ENTRY POINTS

Episode 11: Nicolay

October 9th, 2017  |  Season 2  |  50 mins 34 secs

nicolay, phonte, prince, r&b

Arthur visits with the co-founder and producer of The Foreign Exchange, Nicolay, to learn about his musical history, his partnership with Phonte, and our favorite topic: Prince.

Episode 10: Siedah Garrett

August 24th, 2017  |  Season 2  |  33 mins 4 secs

Siedah Garrett joins Arthur to talk about her new music, record label A&R’s (then and now), and whose idea it was to try and pair Prince and Michael for a duet.

Episode 9: Kevin Coval

March 29th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  39 mins 19 secs

chicago, hiphop, lyrics, poetry

​Kevin Coval is the Founder of Louder Than A Bomb: The Chicago Youth Poetry Festival and the Artistic Director of Young Chicago Authors. He's also the author and editor of several books including The BreakBeat Poets. His latest book of poetry, A People's History of Chicago, explores the city's various neighborhoods and will be released in April 2017 by Haymarket Press. Arthur sat down with Kevin at his home on Chicago's northwest side to talk about the new book and, well, hip hop.

Episode 8: Scoop Jackson

February 21st, 2017  |  Season 1  |  44 mins 24 secs

chicago, iverson, journalism, music, race, sports

Scoop Jackson is a 25-year veteran of music and sports journalism. His byline has appeared in Slam, XXL, Wax Poetics, Vibe, the Source, and is currently an ESPN columnist and producer. Scoop sat with Arthur at his office on Chicago’s South Side to discuss his unique professional career.

Episode 7: NPR x BBC x OKP: on 2016

January 9th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 15 mins

blm, criticism, culture, protest, radio

2016 has wrapped, and Arthur assembled a panel of experts from NPR Music, the BBC, and Okayplayer to look back at a very difficult year that we're unlikely to forget. From Brexit to Beyoncé to Black Lives Matter, ENTRY POINTS puts our spin on “the...

Episode 6: Nation19

December 6th, 2016  |  Season 1  |  47 mins 10 secs

anthropology, culture, documentary, film, hip-hop, photojournalism

Queen Muhammad Ali and her husband Hakeem Khaliq are the founders of Nation19, an organization that blends hip-hop culture, photojournalism, and anthropology in very unique ways.

Episode 5: DJ Harrison

October 19th, 2016  |  Season 1  |  24 mins 9 secs

analog, bass, d'angelo, drums, keyboard, ohbliv, production, rva

Richmond, Virginia (RVA) native Devonne Harris can assume several roles: producer; engineer; drummer; bassist; keyboardist; and as DJ Harrison: a premier beatmaker. The co-owner of Jellowstone Records and member of both Butcher Brown and KING$ shares...

Episode 4: Kevin L. Clark

September 26th, 2016  |  Season 1  |  34 mins

blm, criticism, questlove

Okayplayer managing editor Kevin "Kevito" Clark sits down with Arthur to examine objective criticism in 2016, OKP's leadership coverage of Black Lives Matter, Frank Ocean (in the space between "Endless" and "Blonde") and his side hustle as a video game critic.

Episode 3: Nicholas Payton

August 23rd, 2016  |  Season 1  |  53 mins 16 secs

acoustic, electronic, production, trumpet

In a revealing talk with Arthur, Grammy Award-winner Nicholas Payton shares the creative process behind making his latest album "Textures", his views on the stagnation of hip-hop, and the reception he gets from European "jazz" audiences.

Episode 2: Anthony Valadez

August 10th, 2016  |  Season 1  |  40 mins 7 secs

dj, photojournalism, production, radio

Los Angeles DJ, recording artist, and serial Instagramer Anthony Valadez joins Arthur to discuss his love for community outreach through music, and his thoughts on the role of the disc jockey on modern terrestrial radio. In the process,...

Episode 1: Ben Kane

July 21st, 2016  |  Season 1  |  20 mins 42 secs

analog, d'angelo, engineer, mixing, studio

Inaugural guest Ben Kane, Grammy Award-winning mixer and engineer (D'Angelo's "Black Messiah"), joins Arthur to talk about his Kickstarter campaign for the completion of his state-of-the-art Brooklyn studio, Electric Garden.