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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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Deji Laray, creator and executive producer of the ALLBLK TV series "G.R.I.T.S. (Girls Raised In The South)," along with star and co-executive producer Thomas Q. Jones, is back with an inside look at their latest program.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Basketball writer Paul Knepper talks about his new text, "Moses Malone: The Life of a Basketball Prophet," telling the story of the three-time MVP “anti-superstar” who was shy around the media and humble on the court.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Tara Pringle Jefferson, author of the new book "Bloom How You Must: A Black Woman’s Guide to Self-Care and Generational Healing," shares how Civil Rights leaders Coretta Scott King, Betty Shabazz, Myrlie Evers-Williams, and Rosa Parks used self-care to take a break from the stress of the movement.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Award-winning organizer, philanthropic consultant, and co-founder of Black Voters Matter, LaTosha Brown, talks about her economic pressure campaign "We Ain't Buying It" and why she's calling for the boycott of Trump enablers. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Michael Goodyear, associate professor at New York Law School, looks at how this week’s Supreme Court case, Cox v. Sony, could change how we all access the internet and cut off those who need it the most.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Historian, professor and UC Santa Barbara's Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Jeffrey Stewart, celebrates the 100th anniversary of “The New Negro: An Interpretation”, his new edition of that seminal anthology and his 2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning text about “The New Negro” editor Alain Locke.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Shawn VanDiver, founder and President of #AfghanEvac, explains why the U.S. needs to keep its promise to our Afghan allies - and not scapegoat them for the November 26 attack.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Dr. Cornel West, scholar, leading public intellectual, author, and special contributor, shares his thoughts on Pam Bondi accusing progressives for fueling hatred toward the National Guard, the lessons of the Montgomery Bus Boycott 70 years later and more.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Nationally syndicated columnist for The Creators Syndicate, Ruben Navarette, discusses Trump's intensified anti-immigration stance in response to the National Guard shooting and the "deeper implosion" within the Republican party after the resignation of Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Economist, professor and founder of the nonprofit Economic Education, Dr. Julianne Malveaux, talks about how Trump's student loan reforms target Black professionalism and other trending political topics.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
SNL Alum Leslie Jones talks about her new stand-up special on Peacock ''Leslie Jones: Life - Part 2," her time on “Saturday Night Live" and more.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Cybersecurity expert MK Palmore shares his insight about the Algorithmic Disclosure Act and why algorithmic pricing can be a threat to online shoppers this season.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Raquel Graham, "Shark Tank" winner, CEO of Roq Innovation, and host of "Entrepreneuring with Raquel Graham" on KBLA Talk 1580 shares her thoughts about the upcoming economic boycott for Black Friday and the importance of supporting Black businesses this holiday season.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Civil rights attorney and founder of the Racial Justice Network, Nekima Levy Armstrong, discusses trending political topics.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Beloved actress Heather Hemmens helps us get into the holiday spirit with a preview of her latest Hallmark Channel Christmas movie, “The Snow Must Go On”, which drops this Friday and runs all season long on Netflix.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Olly Sholotan, best known for his break-out role as Carlton in the Peacock series “Bel-Air”, reflects on the fourth and final season of the dramatic reboot, which dropped this week.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Jaron Lanier, futurist, public intellectual, and computer scientist, is back with an update on the intersection of AI and humans - as this December marks 35 years since the first web browser, website, and server were up and running.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
In honor of the passing of the longest living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Mother Viola Fletcher, we reprise her last in-studio conversation with Tavis.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
The Delicious Miss Kardea Brown, two-time Emmy Award-winning chef and New York Times bestselling author, reminds her cousins in her latest cookbook to “Make Do With What You Have”, with more than 100 recipe updates of her favorite childhood meals, just in time for the holidays.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Dr. Cornel West, scholar, leading public intellectual, author, and special contributor, shares his thoughts about the meeting between President Trump and the New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and more.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.