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"Tavis Smiley" is the flagship program for KBLA, America's newest progressive radio network and LA's first Black-owned talk station. Broadcast live across southern California on 1580AM and around the world on KBLA1580.com and TuneIn, this podcast presents the best of Tavis Smiley's conversations with activists, influencers, thought leaders, and cultural vanguards. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support .
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Acclaimed actor and director Mykelti Williamson and writer-director Sheldon Candis join Tavis in studio to discuss their highly anticipated coming-of-age sports drama, They Fight, premiering this week on Hulu and Disney+
Pioneering fashion model, entrepreneur, editor, and author Audrey Smaltz takes us inside her new book, Every Inch a Lady: My Amazing Journey From Dear Harlem to Haute Couture & Beyond, revealing how she balanced success,
Trita Parsi, co-founder and executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, explains why he believes a new U.S.-Iran war would end where the last one did. Become a supporter of this podcast:
Writer, political activist, and co-founder and executive editor of Black Agenda Report, Margaret Kimberley discusses trending political topics. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-s
Tony Award-nominated actor, director, and producer Harry Lennix discusses his acclaimed narration of Aaron Copland’s Lincoln Portrait, his upcoming run of Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?, diversity in Hollywood, and m
South Carolina House Representative and gubernatorial candidate Jermaine Johnson reflects on Senator Lindsey Graham’s legacy and what his passing means for the future of South Carolina politics. Become a supporter of thi
Author, scholar, leading public intellectual, and special contributor Dr. Cornel West shares his insights on the work and witness of Senator Lindsey Graham, the Iranian plot to assassinate President Trump, and other majo
White House correspondent and managing editor of politics at The Grio, Gerren Keith Gaynor talks about how the late U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham denied the existence of systemic racism along with other trending political
White House correspondent and managing editor of politics at TheGrio, Gerren Keith Gaynor discusses the legacy of the late U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, his denial of systemic racism, and other trending political topics.
International colorism expert, soulful life coach, and author Dr. Sarah L. Webb discusses her new book, Colorism: The Politics of Skin Tone and How We Get Free, and explains how colorism continues to shape everyday life
Famed singer Noel Paul Stookey, one-third of the iconic folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, reflects on the 60th anniversary of the Chicago Freedom Movement and discusses Music To Life, his national incubator and social impa
Author, scholar, leading public intellectual, and special contributor Dr. Cornel West shares his insights on how progressives can take ownership of their message and frame their issues before fascists define the narrativ
Ashley Etienne, CEO of Etienne & Saint, former communications director for Vice President Kamala Harris and Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and special assistant to President Obama, discusses trending political topics and why Blac
Edward Ahmed Mitchell, national deputy director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), discusses why he says Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Department of Health and Human Services are "baselessly" targeting
Economist, university professor, and founding director of the Institute for the Study of Race, Stratification, and Political Economy at The New School, Darrick Hamilton explains why he believes Trump's "booming" economy
Democratic Tennessee State Representative and U.S. congressional candidate Justin J. Pearson discusses his campaign for Congress, his policy priorities, and climate justice as data centers continue expanding across Tenne
Elizabeth Wilkins, president and CEO of the Roosevelt Institute, discusses the Institute's The Good Life report and the impact of President Trump's landmark legislation, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, one year after it
John Nichols, executive editor of The Nation magazine, discusses what's next for Maine progressives following the end of the Platner campaign and weighs in on other trending political topics. Become a supporter of this p
Bernie Sanders’ 2016 chief campaign strategist Tad Devine discusses his new book, How the Democrats Screwed Bernie, and how the Democratic Party should respond to the growing momentum of Democratic Socialists. Become a s
Lisa Graves, co-founder of the judicial advocacy organization Court Accountability and co-host of the Legal AF podcast, discusses the Supreme Court’s “transformative” term and what the country can learn from its most con
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