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 12, 2025 • 36min
Leonard Pitts Jr. joins Tavis Smiley
Pulitzer Prize winning columnist and Director of The Center for Urban Journalism at Morgan State University, Leonard Pitts Jr., gives his analysis about Trump's D.C. takeover and other trending political news.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Aug 11, 2025 • 17min
Lula Washington joins Tavis Smiley
Lula Washington, founder and artistic director of the Lula Washington Dance Theatre, talks about their upcoming celebration of 45 years of socially conscious dance, resistance, and legacy at The Ford in Los Angeles.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Aug 11, 2025 • 22min
Fred Redmond joins Tavis Smiley
Fred Redmond, the highest-ranking African American labor official in history as Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO, says we’re in the middle of another Hot Labor Summer with a big Boeing strike, a beautiful bus tour, and bad Black unemployment numbers.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Aug 11, 2025 • 18min
Julie Su joins Tavis Smiley
Julie Su, the former acting Secretary of the U.S. Labor Department, takes us inside the July jobs report and gives us a human reality check on how AI will impact our working lives.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Aug 11, 2025 • 20min
Dr. Cornel West joins Tavis Smiley
Scholar, leading public intellectual, author and special contributor, Dr. Cornel West shares his analysis about the Trump administration’s proposal for a $1B settlement with UCLA and more.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Aug 11, 2025 • 37min
Adolph Reed, Jr. and Kenneth W. Warren joins Tavis Smiley
Adolph Reed, Jr., Professor Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania, and Kenneth W. Warren, University of Chicago English professor, share their new book which drops this month, “Black Studies, Cultural Politics, and the Evasion of Inequality: The Farce this Time.”Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Aug 7, 2025 • 39min
Mark Cuban joins Tavis Smiley
Mark Cuban, billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks and Indiana University alum, gives his take on Elon Musk's America Party and his pitched battle with Big Pharma.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Aug 7, 2025 • 17min
Kellie Easton joins Tavis Smiley
August is National Wellness Month and the President of Action4Equity, Kellie Easton, talks about The Better Ancestors Framework and how we can shift from a healthcare system grounded in structural racism to one grounded in healing and justice for everyone. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Aug 7, 2025 • 20min
Dr. Cornel West joins Tavis Smiley
Scholar, leading public intellectual, author and special contributor, Dr. Cornel West, talks about new developments in Gaza, the racist roots of redistricting, and more.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Aug 7, 2025 • 17min
Dr. Robert Drummond joins Tavis Smiley
Physician scientist Dr. Robert Drummond joins Tavis to unpack the latest move by Trump HHS secretary RFK Jr. to cancel $500 Million dollars for vaccine research.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
