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Tavis Smiley

KBLA Talk 1580

1000 episodes

2 days ago

"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.

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All content for Tavis Smiley is the property of KBLA Talk 1580 and is served directly from their servers with no modification, redirects, or rehosting. The podcast is not affiliated with or endorsed by Podjoint in any way.

"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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Episodes (20/1000)

Tavis Smiley

Reggie and Vincent Calloway join Tavis Smiley

Reggie and Vincent Calloway join Tavis in the studio to share their new single, “6 Pack,” and reveal whether they ever did get love, peace, happiness, and/or “lots and lots of money” after their most famous hit, “I Wanna Be Rich.”

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3 days ago

30 minutes

Tavis Smiley

Ashley Walters joins Tavis Smiley

Ashley Walters, the Emmy-nominated star of the hit Netflix series “Adolescence,” talks about his critically-acclaimed role as Detective Inspector Luke Bascombe, as well as his feature directorial debut “Animol” and the upcoming M. Night Shyamalan film “Remain.”

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3 days ago

14 minutes

Tavis Smiley

Dr. Cornel West joins Tavis Smiley

Scholar, leading public intellectual, author and special contributor, Dr. Cornel West, shares his analysis on Trump calling for a long-term extension of federalizing police in DC and more.

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3 days ago

18 minutes

Tavis Smiley

Nekima Levy Armstrong joins Tavis Smiley

Renowned civil rights attorney and founder of the Racial Justice Network, Nekima Levy Armstrong, discusses the impact of being in a police state and other trending political stories.

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3 days ago

35 minutes

Tavis Smiley

Nii-Quartelai Quartey joins Tavis Smiley

Nii-Quartelai Quartey joins Tavis Smiley.

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1 week ago

17 minutes

Tavis Smiley

Béchir Sylvain and Jacquil Constant join Tavis Smiley

Béchir Sylvain, the Haitian-American co-star of this summer’s megahit “Jurassic World Rebirth” and this year’s host of the Haiti International Film Festival, joins Tavis in the studio with the fest’s creator Jacquil Constant.

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1 week ago

21 minutes

Tavis Smiley

Chris Smalls joins Tavis Smiley

Chris Smalls, founder of the Amazon Labor Union, is back, fresh off the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza where he was arrested by Israel Defense Forces.

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1 week ago

26 minutes

Tavis Smiley

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass joins Tavis Smiley

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass offers her advice for D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser about how she can handle and prepare Washingtonians for National Guard troops on the streets.

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1 week ago

7 minutes

Tavis Smiley

Christina Greer joins Tavis Smiley

Political scientist, associate professor at Fordham University and author Christina Greer gives her analysis about what’s next for D.C. as National Guard troops arrive, along with other trending political topics.

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1 week ago

39 minutes

Tavis Smiley

Diane McKinney-Whetstone joins Tavis Smiley

Diane McKinney-Whetstone, acclaimed author, goes inside her latest novel, “Family Spirit: A Novel,” about a Philadelphia family of clairvoyants as they grapple with their “Knowing” — their extraordinary gift passed down through generations.

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1 week ago

17 minutes

Tavis Smiley

Latham Thomas joins Tavis Smiley

Latham Thomas, world-renowned doula and founder of Mama Glow, takes us inside her new audiobook, “Peaceful Parenting: Mindful Meditations for Pregnancy, Parenthood, and Promoting Harmony at Home.”

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1 week ago

22 minutes

Tavis Smiley

Elliot Knight & Uli Latukefu join Tavis Smiley

Elliot Knight and Uli Latukefu, co-stars of the new Amazon Prime series “Countdown,” stop by the studio to celebrate their show’s success and reflect on their previous projects, like Uli’s role in “Young Rock.”

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1 week ago

20 minutes

Tavis Smiley

Traci A. Curry joins Tavis Smiley

Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Traci A. Curry, director of the new NatGeo series “Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time,” takes us back 20 years ago this month in her five-part documentary executive produced by Ryan Coogler.

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1 week ago

22 minutes

Tavis Smiley

Leonard Pitts Jr. joins Tavis Smiley

Pulitzer Prize winning columnist and Director of The Center for Urban Journalism at Morgan State University, Leonard Pitts Jr., gives his analysis about Trump's D.C. takeover and other trending political news.

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1 week ago

36 minutes

Tavis Smiley

Lula Washington joins Tavis Smiley

Lula Washington, founder and artistic director of the Lula Washington Dance Theatre, talks about their upcoming celebration of 45 years of socially conscious dance, resistance, and legacy at The Ford in Los Angeles.

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1 week ago

17 minutes

Tavis Smiley

Fred Redmond joins Tavis Smiley

Fred Redmond, the highest-ranking African American labor official in history as Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO, says we’re in the middle of another Hot Labor Summer with a big Boeing strike, a beautiful bus tour, and bad Black unemployment numbers.

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1 week ago

22 minutes

Tavis Smiley

Julie Su joins Tavis Smiley

Julie Su, the former acting Secretary of the U.S. Labor Department, takes us inside the July jobs report and gives us a human reality check on how AI will impact our working lives.

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1 week ago

17 minutes

Tavis Smiley

Dr. Cornel West joins Tavis Smiley

Scholar, leading public intellectual, author and special contributor, Dr. Cornel West shares his analysis about the Trump administration’s proposal for a $1B settlement with UCLA and more.

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1 week ago

20 minutes

Tavis Smiley

Adolph Reed, Jr. and Kenneth W. Warren joins Tavis Smiley

Adolph Reed, Jr., Professor Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania, and Kenneth W. Warren, University of Chicago English professor, share their new book which drops this month, “Black Studies, Cultural Politics, and the Evasion of Inequality: The Farce this Time.”

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1 week ago

36 minutes

Tavis Smiley

Mark Cuban joins Tavis Smiley

Mark Cuban, billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks and Indiana University alum, gives his take on Elon Musk's America Party and his pitched battle with Big Pharma.

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1 week ago

39 minutes

Tavis Smiley

"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.