The Midnight Miracle

About The Midnight Miracle

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Dave Chappelle, Talib Kweli, yasiin bey

Category

comedy · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

1 Nov 2023

Latest episode

26 Mar 2025

Latest episodes

10 of 37 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   26 Mar 2025TRANSCRIPT

   True G.O.A.T. Sh^t (Encore)

   [This episode (aka "That's Entertainment: Napa, Act 4") was recorded live in 2022 at the Blue Note Jazz Festival.]. "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. 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.

2. 

   19 Mar 2025TRANSCRIPT

   On Plastic Mountain, Crying Real Tears (Reprise)

   [This episode (aka "That's Entertainment: Napa, Act 3") was recorded live in 2022 at the Blue Note Jazz Festival.] “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

3. 

   12 Mar 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Selling the Thing vs Making the Thing (Replay)

   This episode (aka "Artist or Merchant: Napa Act 2") was recorded live in 2022 at the Blue Note Jazz Festival. “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.

Inside a recent episode

True G.O.A.T. Sh^t (Encore)

Published 26 Mar 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] It's not an issue you practice more and whatever, because my father used to say that people think Michael Jordan is Michael Jordan because he practices more and so on. So he said, you know, Michael Jordan is Michael Jordan. because he's Michael Jordan. That's right. That's right. And there's so many things that go into making anybody great at anything that you can scarcely really take credit for yourself. You can take credit for certain aspects, but even those aspects, if you really, really are honest about them and nurtured and supported by the efforts of people who, I mean, are far, far in the background, you know, and who, without them, somebody's your 3 a.m. in the morning call, and without that person, And without their support or their love or their encouragement or their criticism, you're not who you know yourself to be. […]

Who has been a guest on The Midnight Miracle

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• David Letterman
• Michelle Wolf
• Mo Amer

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.5 / 5

7,885 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

1,285 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 32 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

24

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

98

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Does not typically book guests

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