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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Oct 28, 2025 • 20min
Dr. Cornel West joins Tavis Smiley
Dr. Cornel West, scholar, leading public intellectual, author, and special contributor, gives his analysis about Steve Bannon's assertion that Trump will be president for a third term and more.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Oct 28, 2025 • 39min
David Sirota joins Tavis Smiley
Award-winning journalist, Oscar-nominated writer and creator of The Lever podcast, David Sirota, talks about his new text "Master Plan: The Hidden Plot To Legalize Corruption In America" and trending political topics.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Oct 23, 2025 • 17min
Nzinga Imani joins Tavis Smiley
Nzinga Imani comes in studio to talk about the highly anticipated fourth season of the television series “Zatima” and her work as a trailblazing plus-sized model.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Oct 23, 2025 • 21min
Valarie Pettiford and LisaRaye McCoy join Tavis Smiley
Valarie Pettiford and Lisa Raye McCoy from the hit BET+ series, “Carl Weber's The Family Business,” join Tavis in studio to preview the new season, which premieres today.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Oct 23, 2025 • 13min
Sean Patrick Thomas joins Tavis Smiley
Actor Sean Patrick Thomas, who plays Polarity in the satirical superhero series “GEN V” on Amazon Prime, joins us in studio to preview the final chapter of the show's second season and reflect on his “Barbershop” triology role as Jimmy James.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Oct 23, 2025 • 22min
Diane Ravitch joins Tavis Smiley
Diane Ravitch, former U.S. Assistant Education Secretary shares her latest book, “An Education: How I Changed My Mind About Schools and Almost Everything Else”.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Oct 23, 2025 • 40min
Lisa Graves joins Tavis Smiley
Lisa Graves, executive director of True North Research and co-host of the podcast “Legal AF” takes us inside her hot new book, “Without Precedent How Chief Justice Roberts and His Accomplices Rewrote the Constitution and Dismantled Our Rights”.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Oct 23, 2025 • 19min
Alain Stephens joins Tavis Smiley
Alain Stephens, an investigative reporter for the Intercept, two-branch military vet, and former law enforcement officer, explains why the right “desperately” wants Charlie Kirk to become their MLK.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Oct 23, 2025 • 23min
Neal Lester joins Tavis Smiley
Neal Lester, the Arizona State University professor who teaches America’s only course on the N-word, dissects the fallout from the Young Republicans chatgate.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Oct 23, 2025 • 39min
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 talks about Trump's shakedown of his own DOJ and trending political topics.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
