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Oct 2024
21m 42s

Gladiator Circus World [Reprise]

Dave Chappelle, Talib Kweli, yasiin bey
About this episode

[This is a reprised episode. Listen again to see if anything has changed since it was recorded.]


"It’s a polemics olympics."—yasiin bey


Hosted by: Talib Kweli, yasiin bey, and Dave Chappelle


Featuring the world premiere of original Black Star music


Featuring, in order of appearance: Questlove, Radio Rahim, Lamorne Morris, and Jon Hamm


Contains audio clips featuring Alex Jones, Donald Trump, and Rush Limbaugh.


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

Script 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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