Chapter 1: While everybody else was thinking about where they were going, he figured out a way to get there. Meet the guy who stood up to his Goliath with nothing more than a pink mustache--the founder of Lyft, John Zimmer.

Chapter 2: John Zimmer learns—well before he founded the company that became Lyft—that traveling the world when you’re young will change what you thought was important.

Chapter 3: Once you've found your territory it’s easy to build a community on top of it, but if you stake your claim, be prepared to fight. Zimmer isn't a boxer, but does know the balance of muscle vs. moves when it comes to winning a fight, whether in the ring or in business. Instead of trying to be bigger, sometimes it's best to be better.

CREDITS

Executive Producers: Dave Chappelle, Radio Rahim, Noah Gersh, Jamie Schefman, Nick Panama, Kenzi Wilbur, Elliot O’Dea

Music & Sound Design: Eric Raichelson

Creative Producer: Alex Casnoff

Head of Production: Liz LeMay

Head of Engineering: Jordan Galvan

Production Manager: Allie Strobel

Post Coordinator: Alice Bearn

Edited by: Geoffrey Mutchnik

Mixed by: Zack Djurich

Additional Editing & Sound Design: Jasper van Dijk & Noah Kowalski

Til This Day is a Luminary Original Podcast in partnership with Pilot Boy Productions and SALT Audio.

When you hear the word “hangtime” you think “Michael Jordan:” When you hear “Bend it:” you think “Beckham.” Those words define men, but this man’s words define a sport. Chapter 1: It's time to meet the rumble-readier: Let's get ready to Michael Buffer!  

When opportunity meets preparation they call that luck. The problem is knowing which opportunities to prepare for. Chapter 2: After a brief time as a car salesman who possessed an admirable glitch, then jobs as a model asked to put his great speaking voice to use, Buffer finds himself on the road to a career he couldn't have ever imagined.

Becoming a household name is almost impossible, unless you're in your own house. When everyone has the same name no one’s looking. The only thing that matters is who you are. The final chapter of Buffer's story: Championship Round.

CREDITS

Executive Producers: Dave Chappelle, Radio Rahim, Noah Gersh, Jamie Schefman, Nick Panama, Kenzi Wilbur, Elliot O’Dea

Music & Sound Design: Eric Raichelson

Creative Producer: Alex Casnoff

Head of Production: Liz LeMay

Head of Engineering: Jordan Galvan

Production Manager: Allie Strobel

Post Coordinator: Alice Bearn

Edited by: Geoffrey Mutchnik

Mixed by: Zack Djurich

Additional Editing & Sound Design: Jasper van Dijk & Noah Kowalski

Til This Day is a Luminary Original Podcast in partnership with Pilot Boy Productions and SALT Audio.

Before he competed, and then judged, Top Chef; before he won accolades from James Beard and Food & Wine, and before publishing his first cookbook, Kwame Onwuachi was an aspiring kid from the Bronx, trying to figure out the unspoken rules of class and access. All this while integrating what he learned during a couple of pre-teen years in Nigeria. This "Chapter 1: Made to Order.”

CREDITS

Executive Producers: Dave Chappelle, Radio Rahim, Noah Gersh, Jamie Schefman, Nick Panama, Kenzi Wilbur, Elliot O’Dea

Music & Sound Design: Eric Raichelson

Creative Producer: Alex Casnoff

Head of Production: Liz LeMay

Head of Engineering: Jordan Galvan

Production Manager: Allie Strobel

Post Coordinator: Alice Bearn

Edited by: Geoffrey Mutchnik

Mixed by: Zack Djurich

Additional Editing & Sound Design: Jasper van Dijk & Noah Kowalski

Til This Day is a Luminary Original Podcast in partnership with Pilot Boy Productions and SALT Audio.

“Don’t work so hard,” is advice that makes no sense to her. From running track to moonlighting at multiple open mics per night, and even working hard to get fired from her 9 to 5, this comedian took an unconventional path to comedy and has been crushing it ever since.

Mike Tyson famously said “everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face.” Your big brother famously said “Stop punching yourself.” But can you?

CREDITS

Executive Producers: Dave Chappelle, Radio Rahim, Noah Gersh, Jamie Schefman, Nick Panama, Kenzi Wilbur, Elliot O’Dea

Music & Sound Design: SALT Audio

Creative Producer: Alex Casnoff

Head of Production: Liz LeMay

Head of Engineering: Jordan Galvan

Production Manager: Allie Strobel

Post Coordinator: Alice Bearn

Edited by: Geoffrey Mutchnik

Mixed by: Zack Djurich

Additional Editing & Sound Design: Jasper van Dijk & Noah Kowalski

Til This Day is a Luminary Original Podcast in partnership with Pilot Boy Productions and SALT Audio.

Chapter 1: She’s written her name on the wall at SNL; she’s written her own show ("Pause with Sam Jay," and her forthcoming special "Salute Me or Shoot Me," both on Max) But being more than her identity is her signature. When you see a fighter in the ring surrounded by her corner, you assume the corner is there to help her win her fight. But what if the fighter is there to help them win theirs? Meet Sam Jay. 

Chapter 2: Sometimes you have to leave home to find your place in the world, and your family to find out who you are: That journey will take you to a place you don’t recognize, a self you’ve never seen before. In Atlanta, Sam realizes sometime in her 20s that she has to grow up again--and along the way, uncovers more of her identity. “I just kept leaning into me.”

Chapter 3: You can spend a lifetime trying to beat the clock, but you can’t beat your opponent until you stop listening for the bell and start fighting for your dream.

More info:

"Pause with Sam Jay" on Max: https://www.hbo.com/pause-with-sam-jay

Credits:

Executive Producers: Dave Chappelle, Radio Rahim, Noah Gersh, Jamie Schefman, Nick Panama, Kenzi Wilbur, Elliot O’Dae

Music & Sound Design: SALT Audio

Creative Producer: Alex Casnoff

Head of Production: Liz LeMay

Head of Engineering: Jordan Galvan

Production Manager: Allie Strobel

Post Coordinator: Alice Bearn

Edited by: Geoffrey Mutchnik

Mixed by: Zack Djurich

Sound Design by: Eric Raichelson

The first female boxer to win a gold medal in the Olympics, and the only one to do it twice, Claressa Shields clearly has grounds to proclaim herself the greatest woman of all time, or GWOAT. And from what she saw and survived during her early years, the moniker doesn’t need to be disputed.

CREDITS

Executive Producers: Dave Chappelle, Radio Rahim, Noah Gersh, Jamie Schefman, Nick Panama, Kenzi Wilbur, Elliot O’Dea

Music & Sound Design: SALT Audio

Creative Producer: Alex Casnoff

Head of Production: Liz LeMay

Head of Engineering: Jordan Galvan

Production Manager: Allie Strobel

Post Coordinator: Alice Bearn

Edited by: Geoffrey Mutchnik

Mixed by: SALT Audio

Additional Mixing by: Zach Djurich

Additional Editing & Sound Design: Jasper van Dijk & Noah Kowalski

Til This Day is a Luminary Original Podcast in partnership with Pilot Boy Productions and SALT Audio.

Chapter 1: Find the Opening

Son of doo-wop singer Lee Andrews, and the greatest hip-hop drummer of all time: Today we start the story of the Roots co-founder, Ahmir Khalib Thompson, aka Questlove.

Chapter 2: Sprouting.

They missed the train, but that wasn’t their train. Their train was bound for glory. Left in no man’s land, Questlove and Black Thought must find their roots.

Chapter 3: Yes Man.

At this point in the fight when the jabs starts working, and you find the right hand, you begin to define the pace. Questlove is about to find both hands working–and his footwork’s not bad either.

CREDITS

Executive Producers: Dave Chappelle, Radio Rahim, Noah Gersh, Jamie Schefman, Nick Panama, Kenzi Wilbur, Elliot O’Dea

Music & Sound Design: SALT Audio

Creative Producer: Alex Casnoff

Head of Production: Liz LeMay

Head of Engineering: Jordan Galvan

Production Manager: Allie Strobel

Post Coordinator: Alice Bearn

Edited by: Geoffrey Mutchnik

Mixed by: SALT Audio

Additional Editing & Sound Design: Jasper van Dijk & Noah Kowalski

Til This Day is a Luminary Original Podcast in partnership with Pilot Boy Productions and SALT Audio.

Sports journalist Radio Rahim sits down with heavyweight guests, including Oscar-winner Questlove; Grammy, Emmy, and Mark Twain Prize-winner Jon Stewart; actress Rosie Perez; Saturday Night Live’s Michael Che, and more--for intimate, funny, and fascinating conversations about the metaphorical fight within all of us.