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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.
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Rhae Lynn Barnes, Princeton historian and author of Darkology: Blackface and the American Way of Entertainment, reveals why the New York Times has called her new book the “Most Anticipated Nonfiction Book” of the month.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Lori Wallach, director of the Rethink Trade program at the American Economic Liberties Project, returns to explain how the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on President Donald Trump’s tariffs could impact the global economy.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Leading public intellectual, author, scholar, and special contributor Dr. Cornel West shares his thoughts on the humanitarian crisis surrounding Trump’s war with Iran and more.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Eric Myricks, Democratic candidate for Idaho’s lieutenant governor, goes inside his state’s blue surge and explains why, even in a state with a Republican supermajority, Democrats are making inroads.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
U.S. Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), who helped bring down former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during her contentious hearing last month, returns to the studio with an update on the next pawns in the Trump administration who may be going, going, gone.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Phyllis Bennis, activist, author, and director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, offers her thoughts on how Americans can stay hopeful amid the president’s recklessness and build a movement against a war mired in confusion.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Jason G. Green, former special assistant to President Barack Obama and author of the new memoir Too Precious To Lose: A Memoir of Family, Community, and Possibility, explains why he left his senior role in the White House to care for his 95-year-old grandmother in her final days.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Raquel Graham, CEO of Roq Innovation and host of Entrepreneuring with Raquel Graham on KBLA Talk 1580, shares her take on the economic effects of the war with Iran on business owners, how women-led savings clubs helped build the middle class, and more.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Professor, philosopher, and legal analyst Tim Golden discusses the Mississippi and Georgia elections, the future of voting, and other trending political topics.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Adolph Reed Jr., professor emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania, returns to reflect on The Jesse Jackson Phenomenon: The Crisis of Purpose in Afro-American Politics, the title of his 1986 book about the late civil rights leader and former presidential candidate.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Gary Dorrien, the Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary and author of the memoir Over from Union Road, explains why he is known as America’s leading champion of Christian socialismBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Juan Proaño, CEO of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), returns with a warning about deported migrants who are being killed after returning to the dangers of their home countries and offers his tribute to Rev. Jesse L. Jackson SrBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Michael K. Fauntroy, associate professor and founding director of the Race, Politics, and Policy Center at George Mason University, discusses the conditional “we” Black Americans face in times of war and shares his analysis of other trending political topics.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
David Crawford, flutist, veteran arranger, and Compton native, joins Tavis Smiley in studio to share a newly remixed version of his single, “Africa Nouveau,” the first release from his forthcoming debut album, Something Borrowed, Something New.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Rabbi Steven B. Jacobs and Father Michael Pfleger, also known as the “crazy priest,” join Tavis Smiley and Dr. Cornel West to reflect on their contributions to Rev. Jesse Jackson’s Celebration of Life this past weekend in Chicago.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Leading public intellectual, author, scholar, and special contributor Dr. Cornel West reflects on the homegoing service for Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., shares his analysis of the latest developments in Iran, and more.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Chuck Hoskin Jr., principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, returns with his take on the historic nomination of U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin (Cherokee/R-OK) as the new DHS secretary and what it means for those “Homeland Security: Fighting Terrorism Since 1492” T-shirts.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Ashleigh Fields, breaking news reporter at The Hill, delivers the play-by-play of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s reassignment as a special envoy for “The Shield of the Americas” and looks ahead to the week in Washington.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Marianne Williamson, renowned author, spiritual leader, and former presidential candidate, joins Tavis Smiley in studio to discuss the world’s path from war to peace and her “yearlong journey into the mind of the miraculous.”Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
U.S. Rep. Jonathan Jackson (D-IL) returns to reflect on the legacy of his father, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., ahead of this weekend’s Celebration of Life in Chicago.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
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The idea that anything Professor Reed says/writes is controversial/right wing is stupid at best and duplicitous at worst.