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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Apr 1, 2026 • 22min
Martha S. Jones Joins Tavis Smiley
Martha S. Jones, Johns Hopkins historian, legal scholar, and author of the 2018 text Birthright Citizens: A History of Race and Rights in Antebellum America, takes us inside this week’s U.S. Supreme Court arguments about this seminal case.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Apr 1, 2026 • 15min
Rich Logis Joins Tavis Smiley
Rich Logis, founder of Leaving MAGA, returns with his brand new memoir, One Betrayal Too Many: Why I Left MAGA.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Apr 1, 2026 • 39min
Connie Rice Joins Tavis Smiley
Connie Rice, civil rights attorney and co-founder of the Urban Peace Institute, shares her analysis about a potential draft for the Iran war, birthright citizenship, and other trending political topics.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Mar 31, 2026 • 18min
Jaron Lanier Joins Tavis Smiley
Jaron Lanier, visionary computer scientist and futurist, is back to lay out the future road ahead for social media following the Meta/YouTube verdict.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Mar 31, 2026 • 23min
Anna Lembke
Anna Lembke, Stanford University professor and psychiatrist, talks about her testimony in the victorious lawsuit against Meta and YouTube - and marks 65 years since the signing of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, laying the foundation for mass incarceration.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Mar 31, 2026 • 13min
Jade Lambert-Smith Joins Tavis Smiley
Jade Lambert-Smith, Spelman College professor and director of their new musical production of “The Color Purple,” reflects on the legacy of alum Alice Walker’s seminal work as part of their “Black Joy as Resistance” season.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Mar 31, 2026 • 22min
Dr. Cornel West Joins Tavis Smiley
Leading public intellectual, author, scholar, and special contributor, Dr. Cornel West gives his analysis about the No Kings nationwide protests and more. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Mar 31, 2026 • 27min
Marcus Anthony Hunter Joins Tavis Smiley
Marcus Anthony Hunter, professor, founding chair of the Department of African American Studies at UCLA and author of “Radical Reparations: Healing The Soul Of A Nation,” shares his thoughts about the U.N. reparations resolution and other trending political topics. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Mar 27, 2026 • 37min
Ray Winbush Joins Tavis Smiley
Professor, Director of the Institute for Urban Research at Morgan State University and author of Should America Pay: Slavery and the Raging Debate about Reparations, Dr. Ray Winbush talks about the U.N. calls for reparations to remedy the “historical wrongs” of trafficking enslaved Africans.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Mar 27, 2026 • 16min
Dr. Anahita Dua Joins Tavis Smiley
Dr. Anahita Dua, founder and chair of Healthcare for Action, the largest Democratic Super PAC in the country, lays out the winning message for Democrats for the midterms and beyond.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
