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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Dec 2, 2025 • 39min
Tara Pringle Jefferson joins Tavis Smiley
Tara Pringle Jefferson, author of the new book "Bloom How You Must: A Black Woman’s Guide to Self-Care and Generational Healing," shares how Civil Rights leaders Coretta Scott King, Betty Shabazz, Myrlie Evers-Williams, and Rosa Parks used self-care to take a break from the stress of the movement.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Dec 2, 2025 • 17min
Latosha Brown joins Tavis Smiley
Award-winning organizer, philanthropic consultant, and co-founder of Black Voters Matter, LaTosha Brown, talks about her economic pressure campaign "We Ain't Buying It" and why she's calling for the boycott of Trump enablers. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Dec 2, 2025 • 23min
Michael Goodyear joins Tavis Smiley
Michael Goodyear, associate professor at New York Law School, looks at how this week’s Supreme Court case, Cox v. Sony, could change how we all access the internet and cut off those who need it the most.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Dec 2, 2025 • 40min
Jeffrey Stewart joins Tavis Smiley
Historian, professor and UC Santa Barbara's Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Jeffrey Stewart, celebrates the 100th anniversary of “The New Negro: An Interpretation”, his new edition of that seminal anthology and his 2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning text about “The New Negro” editor Alain Locke.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Dec 2, 2025 • 17min
Shawn VanDiver joins Tavis Smiley
Shawn VanDiver, founder and President of #AfghanEvac, explains why the U.S. needs to keep its promise to our Afghan allies - and not scapegoat them for the November 26 attack.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Dec 2, 2025 • 21min
Dr. Cornel West joins Tavis Smiley
Dr. Cornel West, scholar, leading public intellectual, author, and special contributor, shares his thoughts on Pam Bondi accusing progressives for fueling hatred toward the National Guard, the lessons of the Montgomery Bus Boycott 70 years later and more.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Dec 2, 2025 • 18min
Ruben Navarrette joins Tavis Smiley
Nationally syndicated columnist for The Creators Syndicate, Ruben Navarette, discusses Trump's intensified anti-immigration stance in response to the National Guard shooting and the "deeper implosion" within the Republican party after the resignation of Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Dec 2, 2025 • 23min
Dr. Julianne Malveaux joins Tavis Smiley
Economist, professor and founder of the nonprofit Economic Education, Dr. Julianne Malveaux, talks about how Trump's student loan reforms target Black professionalism and other trending political topics.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Nov 27, 2025 • 36min
Leslie Jones joins Tavis Smiley
SNL Alum Leslie Jones talks about her new stand-up special on Peacock ''Leslie Jones: Life - Part 2," her time on “Saturday Night Live" and more.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Nov 27, 2025 • 17min
MK Palmore joins Tavis Smiley
Cybersecurity expert MK Palmore shares his insight about the Algorithmic Disclosure Act and why algorithmic pricing can be a threat to online shoppers this season.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
