Touré Show

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. Toure Show Ep 20: How To Act:A Master Class Original Air Date: March 28, 2018 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Charles Blow is a New York Times writer with a big idea: Black people should move back down South to create Black majority states and grow our political power. It’s a fascinating idea that we have to argue about. Toure Show Episode 408 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producer and Talent Booker: Jennifer Brown Executive Producer: Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Podstream Studios Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Redd was an SNL star. He’s now starring in Candy Cane Lane on Amazon. He’s an hysterical stand up comic and 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: I Run SNL Original Air Date: April 28, 2021 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sam Jay is a superstar comedian! How’d she do it? We talk about the mindset and the attitude that helped her get to the big time. And we try to push her to move from being engaged to being married. It’s a crazy ep. Toure Show Episode 407 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producer and Talent Booker: Jennifer Brown Executive Producer: Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Podstream Studios Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Please note: This episode is a very recent interview that we are introducing as a throwback. André 3000 is back with an album of instrumental jazz where he’s playing the flute. We talk about the album, New Blue Sun, and the deep reasons behind why he’s not rapping. Plus why he loves flute, what happened to Outkast, and where he is in life. A deep interview with a deep brother. Toure Show Episode 405: I Love Flute Original Air Date: November 22, 2023 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eboni K. Williams is a lawyer, a broadcaster, a Real Housewife, a friend, and an amazing person. In this fascinating convo we talk about why she should not date a bus driver, what she’s looking for in a relationship, her future as a mother, and more. Toure Show Episode 406 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Jennifer Brown Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Podstream Studios Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Black Thought is one of the greatest MCs ever and the author of a memoir The Upcycled Self. Check out this throwback intv with him where we talk about how he became such a monstrous talent and what makes Thought who he is? Toure Show Episode 12: How To MC Original Air Date: February 2, 2018 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

André 3000 is back with an album of instrumental jazz where he’s playing the flute. We talk about the album, New Blue Sun, and the deep reasons behind why he’s not rapping. Plus why he loves flute, what happened to Outkast, and where he is in life. A deep interview with a deep brother. Toure Show Episode 405 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producer and Talent Booker: Jennifer Brown Executive Producer: Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Podstream Studios Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My 2017 conversation with Diddy about money, relentlessness, and hiphop. Held in front of an audience at the New School.  Toure Show Episode 4: How to Make a Billion Original Air Date: December 6, 2017 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Harriot is a brilliant writer and the author of Black History AF one of the best Black history books I’ve ever read. Toure Show Episode 404 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producer and Talent Booker: Jennifer Brown Executive Producer: Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Podstream Studios Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brent Faiyaz just dropped a new album Larger than Life, so we’re throwing back to our last intv with him.  Toure Show Episode 334: I Made Wasteland Original Air Date: July 13, 2022 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zainab Johnson is an amazing comedian who’s got a new special on Amazon called Hijabs Off. We talk about being funny, being Muslim, and being absolutely gorgeous. Toure Show Episode 403 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Podstream Studios Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Note: A very recent interview with Jada Pinkett Smith is our throwback. Is Tupac the love of her life? Is her relationship with Will actually getting better? Was she really in the streets of Baltimore? And how does she borrow from animals to create her characters? An epic convo. Toure Show Ep 401: I'm Worthy Original Air Date: Oct. 25, 2023 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eriq La Salle has been a major actor for decades but now he’s also working on writing novels. He’s just pubbed Laws of Annihilation and we talk about writing, his books and of course his acting career. And we argue about whether or not Tom Cruise is a good actor. Toure Show Episode 402 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producer and Talent Booker: Jennifer Brown Executive Producer: Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Podstream Studios Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The NBA season has begun and one of my best NBA intvs ever was with John Salley who’s a 4 time NBA champ as well as an extremely cool and funny brother. We talk about trash talk, things he did to distract opponents, and what made the best players of his era transcendent. If you care about basketball you gotta check out this throwback from 2020. Toure Show Ep 180: John Salley-I'm a Champion Original Air Date: October 2, 2020   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jada Pinkett Smith. Is Tupac is the love of her life? Is her relationship with Will actually getting better? Was she really in the streets of Baltimore? And how does she borrow from animals to create her characters? An epic convo. Toure Show Episode 401 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producer and Talent Booker: Jennifer Brown Executive Producer: Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Podstream Studios Booker: Claudia Jean 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 recently. He resigned alleging rampant racism at Supreme. In this recent interview, 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. Toure Show Episode 397: I Quit Supreme Original Air date: Sep. 27, 2023 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nicole Ari Parker is back in NY doing the Refuge Plays so of course she came by to talk to me. We talk about the play and acting and who she was as a child that led her to this amazing career. Toure Show Episode 400 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producer and Talent Booker: Jennifer Brown Executive Producer: Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Podstream Studios Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe Budden is on Drake’s mind a lot right now which shows what a force he is in the culture. In this throwback interview from 2020, we talk about everything from music to how he made it big as a podcaster. Toure Show Ep. 155: I Am Hip Hop Original Air date: July 8, 2020 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Grace Harry is a Joy Strategist and the author of a book called The Joy Strategist where she teaches people how to get more joy into their lives. She’s had lots of famous and important clients who’ve benefitted from her work. She’s also the person Q-Tip was talking about in “Bonita Applebum.” We talk about how to get more joy and what it’s like to have Tip rhyming about you. Toure Show Episode 399 Host & Writer: Touré Executive Producer and Talent Booker: Jennifer Brown Executive Producer: Ryan Woodhall Associate Producer: Adell Coleman Photographers: Podstream Studios Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices