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Here’s To Life with Tori Reid
Are you looking for inspiration? Journey with us as we unpack the human experience with Icons, Culture makers, and Outliers. We'll explore, discover, and laugh through a wealth of truth, stories, and wisdom with guests in entertainment, literature, the culture at large, and beyond, so that you may take inspired action and shift your life! Here’s to life, today and everyday!
Episodes
41 episodes
Ep. 40: Jaki Shelton Green - Poet Laureate of the People
In nearly six decades of work, she has mentored hundreds of authors, poets and women globally. Her poetry has appeared in African American Review, Essence Magazine, Ms. Magazine... and dozens of literary journals and lifestyle magazines. In
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Ep. 39: Jenifer Lewis - Walking In My Joy: In These Streets
Dubbed a “national treasure” and nicknamed the “Mother of Black Hollywood,” she’s starred in over 400 episodic TV shows, 68 movies, and four Broadway shows. During her prolific screen career, she’s most notably known as Zelma Bullock in Tina Tu...
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Ep. 38: Tom Dreesen (Part II) - The Man Who Made Sinatra Laugh
Part II: Tori returns in delight with one of her favorite spirits, a true comedian's comedian and one of the world’s most groundbreaking, well-respected, and beloved entertainers. A true pioneer and legend in the entertainment industry with 52 ...
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Ep. 37: Ruth E. Carter (Part II) - What Makes Ruth, Ruth?
She is so much more than a costume designer or expert storyteller. She is a trailblazer. A pioneer. A leader. Think Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther. Spike Lee’s Malcolm X, Do The Right Thing or 12 other Spike Lee joints. Ava DuVernay’s Selma. Lee ...
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Ep. 36: Dr. William R. Harvey - The Visionary Leader and the Power of Legacy
Tori returns to her beloved alma mater, Hampton University, reflects and has a very special homecoming with the singular President Dr. William R. Harvey. Known for more than 40 years of legendary leadership, he transformed the university from a...
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Ep. 35: Ruth E. Carter - The Origin of Ruth Carter and Her Afrofuturistic Costume Design
She is so much more than a costume designer. She is a national treasure and global visionary. She was nominated twice for an Oscar for her timeless work on Spike Lee’s Malcolm X and Steven Spielberg’s Amistad. She became the first African Ameri...
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Ep. 34: Tom Dreesen - The Comedian's Comedian and Living the Dream
Tori delights in talking to one of her favorite spirits, a true comedian's comedian and one of the world’s most groundbreaking, well-respected, and beloved entertainers. He has made over 500 national TV appearances as a stand-up comedian, inclu...
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Ep. 33: Cassandra Freeman - On Becoming Aunt Viv
Just who is the woman behind our latest "Aunt Viv?" Let's get the Inside track, and we use that word "inside" knowingly, on this powerful, every woman. Get ready for joy. Fresh out of NYU's Tisch Graduate Acting Program, she fulfilled her dream...
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Ep. 32: Anthony Hamilton (Part II) - What Makes Anthony, Anthony?
Part II: Tori explores the ancient adage "to whom much is given, much is required" with a soul star and Grammy Award winner and soul storyteller for Part II of this fun, insightful, and warm conversation. As a self-described "country boy"...
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Ep. 31: Richard Roundtree - The First Black Action Hero and His Creator
For Black History Month, we're celebrating a cultural icon dubbed the "first Black action hero" and the groundbreaking film that birthed him, made Oscar history, and was inducted for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of ...
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Ep. 30: Richard Roundtree - What Makes Richard, Richard?
Tori takes pleasure in speaking with the “original Black action hero” and a cultural iconoclast. Many see him simply as John Shaft with a brash, ‘take no prisoners’ veneer. He however says, “what you see is not the actual”. So, he is not ...
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Ep. 29: Shungudzo - the Free Soul and Fighting for Love
Tori has the pleasure to speak with an emerging, compassionate love champion. A true champion of the spirit. She is a proud Zimbabwean singer-songwriter, philanthropist, activist, storyteller, gymnast and television personality. Using words as ...
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Ep. 28: Mobolaji Olambiwonnu & Aloe Blacc - Ferguson Rises
Before George Floyd, before Breonna Taylor, before America knew about Black Lives Matter, there was Michael Brown, Jr. On August 9th, 2014, in Ferguson Missouri, Darren Wilson, a white officer, fatally shot an unarm...
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Ep. 27: Anthony Hamilton - Love is the New Black
He is a soulful storytelling master. As a matter of fact, he is in the soulful lineage of Sam Cooke, Al Green, or Bill Withers in his vocal mastery, storytelling prowess and evolution of self, as well as his sound. He could be one of the last o...
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Ep. 26: Aaron Chang - The Art of Living & Surf Photography
He is an internationally acclaimed fine art photographer, an evolving spirit, and a humble creative. One who captures the ocean, the sun… the surf - like no other. Known for being the Creator of Modern Surf Photography, he’s redefining the spor...
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Ep. 25: Brent Fischer - Love, Respect and Continuing a Music Legacy
This is Part II of a 2 part series celebrating and looking closely at the Fischer family musical legacy to our times and the world.Grammy-winning producer, composer, arranger Brent Fischer carries on the legacy of his legendary father, ...
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Episode 25
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HTL Musing: Kindness
I am Tori Reid and I have a long standing tradition called “Tori Sundays” where I tune in, in order to tune up. Call it meditation. Dancing. Dancing with the universe. Dancing in my innerverse. Reading. Call it prayer. Writing. Call it re...
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Ep. 24: Tim Reid - Dad, The Spirit Warrior, and Creating a Legacy
Some may know him as Ray Campbell on Sister, Sister, and others as Venus Flytrap on WKRP in Cincinnati. And then there are those who fondly recall him as Frank Parrish on Frank’s Place, or others as "Downtown Brown" on Simon and Simon. But none...
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Ep. 23: Sound of Our Times - Prince, Brent and the Fischers
Last week Prince enjoyed a birthday. He remains one of the most celebrated pop artist of the 20th century and the soundtrack by which many artists measure their own creations and draw inspiration from. In this episode of Here’s to L...
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Ep. 22: Daphne Maxwell Reid (Part II) – Aunt Viv, Mother Wit and Blended Families
Part II: This episode bookends our March Women's History Month as a tall glass of sweet Virginian iced tea between Tori Reid and her step mother. We celebrate the 25th anniversary of the series finale (May 20, 1996) of "The Fresh Pr...
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Episode 22
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Ep. 21: Queen Mother Cicely Tyson (Part II) - A Mother's Day Tribute
Part II: This Mother’s Day, we continue our tribute to the iconic and legendary Cicely Tyson. For Part I in Episode 15 “What Makes Cicely Tyson, Cicely Tyson”, we heard lovingly from those who were mentored by her, worked with her a...
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Episode 21
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Ep. 20: Here's To Life, Meditation and Self Love - A Retrospective
This is the 20th episode inspired by the majestic Shirley Horn's timeless tome. Tori Reid, host of "Here's to Life", reflects on Life, the meaning of it all, her recent quantum steps into Transcendentalism, and the enlightened insights o...
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Ep. 19: Bill Duke – Spiritual Pathfinder and Hollywood Icon
Tori's back again! No Sudden Moves though! This time with an auteur, Hollywood legend and global griot - at a towering 6' 4½” - who’s portrayed some indelible tough and rough multi-layered characters and directed cult underground classics and A...
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Ep. 18: Daphne Maxwell Reid – The Renaissance Woman
March is Women’s History Month. Tori delights in a spirited conversation honoring a special woman in her life. She made history as the first Black woman featured on the cover of Glamour magazine, as Northwestern University’s first Black homecom...
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Ep. 17: Youssou N’Dour – Global Elder and Griot, the King of African World Music
Tori and Executive Producer Patrick A. Howell enjoy a once in a lifetime opportunity to vibe with a living legend and global icon from his home in Dakar, Senegal. He has been noted as one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in the wo...
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