News & Politics Podcasts
"Tavis Smiley" is the flagship program for KBLA, America's newest progressive radio network and LA's first Black-owned talk station.
Fawn Weaver on "Tavis Smiley"
Fawn Weaver - USA Today and New York Times best-selling author (for her book Happy Wives Club) and the founder and CEO of Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey, the fastest-growing American whiskey brand in U.S. history, and the best-selling African American founded spirit brand of all time.
Adolph Reed on "Tavis Smiley"
Adolph Reed - University of Pennsylvania, Professor of Political Science. Teaching areas: American and Afro-American politics and political thought; urban politics, and American political development.
Red Grant on "Tavis Smiley"
Politician/Comedian/Actor/Writer/Producer/Humanitarian, Red Grant, joins Tavis for a conversation on his run for Mayor of Washington D.C. and the work he’s doing with his nonprofit ‘Don’t Shoot Guns, Shoot Cameras’ which he created during the summer of 2020.
Erin Thompson on "Tavis Smiley"
Erin Thompson - Professor of Art Crime at John Jay College at CUNY (City University of New York) and the author of “Smashing Statues: The Rise and Fall of American Monuments.” Written with great verve and informed by a keen sense of American history, her book gives readers the context they need to consider the fundamental questions for rebuilding not only our public landscape but our nation as a whole: Whose voices must be heard, and whose pain must remain private? (Hour 2).
Oren Segal on "Tavis Smiley"
Oren Segal - Extremism expert, public speaker and Vice President of the Anti-Defamation League Center on Extremism.
Igor Volsky on "Tavis Smiley"
Igor Volsky - Co-Founder and Executive Director of Guns Down America and author of “Guns Down: How To Defeat The NRA And Build A Safer Future With Fewer Guns.” He will join Tavis for a conversation regarding his recent efforts to push President Biden towards passing legislation regarding gun violence (Hour 2)
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Insightful conversations with thought leaders, opinion makers, celebrities, authors and artists. Plus, socially conscious commentary that challenges listeners to re-examine the assumptions they hold, and expand their inventory of ideas.
Fawn Weaver on "Tavis Smiley"
Fawn Weaver - USA Today and New York Times best-selling author (for her book Happy Wives Club) and the founder and CEO of Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey, the fastest-growing American whiskey brand in U.S. history, and the best-selling African American founded spirit brand of all time.
Adolph Reed on "Tavis Smiley"
Adolph Reed - University of Pennsylvania, Professor of Political Science. Teaching areas: American and Afro-American politics and political thought; urban politics, and American political development.
