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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Jul 10, 2025 • 20min
Candace Fields Joins Tavis Smiley
Black marine biologist Candace Fields helps us celebrate SHARKFEST on the National Geographic channel with two special programs, “Investigation Shark Attack” and “JAWS @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story.”Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Jul 10, 2025 • 18min
Laurence Rees Joins Tavis Smiley
Laurence Rees, award-winning historian and documentary filmmaker, tells us why his iconic series “The Nazis: A Warning from History” is getting a fresh run on the BBC, and what it can still teach us about the possible and dangerous road ahead.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Jul 10, 2025 • 22min
Erica Smiley Joins Tavis Smiley
Erica Smiley, executive director of Jobs With Justice, updates us on the struggle to build power for working people and address issues of inequality and poverty.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Jul 10, 2025 • 17min
Mary Sheffield Joins Tavis Smiley
Mary Sheffield, president of the Detroit City Council, shares why she’s the leading candidate in the Democratic primary for the next mayor of Motown.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Jul 10, 2025 • 22min
Chris Rabb Joins Tavis Smiley
Pennsylvania State Democratic Rep. Chris Rabb is back to announce his run for Congress in the “Fresh Prince’s district,” and how he plans to win as a progressive without the Democratic establishment.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Jul 9, 2025 • 36min
Edda L. Fields-Black joins Tavis Smiley
Dr. Edda L. Fields-Black, Carnegie Mellon University professor, is back to tell us what it’s like to win a 2025 Pulitzer Prize in History for her best-selling book “COMBEE: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War.”Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Jul 9, 2025 • 39min
Calvin Duncan and Sophie Cull join Tavis Smiley
Calvin Duncan and Sophie Cull, co-authors of “The Jailhouse Lawyer,” tell us the inspiring story of how Duncan freed himself from prison for a murder he didn’t commit by following advice from a prison elder and becoming his own attorney.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Jul 9, 2025 • 17min
Karen Elliott House joins Tavis Smiley
Karen Elliot House, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and former publisher of the Wall Street Journal, talks about the "modern monarch" of Saudi Arabia and her new book “The Man Who Would Be King: Mohammed bin Salman and the Transformation of Saudi Arabia.”Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Jul 9, 2025 • 23min
Algernon Austin joins Tavis Smiley
Algernon Austin, Director of Race and Economic Justice at The Center for Economic and Policy Research, is back with his take on the injustices in President Trump’s ugly little tax bill.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Jul 7, 2025 • 34min
Elise Bryant joins Tavis Smiley
NAACP Image Award-nominated author Elise Bryant talks about her new mystery “The Game is Afoot” and explains why it’s the perfect summer read.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
