Toure Show

Cory Hardrict is a veteran actor and divorced dad who cares deeply about acting and his kids. We talk about his craft and his devotion to remaining a huge part of his kids’ lives even though he no longer lives with them. Toure Show Episode 476 
 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

Transcribed - Published: 23 April 2025

Toure Show Ep: 464 Original Air Date: 1-29-2025 Teedra Moses is an incredible singer who’s independent so she’s made the game work for her. Amazing convo about singing and independence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 20 April 2025

Tasha Smith is a veteran actress, teacher, and director who’s now in Survival of The Thickest. She made it from dancing on poles in Jersey to being a Hollywood star but more than that is her journey to self-love. 
Toure Show Episode 475 
 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

Transcribed - Published: 16 April 2025

Toure Show Original Ep 82 Original Air Date: 07/14/2019 Senator Cory Booker came on this show years ago when he was running for President and talked about his entire journey. Amazing convo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 13 April 2025

Chad Sanders is a Hollywood writer who got the chance to sell out or save his soul. He did both. His book tells his amazing story. Toure Show Episode 474 
 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

Transcribed - Published: 9 April 2025

Detavio Samuels is the CEO of Revolt and the man who can talk about the network’s relationship to Diddy and the future. This is a deep look inside what it means to run a company 
Toure Show Episode 473 
 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

Transcribed - Published: 2 April 2025

Toure Show Episode 467 - Leslie Jones - I Might Be Insane Original Air Date: 2/19/2025 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 30 March 2025

Punkie Johnson was on SNL for 4 years until she realized she had to walk away. She talks about how she got the show, what it was like being in the cast, and why she left. She digs deep into what it’s like to be a queer comedian even though she doesn’t love that word queer. A fascinating funny convo. 
Toure Show Episode 472 
 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

Transcribed - Published: 26 March 2025

Omarion has been a star for years and years. In his most candid interview ever he talks about dating, breakups, his youth in LA gang life, and what it takes to be an elite singer. 
Toure Show Episode 471 
 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

Transcribed - Published: 19 March 2025

The Fall of Diddy is an incredible doc on HBO that takes you deep into Diddy’s world. I had an amazing chat with the director Yoruba Richen about Diddy and everything she’s discovered.
 Toure Show Episode 470 
 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

Transcribed - Published: 12 March 2025

Toure Show Episode: 446 Original Air Date: September 4, 2024 Justin Simien is an amazing director (Dear White People) who’s made a hot new doc called Hollywood Black which explores the history of Black folks in cinema. Really deep look at everything from Birth of A Nation to the success of Jordan Peele. The doc is on MGM+. We go deep into the history of Black cinema and talk/argue about Blaxploitation, Hattie McDaniel, Denzel, Tarantino, what the definition of a Black film is, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 9 March 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 5 March 2025

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 the inside will connect with the stories from the outside, addressing themes of family, food, and friendship – and tackling newsy subjects like mass incarceration in the so-called model state of California at a time when voters have opted to get tougher on crime.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 4 March 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 2 March 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 26 February 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 19 February 2025

Josh Johnson is back to talk about Luigi and the wild world we’re living in. Buckle up. 
Original Air Date: Jan 8, 2025 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

Transcribed - Published: 16 February 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 12 February 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 5 February 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 29 January 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 26 January 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 22 January 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 19 January 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 15 January 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 8 January 2025

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 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

Transcribed - Published: 1 January 2025

David Alan Grier shines as a funny doctor on the new NBC sitcom St Denis Medical. He’s at a point in his career when he only does things he really wants to do. Including this podcast. We talk a lot about his new show and In Living Color and A Soldier’s Story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 29 December 2024

George Wallace is a legendary stand up comic. So much fun talking to him. 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

Transcribed - Published: 25 December 2024

Talib Kweli is a legendary MC and an old friend so we keep it real in this convo about how he works with Yasiin Bey aka Mos Def and why he loves to argue with people online. Amazing convo. After we wrapped he said thanks for letting get into the online stuff. No one ever asks about that. We kept it real.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 22 December 2024

ZZ Packer is an extraordinary fiction writer who’s been working on a massive new novel for years. I talk to her about writing, process, and how to be a great fiction writer. 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

Transcribed - Published: 18 December 2024

Nikki Giovanni was a legendary poet, an amazing woman, and a friend. In this great long convo in Brooklyn we talk about her life, her work, her desire to go to outer space and her love of Black people. Nikki will be missed but the world is better for having had her in it. RIP my sister. We love you.  Toure Show Episode 3 Original Air Date: November 29, 2017 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 11 December 2024

Durand Bernarr is an amazing singer-songwriter who is trying to change the entire R&B world. Amazing conversation about working with Erykah Badu, being queer, how to turn yourself into a star. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 8 December 2024

David Alan Grier shines as a funny doctor on the new NBC sitcom St Denis Medical. He’s at a point in his career when he only does things he really wants to do. Including this podcast. We talk a lot about his new show and In Living Color and A Soldier’s Story. Toure Show Episode 459 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

Transcribed - Published: 4 December 2024

My man A$AP Ferg is on fire with his new album Floor Seats 2 so let’s throwback to our 2019 interview where we dig into who he really is. He’s a fascinating guy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 1 December 2024

Drake is suing everyone like he's a superKaren. It's corporate snitching at its wettest. He's mad that they used payola against him because he only likes it when payola is helping him. Toure and King Green laugh at the boy.  Host: Toure and King Green Check out more episodes of Rap Latte wherever you get your shows! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 29 November 2024

Estelle is an amazing singer and a marijuana entrepreneur, too. Toure Show Episode 458 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

Transcribed - Published: 27 November 2024

Kendrick Lamar is the greatest MC of his era. Is it even a question? But how did he get to be that? In this throwback interview, I talked to Kendrick to find out how he became Kendrick. We talk about how he got to be so good. What are his favorite words? We also talk about his best verses and his best song. And what was the impact of seeing dead bodies on the street when he was a kid. Awesome conversation with a genius.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 24 November 2024

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 Episode 457 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

Transcribed - Published: 20 November 2024

Toure Show Ep 225 Original Air Date: March 10, 2021 Few Congresspeople had a more harrowing time on Jan 6 than Congresswoman Maxine Waters. In this throwback, we talked about what happened to her and what’s going on with this country. She does not hold back when talking about Republicans and their racism. Amazing conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 17 November 2024

Toure and King Green put their microscope on Tyler, the Creator’s Sticky. Host: Toure and King Green Check out more episodes of Rap Latte wherever you get your shows! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 15 November 2024

Shaun T is an amazing fitness trainer—the man behind Insanity—and he’s had a fascinating life. He goes deep into how he was sexually abused throughout his youth and how he’s become an inspiration to others and what you really should be doing to get the best workout you can. Toure Show Episode 456 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

Transcribed - Published: 13 November 2024

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

Transcribed - Published: 10 November 2024

Check out this first episode of Toure's new series Rap Latte with co-host rapper King Green. This week they talk through Tyler the Creator’s amazing new album Chromakopia and dive deep into how he’s pushing the boundaries of what is hiphop. Check out more episodes of Rap Latte wherever you get your shows! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 8 November 2024

Durand Bernarr is an amazing singer-songwriter who is trying to change the entire R&B world. Amazing conversation about working with Erykah Badu, being gay, how to turn yourself into a star. Toure Show Episode 454 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

Transcribed - Published: 6 November 2024

The Wonder of Stevie is one of the best podcasts I’ve heard all year. It’s an amazing dive into Stevie’s legendary run in the 70s. Host Wesley Morris and producer Josh Gwynn join me to talk about Stevie and this extraordinary show they’ve put together. 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

Transcribed - Published: 30 October 2024

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. Toure Show Episode 453 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

Transcribed - Published: 23 October 2024

Malcolm Gladwell is a genius. This interview is from 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 20 October 2024

Talib Kweli is a legendary MC and an old friend so we keep it real in this convo about how he works with Yasiin Bey aka Mos Def and why he loves to argue with people online. Amazing convo. After we wrapped he said thanks for letting get into the online stuff. No one ever asks about that. We kept it real. Toure Show Episode 452 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

Transcribed - Published: 16 October 2024

Consequence is an MC who’s worked closely with Kanye. Some say he’s Kanye’s ghostwriter. Is he? We talk about it. Plus what it’s like to work with Kanye including how Kanye totally screwed up Cons’s solo career. Also what it’s like to grow up with Q-Tip. This is a real inside-an-MC’s-life kindof conversation. One of my favorites of the year. 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

Transcribed - Published: 9 October 2024

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

Transcribed - Published: 6 October 2024