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Til This Day with Radio Rahim

Michael Che

Season 1, Ep. 13

In the ring if you’re not prepared, you won’t survive. Today's guest prepared himself on the streets of New York, from selling t-shirts, to open mics, to hustling into network television. Like the best fighters in the world, the bell rings for him on Saturday night.


CREDITS

Executive Producers: Dave Chappelle, Radio Rahim, Noah Gersh, Jamie Schefman, Nick Panama, Kenzi Wilbur, Elliot O’Dea

Music & Sound Design: SALT Audio

Creative Producer: Alex Casnoff

Head of Production: Liz LeMay

Head of Engineering: Jordan Galvan

Production Manager: Allie Strobel

Post Coordinator: Alice Bearn

Edited by: Geoffrey Mutchnik

Mixed by: SALT Audio

Additional Editing & Sound Design: Jasper van Dijk & Noah Kowalski

 

Til This Day is a Luminary Original Podcast in partnership with Pilot Boy Productions and SALT Audio.

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