22 episodes

Music. Conversation. Debate. Hosts Dave Chappelle, yasiin bey, and Talib Kweli bring you a new genre of audio—like nothing you've ever heard. Listen, then listen again. You'll discover something new every time. New episodes weekly in 2023. Subscribe to Luminary to hear all new episodes as soon as they drop.. https://luminary.link/miracle

The Midnight Miracle Luminary

    • Comedy
    • 4.5 • 7.7K Ratings

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Music. Conversation. Debate. Hosts Dave Chappelle, yasiin bey, and Talib Kweli bring you a new genre of audio—like nothing you've ever heard. Listen, then listen again. You'll discover something new every time. New episodes weekly in 2023. Subscribe to Luminary to hear all new episodes as soon as they drop.. https://luminary.link/miracle

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Requires subscription and macOS 11.4 or higher

    A Magnificent Day for an Exorcism

    A Magnificent Day for an Exorcism

    “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

    Napa, Act 1

    Napa, Act 1

    “Art is the perfect place to talk it out–in fact, maybe the last place.” The crew reflects on how nuance and purpose is lost in a culture that favors judgment over debate.


    Executive Produced by Talib Kweli, yasiin bey, Dave Chappelle, Noah Gersh, Jamie Schefman, Nick Panama, and 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.

    Napa, Act 2

    Napa, Act 2

    “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.

    Napa, Act 3

    Napa, Act 3

    “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.

    Napa, Act 4

    Napa, Act 4

    "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.


    This is a free episode. To get new episodes all season long, subscribe to Luminary. Learn more at https://luminary.link/miracle


    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.

    • 25 min
    The Invocation

    The Invocation

    "To The One who has created the all" — yasiin bey

    Featuring: Dave Chappelle, Talib Kweli, and yasiin bey
     
    Music from Akira Ishikawa, and Count Buffaloes
      
    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 Borgatto & 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, Kyle Ranson-Walsh, Sina Sadighi, Mark Silverstein, Deborah Mannis-Gardner, Nicolle Johnson, Donna Dragotta and Carla Sims.

    Photography made available courtesy of Pilot Boy Productions, Inc. Copyright © 2022 by Pilot Boy Productions, Inc., all rights reserved.

    • 1 min

Customer Reviews

4.5 out of 5
7.7K Ratings

7.7K Ratings

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Great show

Enjoy the music, the flow, and the conversations. Hope there will be more episodes and longer! 😎

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Top 5 podcasts of all time

Loooooooove this podcast! Listen. Listen again. Love.

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