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Making

WBEZ Chicago

Society & Culture

4.6 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2022

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

From the creators of Making Oprah, Obama and Beyoncé, WBEZ brings you a new season of its hit bio-podcast series, Making. With new host Brandon Pope, each episode tells the origin story of a different iconic Black figure. Through inner circle interviews and exclusive archival tape, this series looks at Serena Williams, Kanye West, Maya Angelou and many more. The years before they skyrocketed to success – the making years.

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0:00.0	We all have the same 24 hours in a given day.
0:03.8	But some people not only succeed, they change history.
0:12.4	Or they change in industries,
0:14.4	change the direction of hip-hop multiple times.
0:17.1	Or the culture.
0:18.5	Would you like to be like,
0:20.2	where all I can be would be like me?
0:23.2	So what does it take to go from a kid with a dream to a superstar?
0:28.9	I dreamed of it though.
0:30.1	I always dreamed of it and I want to do it so bad.
0:33.4	From WBEZ Chicago, I'm Brandon Poe,
0:36.5	and I'm your host for a new season of Making.
0:40.4	It's WBEZ's documentary series that explores how an icon is made.
0:45.8	And we've got a new format.
0:47.6	This time, it's a different iconic figure every week.
0:51.4	We'll examine the most critical moments in the early lives of people like Rihanna.
0:56.8	We signed it at night. We're gonna let it lead to the office Maya Angelo.
1:00.4	I stopped talking for five years.
1:03.8	Serena Williams.
1:05.0	If you don't do a feast flat like a 9-7-year-old person, you're never the attendance winner.
1:08.9	Jesse Jackson.
1:10.0	I was arrested during the 1960s when I was a public library.
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