Bomani Jones is the host of Game Theory on HBO and 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 this amazing career for himself. We get deep talking sports but things get really heated when we get into music… 

Toure Show Episode 367 


Host & Writer: Touré

Executive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan Woodhall

Associate Producer: Adell Coleman

Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp

Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment

Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Terry McMillan is one the most famous and successful writers of her time because she knows how to really connect with her audience. And the reason why she understands how to do that is because she knows how to make great characters and she knows how to listen to them. She doesn’t tell her characters what to do, she lets them tell her what she wants them to do and who they are and by really listening, she creates really honest characters who people love. This is a master class in how to write compelling fiction—after this convo in 2020, I will never look at characters the same ever again. This is a must for anyone who aspires to be a successful writer. 

Original Air Date: April 29, 2020

Ep 135: I Love My Characters

Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dream Hampton is an activist and a filmmaker who made the incredible doc “Surviving R. Kelly” and co-wrote Jay-Z’s Decoded. She’s got an inspiring warrior spirit and knows how to use media to help the people.   

Toure Show Episode 366


Host & Writer: Touré

Executive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan Woodhall

Associate Producer: Adell Coleman

Photographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick Karp

Booker: Claudia Jean

The House: DCP Entertainment

Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Now that two men have been exonerated in the murder of Malcolm X, who killed him? Well there’s a Netflix doc that has an answer: “Who Killed Malcolm X” tells us the name of the man who pulled the trigger of the sawed-off shotgun that killed Malcolm, and which Newark mosque he was from. I talk with the directors Rachel Dretzin and Phil Bertelsen about who killed Malcolm and how the American government conspired to kill Malcolm—his top bodyguard at the end was an NYPD infiltrator and informant.

Original Air Date: February 19, 2020

Original Title: Touré Show Ep 115: Who Killed Malcolm X 

Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vinnie from Naughty By Nature is an old friend so he’s come by to break it all down. He talks about how and the guys started out dealing on the block, and how they made OPP and how that smash changed their lives, and the long slow breakdown of the group’s bonds which led to very real problems. He talks about the time he punched Treach in the face and why their relationship is strained now. Amazingly honest conversation about the rise and the struggles of a legendary rap group. 

Toure Show Episode 365
Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment

Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is one of the greatest basketball players ever, but he thinks of himself as a writer who played basketball. I loved talking to him in this throwback interview.

Original Air Date: May 2, 2018

Touré Show Ep 27: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar-How To Ball In Life

Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jermaine Dupri is a legend and we had a legendary conversation. We talk about dating Janet, producing Mariah, working with Jay-Z, visiting Magic City, and much more. 

Toure Show Episode 364
Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment

Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nikki Giovanni is one of the greatest living poets in the world and she is a joy to be around. She’s funny, smart, humble, and very cool. She’s the best dinner guest imaginable. In honor of Black History Month, and since she’s recently announced her retirement from teaching let’s throwback to this hour plus conversation from 2017 about what makes a great poem, the impact of watching domestic violence in her childhood home, how she rebounded from a health scare by getting onstage, how she learned to cry and why she feels she needs to go into outer space.

Toure Show Ep. 3: How to Make It in Poetry

Original Air Date: Nov. 29, 2017

Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tommy Davidson is back. He’s hysterical and his life story is incredible—he was abandoned by his biological mom and adopted by a white family. And then the story gets wild. He’s an amazing person.

Toure Show Episode 363


Host & Writer: TouréExecutive Producers: Jennifer Brown and Ryan WoodhallAssociate Producer: Adell ColemanPhotographers: Chuck Marcus, Shanta Covington, and Nick KarpBooker: Claudia JeanThe House: DCP Entertainment

Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nikole Hannah-Jones is the creator of the 1619 project which explains how America is still impacted by the legacy of slavery. It is not past, we are, today, in a slaveocracy. The 1619 project is a podcast, an ongoing series of articles and essays that are being taught in schools, and a series of books and now a show on Hulu. She is a verified genius, the recipient of a MacArthur grant, and I could feel her genius as I spoke to her. She is a person who is toweringly influential in that her ideas have changed my thinking on many issues and, with the 1619 project, aims to shape the way many people see the relationship between America and slavery.

Toure Show Ep. 107

Original Air Date: Jan. 8, 2020

Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.