Episodes
HBO Max presents Trade Secrets, a podcast that gives listeners a VIP pass into the rooms of the world’s best storytellers. We wanted to give you a taste of our first episode, where Misha Green, creator and showrunner of HBO’s ‘Lovecraft Country,’ interviews Kamilah Forbes, the director and executive producer of HBO’s film adaption of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ ‘Between The World And Me.’ Misha and Kamilah dig into what it’s like to be both “a player and a coach” in Hollywood and finding home on set,...
Published 06/30/21
In this special bonus episode of Lovecraft Country Radio, hosts Ashley C. Ford and Shannon Houston are back to discuss the HBO’s new film “Between The World And Me,” based on the 2015 book by Ta-Nehisi Coates and the 2018 stage adaptation directed by Kamilah Forbes at the Apollo Theater, as well as the companion podcast produced by HBO, Spoke Media and Domino Sound. First they debrief what it’s been like to see audiences react to Lovecraft Country since its finale. Then, they unpack a few...
Published 12/21/20
In this special final episode of HBO’s Between The World And Me Podcast, we hear from writer Ta-Nehisi Coates, director Kamilah Forbes, producer, Alisa Payne, scholar Dr. Salamishah Tillet, as well as conversations with the communities from The Apollo Theater (Deirdre Hollman, Rich Blint, Abimbola Kai Lewis, Kai Green), The Kennedy Center (Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Alicia Garza, Tony Lewis, Jason Wallace), and the Schwarzman Center at Yale University and Howard University (Daphne Brooks, Natalie...
Published 12/14/20
Host Susan Kelechi Watson is joined by writer Ta-Nehisi Coates, director Kamilah Forbes, visual artist Bisa Butler, and thought leaders Adrienne Maree Brown, Kimberly Nicole Foster, and Sonya Renee Taylor to relive final moments from HBO’s Between The World And Me and to celebrate Black culture, Black joy, and to discuss how we build a new world for “The Future.”
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Published 12/07/20
Host Susan Kelechi Watson is joined by writer Ta-Nehisi Coates, director Kamilah Forbes, visual artist Calida Garcia Rawles, thought leaders Adrienne Maree Brown, Kimberly Nicole Foster, and Sonya Renee Taylor to again experience moments from HBO’s Between The World And Me and to discuss community, Black love, and “The Mecca.”
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Published 11/30/20
Host Susan Kelechi Watson is joined by writer Ta-Nehisi Coates, director and adapter Kamilah Forbes, actor Jharrel Jerome, and thought leaders Adrienne Maree Brown, Kimberly Nicole Foster, and Sonya Renee Taylor to relive moments from HBO’s Between The World And Me and to unpack being Black in America, educational indoctrination, and “The Dream.”
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Published 11/22/20
HBO’s Between The World And Me Podcast is the official podcast for the HBO special event, based on the 2015 book by Ta-Nehisi Coates and the 2018 stage adaptation conceived and directed by Kamilah Forbes, staged at the Apollo Theater. Each week, host and Executive Producer Susan Kelechi Watson weaves a tapestry of letters, reflections and dialogue from thought leaders and project creatives to extend the conversation, unpack the film, and relive key moments from the landmark work.
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Published 11/16/20