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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Nov 14, 2025 • 17min
Josh Paul and Tariq Habash join Tavis Smiley
Josh Paul and Tariq Habash, founders of A New Policy, share what it was like to resign from their government jobs in protest of the Biden administration’s policy toward Gaza - and where their work and witness will take them next.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Nov 14, 2025 • 21min
Dr. Cornel West joins Tavis Smiley
Dr. Cornel West, scholar, leading public intellectual, author, and special contributor, opines on the moral cost of the shutdown strategy, the Trump-Epstein emails controversy and more.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Nov 14, 2025 • 43min
Marcus Anthony Hunter joins Tavis Smiley
Professor of African American Studies at UCLA and author of "Radical Reparations: Healing The Soul Of A Nation," Marcus Anthony Hunter shares his commentary about how California's colorblind laws fail Black students and other trending political topics.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Nov 14, 2025 • 32min
C.J. Farley joins Tavis Smiley
C.J. Farley, journalist, author, and a former editor of the Harvard Lampoon, shares his new novel about AI, “Who Knows You By Heart: A Novel”.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Nov 14, 2025 • 18min
Tavis Smiley With Bryce and Adrienne of St. Jude
Eleven years old Bryce and his mother Adrienne share their hopeful story of Bryce's diagnosis with sickle cell disease as an infant to becoming a healthy pre-teen, thanks to a bone marrow transplant from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Nov 14, 2025 • 20min
Dr. Cornel West joins Tavis Smiley
Dr. Cornel West, scholar, leading public intellectual, author, and special contributor, gives his post election day analysis, his take about the relevance of progressivism at this moment and more.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Nov 14, 2025 • 16min
David Miliband joins Tavis Smiley
David Miliband, president of the International Rescue Committee and former British foreign minister, is back with an update about Sudan, Gaza, and the world’s humanitarian hot spots.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Nov 13, 2025 • 39min
Vincent Intondi joins Tavis Smiley
Vincent Intondi, Cornell University scholar, managing editor of the Nuclear Times, and executive director of Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility, reflects on the new Netflix film, "A House of Dynamite," in the context of his work on the intersection of race and nuclear weapons.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Nov 13, 2025 • 42min
India Walton joins Tavis Smiley
India Walton, Buffalo, N.Y. activist and senior strategist at the Roots Action Education Fund, is back with her post-election assessment of how the Mamdani movement could power a progressive surge in 2026 - and beyond.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Nov 13, 2025 • 41min
John Wood Jr. joins Tavis Smiley
USA Today Opinion Columnist and host of The Reconstruction Project on KBLA Talk 1580AM, John Wood Jr. discusses his launch of a citizen commission on immigration to find common ground and other trending political topics.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
