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Nov 2023
23m 29s

The Nuanced Endeavor

Dave Chappelle, Talib Kweli, yasiin bey
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[This episode (aka "Napa, Act 1") was recorded live in 2022 at the Blue Note Jazz Festival.]


“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.

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