs Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Booker: Rae Holliday Engineer: Desta Wondirad Photographers: Podstream Studios The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices