Cultural Icon Norman Lear Live on The Combat Jack Show

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On October 14th, we had the honor of hosting a special live taping of The Combat Jack Show featuring Reggie Ossé (aka Combat Jack) and Dan Charnas interviewing television writer-producer-activist-author Norman Lear.

It was an incredible evening -- during the intimate conversation, Norman, Reggie, and Dan discussed the monumental impact Norman’s work has had on the culture and music of hip hop.

Listen to the full interview here.

Norman Lear has produced groundbreaking sitcoms like All in the Family, Sanford and Son, One Day at a Time, The Jeffersons, Good Times, and Maude, to name a few. He has also received four Emmy Awards, 14 Emmy nominations, a Peabody, the National Medal of Arts, and the Humanist Arts Award. His new memoir, Even This I Get To Experience, arrives in paperback on October 27th, 2015.

The Combat Jack Show is the undisputed #1 hip hop podcast, and features interviews with hip hop icons & the most in-depth conversations about music, news, culture & race.

Full-time faculty, Dan Charnas is the author of The Big Payback and has written about culture, music, race, and politics for NPR, Complex, Spin, Vibe, Billboard, Huffington Post, among others.