Toure Show

Sheila E. played with Prince, she got engaged to Prince, and she fronted some of the hottest singles of the 80s including The Glamorous Life. But it wasn’t always glam for her. She had a rough childhood, which we talk about, but she’s now a world-class percussionist and a really fascinating person.Toure Show Ep 112: Sheila E-I Want to Lead the Glamorous LifeOriginal Air Date: February 7, 2020 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I am super excited about Spill a brand new social media platform that centers Black people. I’m @toure on Spill. It’s so much fun being in a Black social media world. How was Spill started and how will it stay Black as it grows? I talked to Spill’s leader Phonz about his exciting young company. If you haven’t tried Spill, you need a code to join. Use the code Spillmob.Toure Show Episode 388Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Johnson is hysterical.Toure Show Episode 340: Josh Johnson-I Know FunnyOriginal Air Date: Aug 24, 2022 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jordan Carlos is an amazing stand up comedian and an old friend so we get into how you make people laugh, what it was like going to Brown, and what it means to him to be Black.Toure Show Episode 387Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Eubanks just had an amazing run at Wimbledon because he’s pro tennis star with a monster serve. In this throwback interview from 2022, we talk about pro tennis from every angle from stroke technique to why there’s so many great Black players right now. If you love tennis you gotta check this out. Toure Show Episode 321: Chris Eubanks-I Play TennisOriginal Air Date: April 22, 2022 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yaya DaCosta is an extraordinary actress who’s now on the Lincoln Lawyer. She was previously on Chicago Med and of course she was Whitney in Lifetime’s biopic about Whitney Houston. Amazing convo about acting and growing up in prep school.Toure Show Episode 386Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James Blake was once the #4 tennis player in the world and #1 in America. He beat Federer and Nadal. But what’s most amazing is that he played his best tennis after breaking his neck in a freak injury and contracting shingles and losing his dad—all in one year. He’s tough, smart (Harvard), humble, and cool. And the best Black male player since Arthur Ashe. I interviewed him at the tennis club where I grew up, Sportsmen’s Tennis Club in Dorchester, Massachusetts, in front of a few hundred people. James is an amazing person. It’s really interesting to see how he thinks. This interview took place in 2018.Toure Show Ep 36: James Blake-I Beat FedererOriginal Air Date: July 4, 2018   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Stacey Patton is the author of Spare the Kids: Why Whupping Children Won't Save Black America and her mission is to educate people that spanking is “the whitest thing you can do,” and its child abuse and domestic violence.Toure Show Episode 385Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Yusef Salaam is on his way to a seat on Harlem’s City Council. A stark turnabout for one of the famous Exonerated Central Park 5. They lost their freedom, their dignity, and their lives but they persevered and now they’re truly free. Salaam and Raymond Santana talked to me just before the release of the film When They See Us, a film by Ava Duvernay that told their story. We talk about everything in this amazing interview.Toure Show Ep 76: The Central Park 5 - We Are FreeOriginal Air Date: June 19, 2019Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jennifer Esposito is a veteran actress who mortgaged her house to finish making the movie she’s wanted to make since she was a teenager. She wrote, directed, and stars in Fresh Kills about growing up in the world of the mafia in Staten Island. It’s a smart, touching portrait of young women in crisis and it shows Jen as a talented filmmaker and a great actress. Plus, we figure out that we worked together 30 years ago. For real. Awesome conversation. Please fill out our listener survey. We’d love to hear from you! https://forms.gle/jFWcyk3qp4Wfi7YF7 Toure Show Episode 384
Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP EntertainmentSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices