• Bugs Bunny Math, ft. Black Star (Encore)
    Feb 19 2025

    “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)

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    29 mins
  • The Symphony That is Comedy (Replay)
    Feb 12 2025

    “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.

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    29 mins
  • LL's Check (Encore edition)
    Feb 5 2025

    “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.

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    24 mins
  • The Grift (Reprise)
    Jan 29 2025

    "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.

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    24 mins
  • Dave 2 (Replay)
    Jan 15 2025

    [Encore episode] “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


    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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    17 mins
  • Music of My Mind, from 'The Wonder of Stevie'
    Dec 12 2024

    Sharing a preview of a podcast called The Wonder of Stevie. You might think you know Stevie Wonder. You might think you know his music. But you’ve never heard it like this.


    Host Wesley Morris is taking you on a deep-dive through Stevie's Classic Period: five legendary albums back-to-back in just four years. Hear about the record deal that started it all, the technology Stevie adopted to create never-before-heard sounds, and his influence on our culture. There will be appearances from legends like Barack and Michelle Obama, Questlove, Smokey Robinson, Dionne Warwick, Babyface, Janelle Monae and more.


    In this episode, Wesley details how, years after signing his first recording deal with Motown Records, Stevie decides to renegotiate his contract. One of the things on the table? Complete creative freedom. What follows is the beginning of one of the greatest streak of albums in American popular music: Music of My Mind.

    You can binge The Wonder of Stevie at https://lnk.to/wonderofstevie!midnightmiracle


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    59 mins
  • Dave 1 (Encore)
    Nov 20 2024

    [REPLAY] “Didn’t I say Japan is fly?”—David Letterman


    Featuring, in order of appearance: Mo Amer, Michelle Wolf, David Letterman


    Contains music by Wiener Philharmoniker (Symphony No.7 in A Major, Op. 92), conducted by Carlos Kleiber.


    Recorded in Ohio, Summer 2020. Originally published in June of 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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    20 mins
  • No Snakes (Reprise)
    Nov 12 2024

    “I wish you could know what it means to be me.” —Nina Simone


    Featuring, in order of appearance: Mathieu Bitton, Radio Rahim, Mo Amer, Michael Che, Michelle Wolf, Cipha Sounds


    Contains audio clips of Shaykh Hamza Yusuf and Nina Simone, and music from Nina Simone, Brittany Howard, and Michael Kiwanuka.


    Recorded in Ohio, Summer 2020. Originally published May, 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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    27 mins