Touré Show

Sanaa Lathan is a legendary actress who’s becoming a director. She shot the film adaptation of Angie Thomas’s novel On The Come Up. We talk about acting and directing and reality shows and how quarantine changed her life and lots more. Toure Show Episode 348: Sanaa Lathan Original Air Date: Oct 19, 2022 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kier Gaines is a brilliant therapist and mental health advocate who specializes in the psyche of Black men. I tried to talk to him about Black men and mental health but it kinda slid into him therapizing me. Toure Show Episode 438 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

Taraji P. Henson is one of the great actors of our time and in this throwback conversation she gives us a master class in acting. She explains how she relates to her characters, how she approaches scenes, and how she uses her instrument. Taraji is amazing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lalah Hathaway is an incredible singer who’s the daughter of an incredible singer: Donny Hathaway. Her new album is called Vantaback and she’s a fascinating person to talk to about singing and music and how’her father’s influence helps her. Toure Show Episode 437 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

Robert Townsend is one of the great film directors of his era. I’ll never forget sitting in the theater and watching his first film Hollywood Shuffle. He also made the Five Heartbeats and directed Eddie Murphy’s legendary comedy special Raw. Townsend is a critical figure in modern Black Hollywood history. He’s hysterical, brilliant, driven and a legend. It’s an honor to talk about film with the awesome Robert Townsend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ghostface Killah is one of the greatest MCs of all time and an old friend. Amazing convo about music, the Wu, and where he’s at in life. Toure Show Episode 436 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

As we move through the NBA Finals it’s a good time to throwback to my epic convo with Isiah Thomas the two time NBA champ and one of the greatest point guards in NBA history. We talk about mental toughness, on-court trash talking, what it was like to battle Jordan, Kareem, Magic, and Bird, as well as how to be a winner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Exactly how much money do you get for being white in America? Because being white comes with tangible benefits. Author Tracie McMillan calculated that whiteness has given her over $350,000. In her new book The White Bonus, McMillan explores her finances and those of other white people to see exactly how beneficial racism is for white people. Toure Show Episode 435 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

 Raquel Willis is a major trans activist and the author of a powerful memoir called The Risk It Takes To Bloom. We dive deep into what it means to be trans from her coming out to her politics to her dating life. Amazing conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Don Cheadle is the man. Incredible actor, deep thinker. I love hearing him talk about acting. Toure Show Episode 434 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

Kareem Abdul Jabbar is one of the greatest basketball players ever, but he thinks of himself as a writer who played basketball. I loved talking to him in this throwback interview. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aries Spears is one of the funniest people alive. Amazing convo about how he grew up in the projects near Madison Square Garden and now he’s doing shows there. Toure Show Episode 433 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

MC Lyte is a legendary MC who was a star in the 80s. She’s now the star of a sitcom called Partners In Rhyme on ALLBLK. It was awesome to talk to her about hiphop back in the day and the show which is loosely based on her life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Black Twitter was an epic thing. An amazing place for us to come together. There’s a great doc about Black Twitter on Hulu now called Black Twitter. It’s made by veteran TV creator Prentice Penny who was also behind Insecure. In this convo we talk about Black Twitter, Insecure and much more. Toure Show Episode 432 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

Charlamagne tha God is a broadcasting legend, a provocateur, a smart guy, a funny guy, and a great interviewer. In 2018 we talked about interviews, radio and how to make your dreams come true. A really deep convo.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jade Novah is an extraordinary soul singer with a new album out called Where Have I Been. She’s deeply spiritual, she’s worked with Beyonce and Rihanna, and she’s deeply thoughtful about what it means to be a singer and to be a Black person in America. Deep convo. Toure Show Episode 431 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

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

The Kendrick-Drake battle was so much that I had to do a whole episode about it. I called some MCs and people who love to deconstruct lyrics and we went deep through all the major songs of the battle. This is the dissection that you need. Toure Show Episode 430 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Ashley J. Hobbs Producer: Quinton Hill 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

Melyssa Ford is an icon. She’s been a star for over 20 years and we’ve been friends for that long. She’s smart, she’s fun, she’s got some things she’s vulnerable about. We talk about never getting married, surviving a brain injury, being perimenopausal, being a sex symbol and why The Joe Budden show works so damn well. Toure Show Episode 429 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

Tremaine Emory is a designer and creative director who was at Supreme until late last year. He resigned alleging rampant racism at Supreme. We talk about what happened, why he left, and why he believed in putting images of lynchings on t-shirts. This is his first time talking publicly about what happened at Supreme. Important conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices