Tavis Smiley
KBLA Talk 1580
"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.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
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Aug 29, 2025 • 42min
Renée Watson joins Tavis Smiley
Renée Watson, New York Times bestselling author and mentee of famed poet Nikki Giovanni, shares with us her final collection, “The New Book: Poems, Letters, Blurbs, and Things,” which will be released posthumously on September 2nd.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Aug 29, 2025 • 15min
Danielle Carter-Walters & Zoe Leigh joins Tavis Smiley
Danielle Carter-Walters and Zoe Leigh, the “beautiful” “African American ladies” and founders of Chicago Flips Red, let us know why they have caught the attention of President Donald Trump.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Aug 29, 2025 • 23min
Dr. Cornel West joins Tavis Smiley
Scholar, leading public intellectual, author and special contributor, Dr. Cornel West shares his thoughts about the Minneapolis church school shooting and more.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Aug 29, 2025 • 41min
Ret. Judge LaDoris Cordell joins Tavis Smiley
Retired Superior Court judge and author of “Her Honor: My Life On The Bench…What Works, What’s Broken, and How to Change It,” LaDoris Cordell offers her perspective on trending political and legal topics.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Aug 27, 2025 • 15min
Bitter Kalli joins Tavis Smiley
Bitter Kalli, writer, land worker, and founder of the Star Apple Farm and Nursery, shares their new text “Mounted: On Horses, Blackness, and Liberation.”Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Aug 27, 2025 • 22min
Dayvon Love joins Tavis Smiley
The Director of Public Policy for the think-tank Leaders of A Beautiful Struggle, Dayvon Love, talks about his newest op-ed "The Democratic Party is not enough against White Nationalism," and how federalizing police will impact Black youth in Baltimore.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Aug 27, 2025 • 34min
Terence Blanchard and Aaron Neville join Tavis Smiley
Terence Blanchard, world-renowned composer and musician, and the one and only Aaron Neville are back to reflect on their native New Orleans 20 years since Hurricane Katrina.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Aug 27, 2025 • 39min
Virginia Kase Solomón joins Tavis Smiley
Virginia Kase Solomón, president of Common Cause, is back with her insider’s view of the national redistricting battle and why her organization is reluctantly going along with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s strategy.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Aug 27, 2025 • 13min
Abiodun Oyewole and Umar Bin Hassan join Tavs Smiley
Abiodun Oyewole, founding member of The Last Poets, along with longtime member Umar Bin Hassan, recall their anniversary performance at the 2023 ImageNation festival (in the same park where the Last Poets began in May 1968) and reflect on their profound impact on hip hop.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Aug 27, 2025 • 22min
Gregory Gates and Nicole London join Tavis Smiley
Gregory Gates, executive producer of ImageNation OUTDOORS Film & Music Festival, and Nicole London, the Emmy Award-winning and GRAMMY-nominated director of the documentary “The Disappearance of Miss Scott,” preview this weekend’s free outdoor screening of the film in Harlem’s Marcus Garvey Park.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
