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Airs Saturdays at 11pm on AM 820
Each week, Tavis Smiley welcomes a variety of guests to an exchange of views, information, and insight. The Tavis Smiley Show offers a unique blend of news and newsmakers in expanded conversations on topics ranging from presidential power to reparations for slavery, from campaign finance reform to miscegenation in music videos — all with a special focus on black America.
Smiley's guest roster has featured former President Bill Clinton, Fidel Castro, and Pope John Paul II. He also shares the mic with regular guest commentators Cornel West, Connie Rice, J.C. Watts, Dr. Ian Smith, and Michael Eric Dyson. The Tavis Smiley Show — provocative, thoughtful, and thoroughly engaging.
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Latest Stories from The Tavis Smiley Show
The Tavis Smiley Show, May 17, 2013
Friday, May 17 2013 04:00 AM
University of Maryland's Lucy Dalglish on AP/DOJ Scandal * Historian Gerald Markowitz * Award-winning author Elizabeth Becker * George Johnson's Sports Drill * Comedian Mel Brooks (PART TWO)
The Tavis Smiley Show, May 10, 2013
Friday, May 10 2013 04:00 AM
Seung Min Kim of POLITICO * Sojourners CEO Jim Wallis * Education Under Arrest * Comedic legend and director Mel Brooks
The Tavis Smiley Show, May 3, 2013
Friday, May 03 2013 04:00 AM
Dr. Richard Haass * Dr. John Jackson for "Education Under Arrest" * Poet Alice Walker * George Johnson * Earl "The Pearl" Monroe
The Tavis Smiley Show, April 26, 2013
Friday, April 26 2013 04:00 AM
Kenneth Braswell * Judith Browne-Dianis - "Education Under Arrest" * Author Caroline Kennedy * George Johnson * Grammy-winning musician Aaron Neville
The Tavis Smiley Show, April 19, 2013
Friday, April 19 2013 04:00 AM
Dr. Clark McCauley * Education Under Arrest: Ricardo Martinez and Lalo Montoya * Gary May * George Johnson * Erin Davis, son of Miles Davis
The Tavis Smiley Show, April 12, 2013
Thursday, April 11 2013 04:00 AM
Sen. Bernie Sanders & Rep. Mark Takano * Philip Rucker of The Washington Post * George Johnson * Sweet Honey in the Rock
The Tavis Smiley Show, April 5, 2013
Friday, April 05 2013 04:00 AM
Bill Shore of Share Our Strength * Education Under Arrest * Marc T. Little * Musician Boney James
The Tavis Smiley Show, March 22, 2013
Friday, March 22 2013 04:00 AM
Dan Gross of The Brady Campaign * Paul Rieckhoff of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America * Jo-Ann Wallace of NLADA * Sports commentator George Johnson * R&B singer Lloyd Price
The Tavis Smiley Show, March 15, 2013
Friday, March 15 2013 04:00 AM
Chris Cillizza of The Washington Post, Janet Poppendieck & Peter Pringle, Mark Pinsky, Otis Williams & Shelly Berger
The Tavis Smiley Show, March 8, 2013
Thursday, March 07 2013 05:00 AM
Former Fed. Reserve Vice-Chair Alan Blinder * Dr. Miguel Tinker Salas * Dr. Kate Clifford Larson * Thomas Shapiro * George Johnson * Bettye LaVette
The Tavis Smiley Show, March 1, 2013
Thursday, February 28 2013 05:00 AM
Rep. Joe Crowley, Rep. Bill Huizenga, CA Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom, historian Robert F. Dalzell, Jr., George Johnson, Kevin Eubanks
The Tavis Smiley Show, February 22, 2013
Thursday, February 21 2013 05:00 AM
Former presidential candidate Ralph Nader, Rev. Cecil Williams & Janice Mirikitani, R&B singer Jeffrey Osborne
The Tavis Smiley Show, February 8, 2013
Thursday, January 31 2013 05:00 AM
"Memories of the Movement" (PART TWO)
The Tavis Smiley Show, February 1, 2013
Thursday, January 31 2013 05:00 AM
"Memories of the Movement" (PART ONE)
The Tavis Smiley Show, January 18, 2013
Thursday, January 24 2013 05:00 AM
"Vision for a New America" - A Special Tavis Smiley Show
The Tavis Smiley Show, January 25, 2013
Thursday, January 24 2013 05:00 AM
Political strategists Mary Matalin and Karen Finney * Dr. Margaret Cuomo * Former Republican aide Mike Lofgren * George Johnson's 3-minute sports drill * Lonnie Jordan of WAR (The World is a Ghetto - 40th anniversary)
The Tavis Smiley Show, December 14, 2012
Thursday, December 13 2012 05:00 AM
The Tavis Smiley Show, December 7, 2012
Friday, December 07 2012 05:00 AM
Rep. Sander Levin (D-MI) * Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) * Tribute to Dave Brubeck * Author Anne Lamott * Former MIT Director Walter Bender * Bill Banfield's
The Tavis Smiley Show, November 30, 2012
Friday, November 30 2012 05:00 AM
Aaron Blake of The Washington Post * Talk show host Larry Elder * Special Series: Too Important to Fail: A Day in the Life Of" * George Johnson's sports drill * Saxophonist Dave Koz
The Tavis Smiley Show, November 23, 2012
Friday, November 23 2012 05:00 AM
Bill Banfield, Danielle Pletka, Larry Elder, Phyllis Bennis, Randy Cohen
The Tavis Smiley Show, November 16, 2012
Friday, November 16 2012 05:00 AM
Bernie Sanders, Clayborne Carson, George Fraser, George Johnson, Marcus Miller
The Tavis Smiley Show, November 10, 2012
Monday, November 12 2012 05:00 AM
Michael Fauntroy & Connie Rice * George Johnson * Bill Banfield *
The Tavis Smiley Show, November 2, 2012
Thursday, November 01 2012 04:00 AM
Election 2012 Roundtable Special
The Tavis Smiley Show, October 26, 2012
Thursday, October 25 2012 04:00 AM
Political strategists Susan Estrich & Ron Christie * La Opinion's Pilar Marrero * Businessman Clinton Galloway * Sports commentator George Johnson * Musician Pete Escovedo
The Tavis Smiley Show, October 19, 2012
Thursday, October 18 2012 04:00 AM
CA Prop 32 Debate: Gloria Romero & Willie Pelote * Tech entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa * Sports Commentator George Johnson * Bill Banfileld's Essays of Note: Regina Carter
The Tavis Smiley Show, October 12, 2012
Thursday, October 11 2012 04:00 AM
Chris Cillizza of The Washington Post * Robert Rector of The Heritage Foundation * Harvard Professor Dr. Jonathan L. Walton * Sports commentator George Johnson * Film producer Earl Katz
The Tavis Smiley Show, October 5, 2012
Thursday, October 04 2012 04:00 AM
Phyllis Bennis- Director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies * Jamie Fly - Executive Director of the Foreign Policy Initiative * "Democracy Now!" host Amy Goodman * Bill Banfield's
The Tavis Smiley Show, September 28, 2012
Thursday, September 27 2012 04:00 AM
Angela Davis, Ari Berman, Nina Jablonski, Larry Rose and Dave Grusin
The Tavis Smiley Show, September 21, 2012
Tuesday, September 25 2012 04:00 AM
Political Strategists Karen Finney and Bradley Blakeman, Dorothy Cotton, Bill Banfield's Essays of Note, Musician Lee Ritenour
The Tavis Smiley Show, September 14, 2012
Thursday, September 13 2012 04:00 AM
NEA President Dennis Van Roekel, NYU Professor Charlton McIlwain, Sports Commentator George Johnson, Comedian Jimmy Walker
The Tavis Smiley Show, September 7, 2012
Friday, September 07 2012 04:00 AM
Congressional Black Caucus Chair Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Political Professor Peter Dreier, Social Media Feedback Segment, Sports Commentator George Johnson, NBA Star Dwyane Wade
The Tavis Smiley Show, August 31, 2012
Friday, August 31 2012 04:00 AM
Sojouners CEO Jim Walls, Labor Activist Bill Fletcher, Jr., Christian Broadcasing Network David Brody, George Johnson, Grammy-winning Jazz Composer Marcus Miller
The Tavis Smiley Show, August 24, 2012
Friday, August 24 2012 04:00 AM
Economist Richard Wolff, The Nation's Ari Berman, The Heritage Foundation's Mike Gonzalez, Sports Commentator George Johnson, Gospel Singer Israel Houghton
The Tavis Smiley Show, August 17, 2012
Tuesday, August 07 2012 04:00 AM
Rebroadcast: "Remaking America" - A Tavis Smiley Show Special
The Tavis Smiley Show, August 10, 2012
Tuesday, August 07 2012 04:00 AM
Made Visible: Women, Children and Poverty in America
The Tavis Smiley Show, July 27, 2012
Friday, July 20 2012 04:00 AM
Former Senator Bill Bradley * Growing Power CEO Will Allen * Wall Street Journal managing editor and columnist Michael Casey * Bill Banfield's Essays of Note *
The Tavis Smiley Show, July 20, 2012
Thursday, July 19 2012 04:00 AM
The Hill's Carlo Munoz * Author Richard Florida * Phill Wilson of the Black AIDS Institute * George Johnson's Sports Drill * R&B Singer Leela James
The Tavis Smiley Show, July 13, 2012
Friday, July 13 2012 04:00 AM
CATO Institute's John Samples * Politico reporter Kenneth Vogel * Democratic Strategist James Carville * Investigative journalist Greg Muttitt * Bill Banfield's "Essays of Note" *
The Tavis Smiley Show, July 6, 2012
Tuesday, July 10 2012 04:00 AM
Civil Rights Dr. Samuel Walker * Actor LeVar Burton * Singer Chaka Khan * Washington Post's Steven Pearlstein *
The Tavis Smiley Show, June 29, 2012
Friday, June 29 2012 04:00 AM
Consitutional Law Experts Adam Winkler & Susan Bloch * Special Series - Too Important to Fail: A Day In The Life Of... * Emmy winning journalist Valerie Coleman Morris * Bill Banfield "Essays of Note" *
About The Tavis Smiley Show
The Tavis Smiley Show offers a unique blend of news and newsmakers in expanded conversations on topics ranging from presidential power to reparations for slavery, from campaign finance reform to miscegenation in music videos — all with a special focus on black America.