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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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Yesterday · 31 min
Monty Alexander joins Tavis Smiley
Acclaimed Jamaican-American master of jazz piano Monty Alexander, best known for his distinct blend of bebop, blues and gospel with the vibrant rhythms of reggae and calypso, joins Tavis for a conversation spanning his seven-decade career.
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Yesterday · 15 min
Denver Councilwoman Shontel M. Lewis joins Tavis Smiley
Denver mayoral candidate, city councilwoman and Democratic Socialist Shontel M. Lewis talks about her proposal for a “labor acknowledgment” for enslaved people at the start of city council meetings, the response to the proposal and its subsequent...
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Yesterday · 18 min
Tevon Blair joins Tavis Smiley
Tevon Blair, co-founder of Xceleader (pronounced EXCEL LEADER), talks about the work of his nonprofit, which is focused on closing the leadership gap from campuses to communities and beyond through their VOTE HBCU campaign.
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Yesterday · 40 min
John Nichols joins Tavis Smiley
John Nichols, executive editor of The Nation magazine, shares his thoughts about the botched Tennessee execution of Christa Pike and other trending political topics.
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Wednesday · 14 min
Kevin Kelley joins Tavis Smiley
Attorney, investor, and restaurateur Kevin Kelley gives Tavis the scoop on his growing food and nightlife empire and what’s next for the hospitality mogul.
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Wednesday · 19 min
Maria Sten joins Tavis Smiley
Danish actress, writer, director, and filmmaker Maria Sten talks about her starring role as former Army Master Sergeant Frances Neagley on the Reacher spinoff series Neagley, the #1 show on Amazon Prime, surpassing its predecessor.
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Wednesday · 36 min
Reginald Dwayne Betts joins Tavis Smiley
Reginald Dwayne Betts, poet, lawyer, and Founder & CEO of Freedom Reads, shares his incredible story from jail to Yale and why he believes having libraries inside prisons is a form of freedom. He also discusses his documentary March Forth and his...
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Wednesday · 6 min
Tavis talks Voting
Tavis pulls back the curtain on the California Voices Town Hall & Ballot Forum with major updates.
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Wednesday · 30 min
Austin Sarat joins Tavis Smiley
Austin Sarat, attorney, writer, and professor, gives his analysis on the Supreme Court allowing Trump’s “third country” deportation policy and other trending political topics.
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Tuesday · 16 min
Meagan Good joins Tavis Smiley
Award-winning actress, model, director, and producer Meagan Good joins Tavis in studio to discuss her latest role as District Attorney Regina Harris in the upcoming fourth season of Hulu’s hit legal drama Reasonable Doubt and her noteworthy career.
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Tuesday · 21 min
Brandon Tatum joins Tavis Smiley
Former police officer, author, and conservative commentator Brandon Tatum explains why he doesn’t think race is a factor in the tragic death of Nolan Wells.
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Tuesday · 35 min
Marcia Chatelain joins Tavis Smiley
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Presidential Penn Compact Professor of Africana Studies at UPenn, Marcia Chatelain, talks about her latest book, How Bright the Path Grows: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the March on Washington, which tells...
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Tuesday · 38 min
Tim Golden joins Tavis Smiley
Philosopher, professor of critical race theory, and legal analyst Tim Golden gives his analysis of trending political topics.
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Monday · 42 min
Congressman James Clyburn & Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove joins Tavis Smiley
Tavis has a special election conversation with South Carolina Democratic Congressman James Clyburn and California Democratic Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove about what’s at stake for this year’s midterms.
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Monday · 16 min
Juan Proaño joins Tavis Smiley
Juan Proaño, CEO of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), shares why he believes the Paramount-Warner merger will “hurt Hollywood and people of color.”
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Monday · 19 min
Dr. Cornel West joins Tavis Smiley
Scholar, distinguished professor, author, leading public intellectual, and special contributor Dr. Cornel West shares his thoughts about race, politics, social justice, and more.
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Monday · 36 min
Nekima Levy Armstrong joins Tavis Smiley
Minneapolis civil rights attorney and founder of the Racial Justice Network, Nekima Levy Armstrong gives her analysis of trending political topics.
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September 24 · 35 min
Jasmine Guy joins Tavis Smiley
Emmy Award-winning actress, singer, dancer, and director Jasmine Guy talks about the A Different World reboot streaming today on Netflix and her distinguished career.
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September 24 · 16 min
Erika D. Smith joins Tavis Smiley
Politics and policy columnist for Bloomberg Opinion Erika D. Smith talks about the latest polling in the heated L.A. mayor’s race, why Congress should follow California’s lead on AI laws, and more.
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September 24 · 19 min
Connie Rice joins Tavis Smiley
Civil rights attorney and activist Connie Rice shares her thoughts on conservative federal Judge Michael Luttig’s view that this upcoming midterm election is the “final battle for America’s democracy.”
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