Toure Show

You don’t need to work 50 hours a week to get rich. You need to make your money work for you. And you need to know that you can infiltrate the power structure and make their rules for you. Arlan Hamilton is an amazing Black female Venture Capitalist who was homeless not long ago and now has a crowdfunded VC fund that anyone can join (theoretically—right now it’s closed, slots sold out in a day! But I’m hoping it opens back up soon!) But here she talks about going from homeless to VC and how she’s trying to create business opportunities for Black, brown, female and LGBT founders because they are an under utilized resource even though they know how to make a dollar out of 15 cents. A throwback to an important conversation from 2018 with a woman who’s figured out how to steal white privilege and make it work for her.

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Tiffany Cross is a broadcaster and podcaster and a political warrior. She’s brilliant and she’s a fierce defender of Black people. She’s now hosting the Native Land podcast with Angela Rye and Andrew Gillum and she’s also hosting a podcast called ACross Generations. We talk a lot about her rise and fall at MSNBC as well as how she grew into the tough-minded political analyst she is. 

Toure Show Episode 423

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

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Isabel Wilkerson is one of the great writers of her generation. Her book Caste has been shaped into a movie by Ava Duvernay called Origin which has been met with rave reviews. She is the author of Caste and The Warmth Of Other Suns in which she is creating narrative non-fiction that is explaining Black America with a depth and precision rarely seen. I love her research, I love her way of explaining things, and I love her writing style. In this throwback interview from 2020, we get into all of that.

Toure Show 171: I'm a Writer

Original Air Date: Sept. 2, 2020

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I went to SXSW to intv three Black activists—Maurice Mitchell of the Working Families Party, Chris Smalls of Amazon Labor Union, and Phillip Agnew of Black Men Build. Great conversation about the future of America and the sacrifices that activists make and how to keep your ego out of leadership.

Toure Show Episode 422

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

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A Different World is on tour so let's throwback to my interview with Kadeem Hardison. In this interview we talk about him starring on Netflix's hysterical Teenage Bounty Hunters and we talk about A Different World, and how he's made it as an actor.

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Amber Riley is a singer-actress dynamo who starred in Glee and is now in Single Black Female 2. We talk about being on Glee, being a singer and how her Lizzo helped her become the proud woman she is.

Toure Show Episode 421

Host & Writer: Touré

Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Jennifer Brown

Associate Producer: Adell Coleman

Booker: Rae Holliday

Engineer: Claire McHale

Photographers: Podstream Studios

The House: DCP Entertainment

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Jeffrey Wright is an amazing actor who stars in one of the best films of the year, American Fiction. In this throwback intv we talk about his philosophies around acting as well as how he tried to make a difference during quarantine times and about around acting. I’ve known Wright a long time and he’s a really deep and fascinating guy onscreen and off.

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Erick Sermon is half of the legendary hiphop duo EPMD and also an incredible producer who’s worked with Kanye, Dr. Dre and more. We talk about making music with both Kanye and Dre, the rise of EPMD, the breakup of EPMD, and stories from a life in hiphop. Amazing convo with an icon. 

Touré Show Episode 420

Host & Writer: Touré

Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall & Jennifer Brown

Associate Producer: Adell Coleman

Booker: Rae Holliday

Engineer: Claire McHale

Photographers: Podstream Studios

The House: DCP Entertainment

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October London is a hot singer-songwriter who Snoop Dogg has installed as the new face of Death Row Records. London’s got an album out called the Rebirth of Marvin and another 75 albums in his hard drive. He’s an amazing talent who somehow made it out of Indiana and is now a superstar. We talk about making music by freestyling, loving his son, and how he doesn’t want to get married ever again. Amazing conversation with a singular musician.

Toure Show Episode 419

Host & Writer: Touré

Executive Producers: Ryan Woodhall and Jennifer Brown

Associate Producer: Adell Coleman

Booker: Rae Holliday

Engineer: Claire McHale

Photographers: Podstream Studios

The House: DCP Entertainment

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Bomani Jones is a longtime writer/broadcaster who can talk about absolutely anything. The guy has three advanced degrees in economics. I wanted to know how he’s created his amazing career. We get deep into sports but things get really heated when we get into music…

Toure Show Ep. 367

Original Air Date: Mar. 1, 2023

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