Tavis Smiley

Dr. Sonja Hughes, OB-GYN and vice president of community health at Susan G. Komen, highlights promising data showing that fewer Black women died from breast cancer in nine major cities over the past decade.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.

James Peterson, writer, educator and host of “Evening WURDS” on WURD (900 AM and 96.1 FM) in Philadelphia, discusses the legacy of Rev. Jesse Jackson, the Supreme Court’s decision on tariffs and other trending political topics.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.

Leading public intellectual, author, scholar and special contributor Dr. Cornel West shares his insights on Rev. Jesse Jackson’s homegoing service, Trump’s upcoming State of the Union address and more.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.

Charles R. Smith, author of the NAACP Image Award–nominated book “Black Diamond Kings: Heroes of Negro League Baseball,” shares his homage to 12 of the greatest Black baseball players ever to play the game.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.

Kenan Kamwana Holley, the two-time Emmy Award-winning director of the documentary series “Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association,” takes us inside the league that was ’70s cool and ahead of its time.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.

Ruth E. Carter, the two-time Academy Award winner and five-time nominee for best costume design, returns to celebrate the success of “Sinners” and its historic number of nominations.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.

Sheryll Cashin, former law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and professor of law, civil rights and social justice at Georgetown University, reviews key existential Supreme Court cases for Black America and the impact of the Roberts Court on democracy.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.

Leading public intellectual, author, scholar and special contributor Dr. Cornel West talks to Tavis about how Rev. Jesse Jackson was a moral and spiritual force who helped transform the fight for equality in the South into a national movement.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.

This week, it was announced that Dr. Norman C. Francis — civil rights leader and longtime president of Xavier University — has passed away at 94.Today, Tavis Smiley honors his extraordinary life and legacy by revisiting their 2010 sit-down conversation, where Dr. Francis spoke about the mission of Xavier University, the power of faith, and why education is the key to unlocking the next generation’s future.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.

Dean Stroud, professor emeritus of German studies at the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse, former Presbyterian pastor, and editor of “Preaching in Hitler’s Shadow: Sermons of Resistance in the Third Reich,” speaks on moral conviction in the face of nationalistic confusion.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.