meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Dream It Real

Michael B. Jordan on Courage

Dream It Real

Coach

Society & Culture

4682 Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2019

⏱️ 32 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

“Courage is knowing that the road is tough, but still, you move forward.”  Actor, producer and first global face of Coach menswear Michael B. Jordan talks about inclusion in Hollywood, overcoming insecurity as a young actor and his dream of one day opening a school. We also hear from 17-year-old Giovanni of Newark, N.J., who shares his story of immigrating from Jamaica to the United States and his dreams for his family and himself. The show is a collaboration between Coach and Pineapple Street Media. Original theme music is by Hansdale Hsu.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Welcome to Dream It Real, a podcast for those who dream, brought to you by Coach.

0:09.3

Thanks for coming back. I'm your host, Heaven Nagatu.

0:12.2

And as you know, Coach and I have been collaborating on this as a part of their Dream at Real initiative, all about supporting the next generation and their dreams for the future.

0:20.3

Each week, we're going to be talking to inspiring guests about how they're making their dreams a reality,

0:24.6

dreams for themselves, their community, and the world.

0:35.6

In this week's episode, we're talking about courage.

0:38.6

For me, one of the best ways to find courage is honestly just seeing it in others.

0:42.9

That was definitely the case speaking with our guest today.

0:46.0

You may know him.

0:47.3

You may not.

0:48.0

You do know him.

0:48.9

Are you plain?

0:50.1

I think courage means to me, you know, the ability to take on something that's complicated and complex and hard.

0:59.7

And knowing that you may or may not figure it out, that you don't know how it's going to end.

1:04.4

You know, to know the road is tough, but to still move forward.

1:12.2

But, okay, let's say you are like the one human on earth who has not heard of Michael

1:16.2

B. Jordan. You may not know this, but he's been working as an actor since 13. He's been in a few

1:22.7

small films you may have heard of, perhaps Black Panther, Creed. Okay, okay. He's also added executive producer to his list of titles,

1:30.5

and he has his own production company, Outlier Society,

1:34.0

which made news after adding inclusion writers to all their projects,

1:37.3

and we're gonna get into all of that.

1:39.3

So somehow he still had time to become the first ever face of coach men's.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Coach, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Coach and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.