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.
Episodes
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Nov 19, 2025 • 37min
J. Marshall Shepherd joins Tavis Smiley
Marshall Shepherd, geography professor at the University of Georgia and director of its atmospheric sciences program, lays out the three kinds of bias that shape our worldview, particularly around climate change and weather.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Nov 19, 2025 • 41min
Danielle Moodie joins Tavis Smiley
Danielle Moodie, CEO and founder of DAM Media Strategies and host of “The "Danielle Moodie Show” on YouTube, gives her analysis about the Trump administration's fraud crackdown of SNAP and other trending political topics.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Nov 18, 2025 • 21min
Dr. Cornel West joins Tavis Smiley
Dr. Cornel West, scholar, leading public intellectual, author, and special contributor, shares his thoughts about the integration of schools 65 years ago by Ruby Bridges and more.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Nov 18, 2025 • 17min
Decoteau Irby joins Tavis Smiley
Decoteau J. Irby, University of Illinois Chicago professor and co-editor and co-author of “Doing the Work of Equity Leadership for Justice and Systems Change”, looks at the impact of the DEI pushback on school administrators, teachers, and our children.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Nov 18, 2025 • 38min
John Nichols joins Tavis Smiley
John Nichols, executive editor of The Nation magazine, is back with his insider’s view of post-shutdown Washington and what the Democrats will do with their election mandate.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Nov 18, 2025 • 18min
U.S. Rep. James Clyburn joins Tavis Smiley
U.S. Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) is back with his new memoir, “The First Eight: A Personal History of the Pioneering Black Congressmen Who Shaped a Nation”.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Nov 18, 2025 • 20min
Karida Brown joins Tavis Smiley
NAACP award-winning historian and Fulbright scholar Karida Brown, Emory University sociology professor, goes inside her two latest texts, “The Battle for the Black Mind” and “The New Brownies' Book: A Love Letter to Black Families”.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Nov 14, 2025 • 39min
Claire Babineaux-Fontenot joins Tavis Smiley
Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, outgoing CEO of Feeding America, is back with her insider’s view of the hunger crisis in America - and the latest updates on SNAP funding.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
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.
