Tavis Smiley
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. 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.
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Location:
United States
Genres:
News & Politics Podcasts
Description:
"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.
Twitter:
@kbla1580
Language:
English
Contact:
323-290-4690
Website:
https://kbla1580.com/
Episodes
Megan Piphus joins Tavis Smiley
10/13/2025
Megan Piphus, the four-time Emmy Award-winning puppeteer and ventriloquist, tells us about her groundbreaking run on “Sesame Street” - and she might even bring Rev. Peppers along.
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Duration:00:15:54
Robert Wisdom joins Tavis Smiley
10/13/2025
Actor Robert Wisdom, best known as Howard “Bunny” Colvin in the hit TV series “The Wire”, joins Tavis in studio to talk about his latest role in the hit Amazon Prime drama “Terminal List: Dark Wolf”.
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Duration:00:21:56
Tara Lynn Townes join Tavis Smiley
10/13/2025
Tara Lynn Townes, mother and CEO of Bullying Buddy, marks National Bullying Awareness Month with tips for keeping your kid safe.
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Duration:00:17:05
Dr. Cornel West joins Tavis Smiley
10/13/2025
Dr. Cornel West, scholar, leading public intellectual, author, and special contributor, shares his thoughts on what the Founders would say now about modern day America.
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Duration:00:20:23
Jeffrey Toobin joins Tavis Smiley
10/13/2025
Jeffrey Toobin, CNN’s chief legal analyst and author of “The Pardon: The Politics of Presidential Mercy”, is back with his take on the current Supreme Court session and America’s Constitutional crisis.
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Duration:00:38:59
Jibola Fagbamiye & Conor McCreery join guest host Dr. Nii-Quartelai Quartey
10/13/2025
Nigerian born visual artist Jibola Fagbamiye and former journalist turned comic scribe Conor McCreery talk about their new graphic novel "Fela: Music Is The Weapon" that chronicles the remarkable life of master musician Fela Kuti.
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Duration:00:16:57
Edwin Raymond joins guest host Dr. Nii-Quartelai Quartey
10/13/2025
Retired NYPD Lieutenant, civil rights activist and author of the book "An Inconvenient Cop: My Fight To Change Policing In America" talks about how law enforcement in America is at a breaking point and needs to change.
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Duration:00:21:10
Jonathan E. Collins, Terrance Woodbury, and Stacey Davis Gates join guest host Dr. Nii-Quartelai Quartey
10/13/2025
Writer, political scientist, and professor Jonathan E. Collins, founder of HIT Strategies Terrance Woodbury, and Chicago Teachers Union president Stacey Davis Gates discuss trending political topics.
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Duration:00:38:24
Jas Summers and Garrett Thompson joins guest host Nii-Quartelai Quartey
10/13/2025
Writer and director Jas Summers and producer Garrett Thompson join Dr. Nii Quartelai Quartey in-studio for a conversation about their new supernatural thriller "Stay" now streaming on Hulu.
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Duration:00:39:07
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders joins Tavis Smiley
10/8/2025
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) joins guest host Chuck D for an update on the government shutdown and the Fighting Oligarchy Tour.
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Duration:00:16:09
Khari Wynn joins Tavis Smiley
10/8/2025
Guitarist and music director of Public Enemy, Khari Wynn talks to guest host Chuck D about politics, music and resettling back in Memphis.
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Duration:00:22:02
Gaye Theresa Johnson joins Tavis Smiley
10/8/2025
Guest host, Chuck D, chats with Author and Associate Professor in the Department of African American Studies and Department of Chicano Studies, Dr. Gaye Theresa Johnson, to talk about how Black America can harness both political and cultural power for this moment.
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Duration:00:17:03
Dr. Olajide Williams joins Tavis Smiley
10/8/2025
Guest host, Chuck D, chats with Clinician-Educator and Vice Dean of Community Health at Columbia University, Dr. Olajide Williams, to talk about the state of health in Black America.
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Duration:00:21:31
D. Channsin "Chann" Berry joins Tavis Smiley
10/8/2025
Guest host, Chuck D, chats with multi-talented filmmaker, songwriter and artist D. Channsin "Chann" Berry to talk about how Black artists and influencers can respond to the shutdown, the culture wars and trending political topics.
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Duration:00:35:32
Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman join Tavis Smiley
10/8/2025
Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman, co-directors of the highly acclaimed documentary “The Alabama Solution”, goes inside what’s been described as “one of the most powerful exposés of the inhumanity of the American prison system”.
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Duration:00:38:08
Christopher Sebastian Parker joins Tavis Smiley
10/8/2025
Christopher Sebastian Parker, UC Santa Barbara Professor and Founder and CEO of Black Insights Research, talks about how the National Guard deployment upsets Black voters and other trending political topics.
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Duration:00:37:58
Reggie L. Williams joins Tavis Smiley
10/8/2025
Reggie L. Williams, Associate Professor of Black Theology at Saint Louis University, is in studio to reflect on the historic and current relationship between Christianity and fascism.
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Duration:00:38:56
Dr. Annahita Mahdavi West
10/7/2025
Clinical psychotherapist, social psychologist and professor Dr. Annahita West talks about why we need to normalize depression, especially during moments of political unrest and social uncertainty.
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Duration:00:17:21
Boney James joins Tavis Smiley
10/7/2025
R&B saxophonist Boney James is in studio to preview his upcoming show in LA and warm us up to his new album, “Slow Burn”.
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Duration:00:21:13
Matthew Restall joins Tavis Smiley
10/7/2025
Matthew Restall, Penn State history and anthropology professor, shares his newest book on America’s original sinner, “The Nine Lives of Christopher Columbus”.
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Duration:00:16:45