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Jan 2024
28m 53s

A Magnificent Day for an Exorcism

Dave Chappelle, Talib Kweli, yasiin bey
About this episode

“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

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