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The Midnight Miracle

Dave Chappelle, Talib Kweli, yasiin bey

Comedy, Society & Culture

4.6 • 8.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

“I'm terrified at the moral apathy, the death of the heart, which is happening in my country.”—James Baldwin

Featuring, in order of appearance: Questlove and Radio Rahim

Contains clips of James Baldwin and music from Minoru Muraoka.

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

Transcription 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.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Cabin crew, prepare for landing.
0:02.6	Wow, that was a quick flight.
0:04.4	Never mind, Bondi Beach, barrier, reef, here we come.
0:07.8	Holiday of a lifetime, cannot wait.
0:10.2	Me neither.
0:12.5	Ladies and gentlemen, we'll shortly be landing in Austria.
0:16.1	Austria? We're supposed to be going to Australia.
0:19.6	What have you done?
0:24.6	Should have gone to Spec Savers. Book an eye test online. Um, has anyone got any long trousers I could borrow?
0:27.6	I've only got a bikini, Andy.
0:29.6	Yo, what's happening, people? It's Fred Santan here, and my podcast is the 90s baby show.
0:34.6	It's currently being sponsored by NHS, blood and transplant.
0:39.0	There is currently a real need for people of Black Heritage to give blood regularly to help
0:43.6	treat black patients with sickle cell. Sickle cell can affect anyone but is more common in people
0:48.6	of Black Heritage and is the fastest growing inherited blood disorder in the UK. We urgently need new donors of Black
0:55.9	Heritage to help fight sickle cell and regularly give blood to help save and improve lives. The good
1:01.6	news is that giving blood is quick and easy. It takes just one hour to save up to three lives.
1:07.1	It's in our blood to help fight sickle cell. Book now at blood.cold. UK.
1:36.3	I'm terrified at the moral apathy, the death of the heart, which is happening in my country. These people have deluded themselves for so long that they really don't think I'm human.
1:43.3	I had racist on their conduct, not on what they say.
1:47.0	And this means that they have become in themselves
1:50.0	moral monsters.
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