Interviews + Profiles
Brooke has interviewed legends Oprah Winfrey, Dr. Maya Angelou, Denzel Washington, Ava DuVernay, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Aretha Franklin, Angela Bassett, Patti LaBelle, Phylicia Rashad, and more. She’s also interviewed White House Officials and members of Congress, like U.S. Senator Cory Booker and Representative Donna Edwards, as well as celebrities like Alicia Keys, Jennifer Hudson, Misty Copeland, Gabrielle Union, Gabby Douglas, Levar Burton, Tia and Tamera, and Marc Lamont Hill.
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From Oprah and Eddie Murphy to Ava DuVernay and Denzel Washington, watch all of my video celebrity interviews here:
Issa Rae, Rap Sh!t
Angela Bassett, Bumblebee
Backstage at The Oscars 2019
Mahershala Ali
Janelle Monae
Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel, ESQ
Colman Domingo
Kiki Layne
Tyler Perry
Misty Copeland, Made to Dance
Interview with history-making ballerina Misty Copeland for the cover of Guideposts magazine’s February 2016 issue.
Courtney B. Vance, A Helping Spirit
Interview with Tony Award-winning actor Courtney B. Vance for the cover of Guideposts magazine’s August 2016 issue.
Two Faiths, One Family
Interview with Patricia and Alana Raybon on their book Undivided: A Muslim Daughter, Her Christian Mother, Their Path to Peace
Interview with Comedienne/OWN Reality Show Star Kym Whitley for EBONY.com:
View Online at http://www.ebony.com/video/entertainment-culture/exclusive-comedienne-kym-whitley-stars-in-raising-whitley-765
Montell Jordan: This Is How He Does It (Ebony, August 2016)
“Let’s Talk About #BlackChurchSex,” Ebony Magazine, July 2016 issue.
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10/20/2020
‘Lovecraft Country’ Showrunner Misha Green on the Season Finale and Growing Through Critique
8/14/2020
In Quarantine, Lynn Whitfield Is Listening to Her Own Voice
7/17/2020
With The Old Guard, Gina Prince-Bythewood Is Directing the World She Wants to See
5/20/2020
Bryan Stevenson’s Radical Call To Action In ‘Just Mercy’
8/7/2019
Oprah, Tarell McCraney Talk Toni Morrison’s Impact On ‘David Makes Man’
After ‘When They See Us,’ The Exonerated Five Are ‘Still Surviving,’ And Fighting Back [INTERVIEW]
Jordan Peele on the Intentional Blackness of ‘Us’
How ‘Green Book’ And The Hollywood Machine Swallowed Donald Shirley Whole
Inside Oprah’s Gospel Brunch
My 
sit-down interview at Oprah’s home
Oprah Winfrey and the Powerful Legacy of Henrietta Lacks (The Oprah Interview)
‘Black Panther’ Stars Daniel Kaluuya and Winston Duke on the Film’s Big Moral Question
Lupita Nyong’o Shines in ‘Queen of Katwe’
Meet ‘Black Panther’ Costume Designer Ruth E. Carter
Woman in Viral Women’s March Photo: ‘Listen to Black Women’
#MeToo: Movement Founder Tarana Burke Seeks to Help Others
LaToya Cantrell Makes History as First Female Mayor of New Orleans
New Orleans Icon Leah Chase Turns 95
The ‘Ephemeral Eternal’ Art of Brandan Bmike Odums
She Prayed Her Way Into a Role on ‘Black Panther’
India.Arie, Amandla Stenberg Break Down Black Joy as ‘a Revolution’
Eckhart Tolle Shares How to Find Your Purpose
Courtney B. Vance on Faith, Family and Making Marriage Work
Misty Copeland’s Will to Win
Despite the odds, American Ballet Theatre’s principal ballerina keeps making history and inspiring the masses.
An Empowering Diva
Award-winning actress Vanessa Williams is teaming up with Dress for Success to help women get a new start
CISSY HOUSTON REMEMBERS WHITNEY [EXCLUSIVE]
NBCC Fiction Finalist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in Conversation with Brooke Obie
Why Is There a Crazy Caribbean Woman in the Attic? Brooke Obie interviews Tiphanie Yanique on Land of Love and Drowning
Unreasonable Standards: An Interview with Roxane Gay
JENNIFER HUDSON SHINES AS ‘WINNIE MANDELA’ [INTERVIEW]
MAYA ANGELOU’S WORDS OF WISDOM: ‘LOVE IS THE HEALING AGENT’
ALICIA KEYS:IN LOVE, IN CHARGE AND ‘ON FIRE
[THE SPIRITUAL LIFE] ARETHA FRANKLIN REMEMBERS MLK
[THE SPIRITUAL LIFE] FROM CATHOLIC TO MUSLIM: CONGRESSMAN KEITH ELLISON SPEAKS
LIVING HISTORY: HENRY LOUIS GATES SPEAKS
BLACK WOMAN RISING: GABBY DOUGLAS RAISES THE BAR
[INTERVIEW] LEVAR BURTON ON WHY ‘ROOTS’ STILL MATTERS
[INTERVIEW] CORY BOOKER: THE MAYOR, THE HERO
THE ‘REAL’ TAMAR BRAXTON [EXCLUSIVE]
BROADWAY GREATS BRING AUGUST WILSON PLAYS TO LIFE (Phylicia Rashad, Taraji Henson interview)
[INTERVIEW] JUST CALL HIM “DR. SHAQ”
guideposts.org
Executive Producer: Guideposts Celebrates Breast Cancer Survivors
Eckhart Tolle Shares How to Find Your Purpose
Courtney B. Vance on Faith, Family and Making Marriage Work
Rachel Held Evans: Why Are Millennials Leaving the Church?
An Empowering Diva
How God Loved Sheila Walsh Back to Life
Sister Rosemary’s Faith
‘The ZimZum of Love’: Rob and Kristen Bell’s New Way of Understanding Marriage
Annie Lobert: Redeemed on the Vegas Strip
Rev. Run and Justine Simmons Fight Back Against Diabetes
One Man’s Journey to Help End Human Trafficking
‘I’ll Push You’: An Inspiring Journey Through Spain
Achieving Your Purpose ‘Beyond Willpower’
How Will I Know God’s Will for My Life? Review of Lysa Terkeurst’s The Best Yes
AMERICAN HERO: JAS BOOTHE FIGHTS FOR HOMELESS WOMEN VETERANS
national book critics circle
NBCC Fiction Finalist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in Conversation with Brooke Obie
26 FEBRUARY 2014 LIVING HISTORY: EUNIQUE GIBSON’S ‘BECAUSE OF THEM, WE CAN’ CAMPAIGN
24 DECEMBER 2013 [THE SPIRITUAL LIFE] BEHIND BARS, PART 2: BRIDGET OSBORNE
17 DECEMBER 2013 [THE SPIRITUAL LIFE] BEHIND BARS, PART 1: KAREN FISHER
12 DECEMBER 2013 YOUNG BLACK WOMAN ENTREPRENEUR EMPOWERS THROUGH FINANCIAL LITERACY
8 OCTOBER 2013[THE SPIRITUAL LIFE] MEDICAL DOCTOR USES MUSIC AS HER MINISTRY
24 SEPTEMBER 2013[THE SPIRITUAL LIFE] MISSIONARY FINDS HEALING ABOARD ‘MERCY SHIPS’
17 SEPTEMBER 2013 ISAIAH WASHINGTON’S RIGHT TO GO LEFT [INTERVIEW]
6 SEPTEMBER 2013 THE ‘SIX LITTLE MCGHEES’ ARE BACK! [INTERVIEW]
30 AUGUST 2013 MSNBC’S TAMRON HALL PREMIERES ‘DEADLINE: CRIME’ [INTERVIEW]
13 AUGUST 2013 MEET CORY BOOKER’S RIGHT-HAND WOMAN
3 JULY 2013 [THE SPIRITUAL LIFE]
18 JUNE 2013 [THE SPIRITUAL LIFE] HIP-HOP’S SPIRITUAL SON LECRAE SPEAKS
17 JUNE 2013 [ENOUGH]
26 APRIL 2013 ANTHONY MACKIE STARS IN ‘PAIN & GAIN’ [INTERVIEW]
2 APRIL 2013 [THE SPIRITUAL LIFE] KIERRA ‘KIKI’ SHEARD SHEDS POUNDS TO GET HER SPIRITUAL WEIGHT UP
22 MARCH 2013 [EXCLUSIVE] ROLAND MARTIN WON’T BE ‘SILENCED’
22 MARCH 2013 [SURVIVOR STORY] A MOTHER’S MIRACLE BABY
19 MARCH 2013[THE SPIRITUAL LIFE] ‘INNER FITNESS’ COACH AIMS TO CHANGE THE WAY WE HEAL
1 MARCH 2013[INTERVIEW] LYDIA CINCORE-TEMPLETON RAISES THE BAR FOR CALIFORNIA’S FOSTER KIDS
26 FEBRUARY 2013 [THE SPIRITUAL LIFE] BISHOP VASHTI MCKENZIE ON THE RIGHT WAY TO MIX CHRISTIANITY AND POLITICS
25 FEBRUARY 2013 [INTERVIEW] FAITH RINGGOLD TALKS ART AND WAR
25 FEBRUARY 2013 COLLEGE STUDENT OLIVIA STINSON HONORED AS A WOMAN WHO “MAKES AMERICA”
11 FEBRUARY 2013 [THE SPIRITUAL LIFE] GETTING ‘ZEN’ WITH RUSSELL SIMMONS
15 JANUARY 2013 MEET THE STARS OF ‘SECOND GENERATION WAYANS
26 DECEMBER 2012 DEANNA BROWN-THOMAS:
24 DECEMBER 2012 SURVIVOR STORY:
14 DECEMBER 2012 [INTERVIEW] OPRAH’S LATEST REALITY SHOW STARS ‘SIX LITTLE MCGHEES’
7 NOVEMBER 2012 NAACP PRESIDENT BEN JEALOUS ON OBAMA’S RE-ELECTION
6 NOVEMBER 2012 [INTERVIEW] ROLAND MARTIN: ‘VOTE OR SHUT THE HELL UP’
17 October 2012 [INTERVIEW] Tia and Tamera on Marriage and Motherhood 
8 October 2012 [INTERVIEW] ‘Smart Guy’ Tahj Mowry: From Child Star To Adult Actor
11 SEPTEMBER 2012 [INTERVIEW] STILL IN ‘MINT CONDITION’
6 SEPTEMBER 2012 BLACK WRITERS GET A VOICE IN NEW LITERARY MAGAZINE ‘SPOOK’
27 AUGUST 2012 MIRACULOUS RECOVERY:BOY SHOT IN THE HEAD LAST YEAR CELEBRATES EIGHTH BIRTHDAY
20 AUGUST 2012 [INTERVIEW] ‘SPARKLE’ STAR OMARI HARDWICK ON WHITNEY AND MOVIE MAKING
3 AUGUST 2012 [INTERVIEW] ‘DESIGN STAR’ WINNER IS CHANGING THE FACE OF INTERIOR DESIGN WITH NEW SHOW
31 JULY 2012 SOUL SURVIVOR: LEELA JAMES PAYS TRIBUTE TO ETTA JAMES WITH NEW ALBUM
30 JULY 2012 HOW TO KEEP THE MEMORY OF SLAIN FRIENDS ALIVE
23 JULY 2012 [INTERVIEW] MEET KEVIN LEWIS, DIRECTOR OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MEDIA FOR THE WHITE HOUSE
16 JULY 2012 ‘DESIGN STARS’ DANIELLE COLDING AND HILARI YOUNGER TALK REALITY TV SISTERHOOD
9 JULY 2012 [INTERVIEW] REALITY STAR SABRINA THOMPSON TALKS SURVIVING ‘SURVIVOR’ AND BATTLING STEREOTYPES
5 JULY 2012 [INTERVIEW] REAL LIFE ‘BASKETBALL WIFE’ AUDREY GRIFFIN
25 JUNE 2012 [INTERVIEW] UNIK ERNEST’S EDEYO FOUNDATION IS GIVING HOPE TO THE CHILDREN OF HAITI
15 JUNE 2012 [INTERVIEW] KENNETH BRASWELL USES LOCAL BARBERSHOPS TO CHANGE THE BUZZ ABOUT FATHERHOOD
11 JUNE 2012 [INTERVIEW] ALLISON SAMUELS’ ASKS ‘WHAT WOULD MICHELLE OBAMA DO?”
5 JUNE 2012 [INTERVIEW] IRAQ VETERAN DARIENNE PAGE LEADS OBAMA’S EFFORTS TO HONOR THE TROOPS
28 MAY 2012 [INTERVIEW] SADEQA JOHNSON PACKS “LOVE IN A CARRY-ON BAG”
25 MAY 2012 [INTERVIEW] WWII VETERAN FIGHTS TO SEE BLACK PEARL HARBOR HERO PROPERLY HONORED
18 MAY 2012 [INTERVIEW] ‘SCANDAL’ STAR COLUMBUS SHORT TALKS SEASON 2, SHONDA RHIMES AND HIS BEST ROLES
14 MAY 2012 [INTERVIEW] WNBA’S REIGNING MVP TAMIKA CATCHINGS IS DRIBBLING TO STOP DIABETES
14 MAY 2012 [INTERVIEW] TONYA LEWIS LEE: SHE GOT HER OWN
11 MAY 2012 [INTERVIEW] POLITICAL JONES’ LIFE IS A SONG FOR HIS MAMA
1 MAY 2012 LOVE IS POWER:CLYDE WILLIAMS AND MONA SUTPHEN
30 APRIL 2012 [INTERVIEW] KAT GRAHAM PUTS HER ‘GRAFITTI’ ON THE MUSIC INDUSTRY
30 APRIL 2012 THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IS TRYING TO MAKE YOU HEALTHY
18 APRIL 2012 [INTERVIEW] MICHAEL TWITTY SEARCHES FOR HIS ROOTS ON “SOUTHERN DISCOMFORT TOUR”
16 APRIL 2012 [INTERVIEW] OWN TV’S MISS ROBBIE COOKS UP A HIT WITH “WELCOME TO SWEETIE PIES
9 APRIL 2012 [INTERVIEW] BLACK BALLERINA MISTY COPELAND MAKES HISTORY
7 MARCH 2012 [INTERVIEW] TAKE 6 IS BACK!
21 FEBRUARY 2012 SIXTH-GRADER STRIVES TO HONOR SLAVE WITH COMMEMORATIVE STAMP