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Ibram X. Kendi joins Tavis Smiley
In this Best of 2025 episode, we revisit Tavis Smiley’s conversation with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi—Director of the Howard University Institute for Advanced…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Malcolm D. Lee joins Tavis Smiley
In this Best of 2025 episode, we revisit Tavis Smiley’s conversation with award-winning writer, director, and producer Malcolm D. Lee, reflecting on …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Jessica Fulton joins Tavis Smiley
In this Best of 2025 episode, we revisit Tavis Smiley’s conversation with Jessica Fulton, Joint Center Senior Fellow for Political and Economic Studi…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Roundtable Hour 3
In our third-hour roundtable, our White House correspondent Nii-Quartelai Quartey, Pennsylvania state Rep. Chris Rabb, and former U.S. Rep. Cori Bush…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Roundtable Hour 2
For our second-hour roundtable, scholar Cornel West, attorney Elizabeth Booker Houston, and philosopher Tim Golden look at the progressive challenges…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Roundtable Hour 1
It’s our big year-in-review for all three hours! In our first-hour roundtable, civil rights attorney Connie Rice, social justice organizer Rashad Rob…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Nadine McKinnor joins Tavis Smiley
Songwriter Nadine McKinnor, co-writer of Donny Hathaway’s anthem “This Christmas,” recalls her collaboration on this holiday classic.
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4 months, 3 weeks ago
Odie Henderson joins Tavis Smiley
Boston Globe film critic Odie Henderson is back with his Top 10 films of 2025, as well as his 10 favorite performances of the year, and honors the ci…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Nicholas Buccola joins Tavis Smiley
Nicholas Buccola, professor of Government, Humanism, and Ethics at Claremont McKenna College, goes inside his latest text, “One Man’s Freedom: Goldwa…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Christopher D. Cook joins Tavis Smiley
Christopher D. Cook, author of the stinging RootsAction autopsy of the Democratic Party’s 2024 presidential campaign, reveals how his findings have b…
4 months, 3 weeks ago