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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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Award-winning filmmaker Samantha Knowles previews her new five-part docuseries "Harlem Ice" which chronicles the trials and triumphs of Black girls of the Figure Skaters in Harlem program, a story that airs on Disney+ today.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
As we continue to celebrate Black History Month, the first African American Rockette and Tony Award dancer Jennifer Jones takes us behind the velvet curtains in her new memoir, "Becoming Spectacular: The Rhythm of Resilience from the First African American Rockette," and shares how she revolutionized the world of dance one tap at a time.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Arizona State University historian Calvin Schermerhorn discusses his new book "The Plunder of Black America: How the Racial Wealth Gap Was Made" and what America can do to start closing it. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Acclaimed journalist, CNN legal analyst, and author Jeffrey Toobin talks about his latest text, "The Pardon: The Politics of Presidential Mercy," in this "post-Constitutional era" and trending political topics.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Actress Lacretta tells us about her breakout role as Gurgs on the reboot of “Night Court,” her path from Broadway to TV, and how Legos and video games bring her peace.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, New York Times bestselling co-author, Victoria Christopher Murray, takes us inside the forbidden love affair between the woman who kicked off the Harlem Renaissance and a famed civil rights leader in her new historical novel, “Harlem Rhapsody”.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Ryan Grim, co-founder of Drop Site News and host of the podcast Deconstructed, shares his analysis about Trump’s Gaza plan and other trending political news.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Former FBI agent and fellow of the Brennan Center’s Liberty and National Security program, Mike German, joins Tavis in studio to talk about his new book “Policing White Supremacy: The Enemy Within,” and how we can fight the emerging dangers of far-right violence after the Jan. 6th pardons.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Billboard charting gospel artist, producer, and author, Anthony Evans, joins Tavis in studio to talk about his latest album “Revive,” his faith, and the civic role of today’s gospel artist.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
CEO and President of “We In The World,” Dr. Somava Saha, talks about a new health equity initiative JUSTICE SQUARED toward abolishing structural racism in healthcare.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Professor, author and founder of the nonprofit Economic Education, Dr. Julianne Malveaux, shares her analysis on trending political topics.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Former HBCU President and Executive Director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Southern Center for the Studies in Public Policy at Clark-Atlanta University, Dr. Joseph L. Jones, talks about his new book “Black, Not Historically Black: Toward the Pan Black College and University” and why it’s time to reexamine the educational model of HBCUs.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Chair of the Department of Africana Studies at Kent State University, Professor Mwatabu S. Okantah lays out the history of Black History Month at Kent State and why we must keep learning Black history to combat racism.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
The president and founder of the National Black Farmers Association, John Boyd Jr., seeks justice for Black and other minority farmers as NBFA sues the federal government for breach of contract of $5 billion in debt relief.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
AMAZON C.A.U.S.E (Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity and Empowerment) co-founder, Rev. Ryan Brown, joins Tavis to share how his worker-led group is fighting for better conditions and wages at Amazon.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Professor of African American Studies at UCLA and writer Marcus Anthony Hunter gives his analysis about trending political topics.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
McMaster University Professor for Scholarship in the Public Interest and The Paulo Freire Distinguished Scholar in Critical Pedagogy, Henry Giroux, discusses what President Trump's authoritarianism looks like moving forward – and it’s not a pretty picture.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Xavier University of Louisiana president, Dr. Reynold Verret talks about Xavier’s centennial anniversary and how Black institutions of higher learning can best navigate the onslaught of anti-Blackness coming from Washington.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Jason Sterns, senior fellow at NYU's Center for International Cooperation and founder of their Congo Research Group, reports on the current conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Stearns authored the searing text, "Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa".Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Economist, bestselling author, and Brown University professor Glenn C. Loury shares his analysis on various trending political topics.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.