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Jun 2021
2m 29s

Corn Flakes

Dave Chappelle, Talib Kweli, yasiin bey
About this episode

"Are y’all n****s about to ruin corn flakes for me?”—Dave Chappelle


Featuring, in order of appearance: Questlove, Jon Hamm


Featuring music for SALT by Ryland Blackinton


Recorded in Ohio, Summer 2020. Originally published in 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.

More episodes on Luminary, and the Luminary channel on Apple Podcasts. Learn more at www.luminary.link/midnight


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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