[This episode (aka "Napa, Act 4") was recorded live in 2022 at the Blue Note Jazz Festival.].
"If you’re on the battlefield, you don’t look at your opponent and be like 'I am insecure about things.'...You tell them all the dope shit that you can do." —Dave Chappelle
Dave, Talib, and yasiin are joined by comedian Katt Williams.
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Featuring: Dave Chappelle, Talib Kweli, yasiin bey, and Katt Williams
Contains music from Ted Hawkins and Alice Coltrane
Executive Produced by Talib Kweli, yasiin bey, Dave Chappelle, Noah Gersh, Jamie Schefman, Nick Panama, Kenzi Wilbur
Produced, Edited, and Composed by Noah Gersh and Jamie Schefman for SALT
Production Manager: Liz LeMay
Production Coordinator: Diana Chammas
Live Engineering by: Mike Brown
Mixed by: Mario Borgatta & Jordan Galvan
Podcast Artwork: Leeann Sheely
Still Photography: Mathieu Bitton
The Midnight Miracle is a Luminary Original Podcast in partnership with Pilot Boy Productions and SALT.
Special thanks to Ted Williams, Paul Adongo, Cipriano Beredo, Elaine Chappelle, Ivy Davy, Rikki Hughes, Sina Sadighi, Deborah Mannis-Gardner, Nicolle Johnson, Donna Dragotta, Carla Sims, Pete Amaro, Clint Balcom, Jennifer Branigan, Taylor Dalton, Miles Hodges, Zainab Khan, Christopher Landry, Coral Lee, Jayme Lynes, Mykola Logvynenko, Rishi Malhotra, Mohan Nerkar, Brian Parsons, Lauren Perkins, Kyle Ranson-Walsh, Matt Sacks, Betsy Santoyo, Lisa Schrader, Akhila Shankar, Leeann Sheely, and Mark Silverstein.
Photography made available courtesy of Pilot Boy Productions, Inc. Copyright © 2022 by Pilot Boy Productions, Inc., all rights reserved.
Comedian Mo Amer, from Season 1 of The Midnight Miracle, invites his friend, the comedian and actor Ramy Youssef onto the mic. Mo, along with Azhar Usman, talk to Ramy about "death denial," and other light AF banter. Ramy shares his greatest accomplishment in life. The Professor shows up to teach we dum dums a thing or two. (Originally published in 2023). Listen to Joking Not Joking wherever you get your podcasts.
ORIGINAL AUDIO PRODUCTION, MUSIC & SOUND DESIGN BY SALT
Executive Produced by Mo Amer, Azhar Usman, Noah Gersh, Jamie Schefman, Nick Panama, Kenzi Wilbur
Additional music courtesy of Extreme Music.
Joking Not Joking is a Luminary Original, and a co-production between SALT, Legally Homeless, Inc., and Numinous Company, Inc.
[This episode (aka "Napa, Act 3") was recorded live in 2022 at the Blue Note Jazz Festival.]
“Nobody's building monuments to the sellouts.” —yasiin bey
Dave, Talib, and yasiin discuss the importance of keeping the main thing the main thing.
Featuring: Dave Chappelle, Talib Kweli, yasiin bey
Contains music from Michael Jackson, Eric B. & Rakim, Black Star, Kendrick Lamar, LL Cool J, Earl Sweatshirt, Tyler, the Creator
Executive Produced by Talib Kweli, yasiin bey, Dave Chappelle, Noah Gersh, Jamie Schefman, Nick Panama, Kenzi Wilbur
Produced, Edited, and Composed by Noah Gersh and Jamie Schefman for SALT
Production Manager: Liz LeMay
Production Coordinator: Diana Chammas
Live Engineering by: Mike Brown
Mixed by: Mario Borgatta & Jordan Galvan
Podcast Artwork: Leeann Sheely
Still Photography: Mathieu Bitton
The Midnight Miracle is a Luminary Original Podcast in partnership with Pilot Boy Productions and SALT.
Special thanks to Ted Williams, Paul Adongo, Cipriano Beredo, Elaine Chappelle, Ivy Davy, Rikki Hughes, Sina Sadighi, Deborah Mannis-Gardner, Nicolle Johnson, Donna Dragotta, Carla Sims, Pete Amaro, Clint Balcom, Jennifer Branigan, Taylor Dalton, Miles Hodges, Zainab Khan, Christopher Landry, Coral Lee, Jayme Lynes, Mykola Logvynenko, Rishi Malhotra, Mohan Nerkar, Brian Parsons, Lauren Perkins, Kyle Ranson-Walsh, Matt Sacks, Betsy Santoyo, Lisa Schrader, Akhila Shankar, Leeann Sheely, and Mark Silverstein.
Photography made available courtesy of Pilot Boy Productions, Inc. Copyright © 2022 by Pilot Boy Productions, Inc., all rights reserved.
This episode (aka "Napa Act 2") was recorded live in 2022 at the Blue Note Jazz Festival.
“It’s not that I don't love America. I do love America. Does America love me?” —yasiin bey
Dave, Talib, and yasiin don’t know how to feel about America right now. Where do we go from here?
Executive Produced by Talib Kweli, yasiin bey, Dave Chappelle, Noah Gersh, Jamie Schefman, Nick Panama, Kenzi Wilbur
Produced, Edited, and Composed by Noah Gersh and Jamie Schefman for SALT
Production Manager: Liz LeMay
Production Coordinator: Diana Chammas
Live Engineering by: Mike Brown
Mixed by: Mario Borgatta & Jordan Galvan
Podcast Artwork: Leeann Sheely
Still Photography: Mathieu Bitton
The Midnight Miracle is a Luminary Original Podcast in partnership with Pilot Boy Productions and SALT.
Special thanks to Ted Williams, Paul Adongo, Cipriano Beredo, Elaine Chappelle, Ivy Davy, Rikki Hughes, Sina Sadighi, Deborah Mannis-Gardner, Nicolle Johnson, Donna Dragotta, Carla Sims, Pete Amaro, Clint Balcom, Jennifer Branigan, Taylor Dalton, Miles Hodges, Zainab Khan, Christopher Landry, Coral Lee, Jayme Lynes, Mykola Logvynenko, Rishi Malhotra, Mohan Nerkar, Brian Parsons, Lauren Perkins, Kyle Ranson-Walsh, Matt Sacks, Betsy Santoyo, Lisa Schrader, Akhila Shankar, Leeann Sheely, and Mark Silverstein.
Photography made available courtesy of Pilot Boy Productions, Inc. Copyright © 2022 by Pilot Boy Productions, Inc., all rights reserved.
“Everything is upside down!”
The Midnight Miracle crew is back—they, along with guests Jon Stewart and Q-Tip, get real on what's f'd-up in America today.
Featuring: Bill Murray, Arthur Jaffa, Pharoahe Monch, Jon Stewart, and Q-Tip
Contains audio clips featuring Maya Angelou, and music from (in order of appearance) Harry Belafonte, th1rt3en, Bekon, Kahil El'Zabar, Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd St Rhythm Band, Willie Dunn, and Quincy Jones
Recorded in Ohio.
Executive Produced by Talib Kweli, yasiin bey, Dave Chappelle, Noah Gersh, Jamie Schefman, Nick Panama, Kenzi Wilbur, and Miles Hodges
Produced, Edited, and Composed by Noah Gersh and Jamie Schefman for SALT
Story Producers: Lee Adams and Imran Malik
Production Manager: Liz LeMay
Production Coordinator: Diana Chammas
Recording Engineers: Federico Lopez and Adrián Bruque for NPND
Assistant Editor: Noah Kowalski
Additional Score by Jasper van Dijk
Transcription Supervisor: Sam Beasley
Mixer: Jordan Galvan
Podcast Artwork: Leeann Sheely
Still Photography: Mathieu Bitton
The Midnight Miracle is a Luminary Original Podcast in partnership with Pilot Boy Productions and SALT.
Special thanks to Paul Adongo, Cipriano Beredo, Elaine Chappelle, Ivy Davy, Rikki Hughes, Sina Sadighi, Deborah Mannis-Gardner, Nicolle Johnson, Donna Dragotta, Carla Sims, Pete Amaro, Clint Balcom, Jennifer Branigan, Taylor Dalton, Miles Hodges, Zainab Khan, Christopher Landry, Coral Lee, Jayme Lynes, Mykola Logvynenko, Rishi Malhotra, Mohan Nerkar, Brian Parsons, Lauren Perkins, Kyle Ranson-Walsh, Matt Sacks, Betsy Santoyo, Lisa Schrader, Akhila Shankar, Leeann Sheely, and Mark Silverstein.
Photography made available courtesy of Pilot Boy Productions, Inc. Copyright © 2022 by Pilot Boy Productions, Inc., all rights reserved
“Art is a thing people forget they need until they need it” - yasiin bey
Featuring, in order of appearance: Questlove, Michelle Wolf, Niko Is, Narcy, Radio Rahim, Roc Marciano and Black Thought
Contains audio clips featuring Prince and Chuck Berry and unreleased music from Black Star, as well as John Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders
Recorded in Ohio, Summer 2020 and Spring 2021
Executive Produced by Talib Kweli, yasiin bey, Dave Chappelle, Noah Gersh, Jamie Schefman, Nick Panama, Kenzi Wilbur, and Miles Hodges
Produced by Noah Gersh and Jamie Schefman for SALT
Production Manager: Liz LeMay
Recording Engineer: Federico Lopez
Recording Engineer: Adrián Bruque for NPND
Assistant Editor: Noah Kowalski
Additional Score by Jasper van Dijk
Senior Sound Designer: Russell Topal
Transcription Supervisor: Sam Beasley
Mixer: Jordan Galvan
Podcast Artwork: Rachel Eck
Still Photography: Mathieu Bitton
The Midnight Miracle is a Luminary Original Podcast in partnership with Pilot Boy Productions and SALT.
Special thanks to Paul Adongo, Cipriano Beredo, Elaine Chappelle, Ivy Davy, Rikki Hughes, Kyle Ranson-Walsh, Sina Sadighi, Mark Silverstein, and Carla Sims.
Photography made available courtesy of Pilot Boy Productions, Inc. Copyright © 2021 by Pilot Boy Productions, Inc., all rights reserved.
Author-read book passages from Vibrate Higher, by Talib Kweli (available at KweliClub.com, Audible.com, or other booksellers)
“Just keep going.”—Dave Chappelle
Featuring, in order of appearance:
Kevin Hart, Questlove, Mo Amer, Bill Burr, Pras, Michelle Wolf, and Jon Stewart
Contains music by:
Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Max Roach, Miles Davis, Milt Jackson, and Stevie Wonder
Recorded in Ohio, Summer 2020
Executive Produced by Talib Kweli, yasiin bey, Dave Chappelle, Noah Gersh, Jamie Schefman, Nick Panama, Kenzi Wilbur, and Miles Hodges
Produced by Noah Gersh and Jamie Schefman for SALT
Production Manager: Liz LeMay
Recording Engineer: Federico Lopez
Recording Engineer: Adrián Bruque for NPND
Assistant Editors: Danny Carissimi and Noah Kowalski
Senior Sound Designer: Russell Topal
Transcription Supervisor: Sam Beasley
Mixer: Jordan Galvan
Podcast Artwork: Rachel Eck
Still Photography: Mathieu Bitton
The Midnight Miracle is a Luminary Original Podcast in partnership with Pilot Boy Productions and SALT.
Special thanks to Paul Adongo, Cipriano Beredo, Elaine Chappelle, Ivy Davy, Rikki Hughes, Kyle Ranson-Walsh, Sina Sadighi, Mark Silverstein, and Carla Sims.
Photography made available courtesy of Pilot Boy Productions, Inc. Copyright © 2021 by Pilot Boy Productions, Inc., all rights reserved.
"I'm trying to tell you, any time we get together we never know if it's going to be the time that we'll make the memory that we never forget."—Dave Chappelle
The first single from The Midnight Miracle. Originally published May 2021.
“Round Midnight” was recorded for The Midnight Miracle by:
Robert Glasper, Piano
Pino Palladino, Bass
Justin Tyson, Drums
Qmillion, Engineer
“I'm terrified at the moral apathy, the death of the heart, which is happening in my country.”—James Baldwin
Featuring, in order of appearance: Questlove and Radio Rahim
Contains clips of James Baldwin and music from Minoru Muraoka.
Recorded in Ohio, Summer 2020
Executive Produced by Talib Kweli, yasiin bey, Dave Chappelle, Noah Gersh, Jamie Schefman, Nick Panama, Kenzi Wilbur, and Miles Hodges
Produced by Noah Gersh and Jamie Schefman for SALT
Production Manager: Liz LeMay
Recording Engineer: Federico Lopez
Recording Engineer: Adrián Bruque for NPND
Assistant Editors: Danny Carissimi and Noah Kowalski
Senior Sound Designer: Russell Topal
Transcription Supervisor: Sam Beasley
Mixer: Jordan Galvan
Podcast Artwork: Rachel Eck
Still Photography: Mathieu Bitton
The Midnight Miracle is a Luminary Original Podcast in partnership with Pilot Boy Productions and SALT.
Special thanks to Paul Adongo, Cipriano Beredo, Elaine Chappelle, Ivy Davy, Rikki Hughes, Kyle Ranson-Walsh, Sina Sadighi, Mark Silverstein, and Carla Sims.
Photography made available courtesy of Pilot Boy Productions, Inc. Copyright © 2021 by Pilot Boy Productions, Inc., all rights reserved.
"Would you like to know what I think it smells like?" — Dave Chappelle
Featuring, in order of appearance: Questlove, Donnell Rawlings, Jon Stewart, and Jarobi White
Contains music by Black Star and original score by Noah Gersh for SALT.
Recorded in Ohio, Summer 2020
Executive Produced by Talib Kweli, yasiin bey, Dave Chappelle, Noah Gersh, Jamie Schefman, Nick Panama, Kenzi Wilbur, and Miles Hodges
Produced by Noah Gersh and Jamie Schefman for SALT
Production Manager: Liz LeMay
Recording Engineer: Federico Lopez
Recording Engineer: Adrián Bruque for NPND
Assistant Editors: Danny Carissimi and Noah Kowalski
Senior Sound Designer: Russell Topal
Transcription Supervisor: Sam Beasley
Mixer: Jordan Galvan
Podcast Artwork: Rachel Eck
Still Photography: Mathieu Bitton
The Midnight Miracle is a Luminary Original Podcast in partnership with Pilot Boy Productions and SALT.
Special thanks to Paul Adongo, Cipriano Beredo, Elaine Chappelle, Ivy Davy, Rikki Hughes, Kyle Ranson-Walsh, Sina Sadighi, Mark Silverstein, and Carla Sims.
Photography made available courtesy of Pilot Boy Productions, Inc. Copyright © 2021 by Pilot Boy Productions, Inc., all rights reserved.
“You can’t beat a Filipino family at karaoke!”—Dave Chappelle
Featuring, in order of appearance: David Letterman, Michelle Wolf, Mo Amer
Featuring music by Heatwave and Ennio Morricone
Recorded in Ohio, Summer 2020. Originally published June, 2021.
Executive Produced by Talib Kweli, yasiin bey, Dave Chappelle, Noah Gersh, Jamie Schefman, Nick Panama, Kenzi Wilbur, and Miles Hodges
Produced by Noah Gersh and Jamie Schefman for SALT
Production Manager: Liz LeMay
Recording Engineer: Federico Lopez
Recording Engineer: Adrián Bruque for NPND
Assistant Editors: Danny Carissimi and Noah Kowalski
Senior Sound Designer: Russell Topal
Transcription Supervisor: Sam Beasley
Mixer: Jordan Galvan
Podcast Artwork: Rachel Eck
Still Photography: Mathieu Bitton
The Midnight Miracle is a Luminary Original Podcast in partnership with Pilot Boy Productions and SALT.
Special thanks to Paul Adongo, Cipriano Beredo, Elaine Chappelle, Ivy Davy, Rikki Hughes, Kyle Ranson-Walsh, Sina Sadighi, Mark Silverstein, and Carla Sims.
Photography made available courtesy of Pilot Boy Productions, Inc. Copyright © 2021 by Pilot Boy Productions, Inc., all rights reserved.
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