W. Kamau Bell, the award-winning TV host, comedian and filmmaker, is teaming with Malcolm Gladwell’s Pushkin Industries podcast and audiobook company to launch a new video podcast, “Who’s With Me?” as an extension of his popular Substack newsletter of the same name.
Bell’s weekly podcast is set to premiere May 27, available on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and all major podcast platforms. Guests slated to appear include actors Delroy Lindo and Ted Danson, ballet dancer Misty Copeland, actor-singer Daveed Diggs, chef and TV host Kristen Kish, Robert Reich, Eddie Huang, U.S. Rep. Lateefah Simon, Nava Mau, Mo Willems, Maria Bamford and Margaret Cho. Many of the guests will be from or affiliated with Kamau’s hometown of Oakland, California, according to Pushkin.
In each episode of the podcast, Bell will open with a monologue addressing the current cultural and political landscape that’s often inspired by his latest newsletter. He’s then joined by a guest for a frank conversation about their career journeys and how to make the world a better place. (Watch the trailer below.)
Bell is known for embracing uncomfortable conversations: Over the course of his career, he’s spoken with everyone from KKK members to Oprah Winfrey, “showing that a simple conversation can lead to surprising revelations,” per Pushkin Industries.
