Levar Burton–I Am Who I Am

Toure Show

DCP Entertainment

Society & Culture, Arts, Performing Arts

4.8 • 880 Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Levar Burton is Reading Rainbow. He is Star Trek. He is Roots. He is so much in the American experience from the past to the future because he is a deep thinker about life. We also talk about his potential future hosting Jeopardy... Patreon.com/toureshow Instagram: @toureshow Twitter: @toure Toure Show Episode 211 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta Covington Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.6	tease and sees apply. What do you see for your future? I've spent the last 40 plus years being in front of the camera and behind the camera as a director as a producer.
0:56.0	I'm contemplating the next act of my life involving a lot more writing. I think as I begin to look back there's an
1:07.8	urge to want to chronicle this journey that I've been on and selfishly if there is a god I'm hoping that
1:19.6	he is in agreement with me that I should be the next host of jeopardy because that's a job that I have wanted for a long time.
1:27.0	You could absolutely get that job and it would make sense to a lot of people.
1:36.2	Makes sense to me.
1:39.8	I think I'm the, I'm not only the right person,
1:41.9	I think I'm the perfect person. I agree. Yeah, I agree. So I want Jeopardy to be a part of what you
1:53.0	it just seems like a natural extension of that which I have dedicated my life to.
1:59.0	When you say that, are you putting it out in the universe what you kind of want to happen or are you
2:05.0	actually like campaigning or you talking to them or like is this in motion at all?
2:10.7	Um both. I'm putting it out there in the universe. I have for a long time. And I'm in conversations. I'm doing everything that I can to put myself in the mix. Absolutely.
2:24.0	Lavor. in the mix, absolutely. LaVar Burton is cool and deep and philosophical and it just... and We talked about Star Trek. We talked about reading rainbow. We talked about where the country is and where the country is going and what it means to be black and this guy is just awesome. I did not imagine I would enjoy talking to him as much as I did
2:58.0	This one's awesome for half the conversation stay right where you are for the whole thing which is awesome
3:05.4	and totally worth it.
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