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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Aug 1, 2025 • 22min
John E. Jacob joins Tavis Smiley
John E. Jacob, former president of the National Urban League and author of his new memoir, “I Will F.E.A.R. No Evil,” takes us back to 1980 when candidate Ronald Reagan addressed the Urban League’s convention, two days after his seminal Philadelphia, Miss. speech.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Aug 1, 2025 • 17min
Fmr. U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush joins Tavis Smiley
Former U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) joins Tavis from the studios of WVON in Chicago to talk about the new memorials and walking tour honoring the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, which he found with Fred Hampton.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Aug 1, 2025 • 22min
Dr. Cornel West joins Tavis Smiley
Public intellectual, professor and author Dr. Cornel West, shares his thoughts about Vice President Kamala Harris' announcement, starvation in Gaza and more.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Aug 1, 2025 • 18min
Bishop William Barber II joins Tavis Smiley
Founder of Repairers of The Breach and Moral Mondays, Bishop William Barber, talks about the latest about the Texas redistricting controversy and their latest moral movement campaign.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Aug 1, 2025 • 21min
Connie Rice joins Tavis Smiley
Connie Rice, civil rights attorney and co-founder of the Urban Peace Institute shares her analysis about Former Vice President Kamala Harris announcing she won't run for governor of the Golden State and what it means for California and the country.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Jul 30, 2025 • 17min
Cllr. Dr. Lilian Seenoi-Barr joins Tavis Smiley
Cllr. Dr. Lilian Seenoi-Barr, who became Northern Ireland’s first Black mayor in the city of Derry last year, shares the good, the bad, and the ugly part of being Black in the occupied territories controlled by the British government.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Jul 30, 2025 • 23min
Des Lee joins Tavis Smiley
Des Lee, musician and author of “My Saxophone Saved My Life: The Miami Showband Massacre and My Quest for Answers" tells us how he survived the Miami Showband Massacre 50 years ago this Thursday (July 31, 1975) and connects the dots to the far-right gangsters burning racist bonfires in Northern Ireland this month.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Jul 30, 2025 • 38min
Ernie Suggs joins Tavis Smiley
Ernie Suggs, Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter and author of "The Many Lives of Andrew Young," talks about Ronald Reagan historic “states rights” speech in Philadelphia, Mississippi 45 years ago; where the presidential candidate appealed to white supremacists, mere miles from the murder site of civil right workers, Schwerner, Chaney and Goodman.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Jul 30, 2025 • 17min
Mark Barabak joins Tavis Smiley
Mark Barabak, political columnist for the Los Angeles Times, is back with details on Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA)’s redistricting plan and his state’s summer of discontent.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Jul 30, 2025 • 23min
Dr. Julianne Malveaux joins Tavis Smiley
Professor, author and founder of the nonprofit Economic Education, Dr. Julianne Malveaux, gives her analysis about the reign of terror of ICE raids and other trending political topics.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
