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The Tavis Smiley Show: About

Airs Saturdays at 4PM 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, June 1, 2012

Friday, June 01 2012 04:00 AM

Brookings Institution senior fellow Thomas Mann * Greg Worrell of Scholastic * Premiere of "The Tavis Smley Show" arts & cultures series "Essays of Note" with Bill Banfield *

The Tavis Smiley Show, May 25, 2012

Friday, May 25 2012 04:00 AM

Former Senator Bill Bradley * Writer Alice Randall * George Johnson * Singer/Songwriter Valerie Simpson *

The Tavis Smiley Show, May 18, 2012

Friday, May 18 2012 04:00 AM

TIME Magazine's Adam Sorensen * Author Valaida Fullwood * Journalist James Mills * Donna Summer Tribute

The Tavis Smiley Show, May 11, 2012

Friday, May 11 2012 04:00 AM

Jason Reece * Charlie Woo * Paul Chappell * George Johnson * Arturo Sandoval*

The Tavis Smiley Show, May 4, 2012

Friday, May 04 2012 04:00 AM

Social Security - Cristina Martin Firvida & Michael Tanner * Too Important to Fail: A Day in the Life Of... (Special Series)* BMI Chairman Susan Davenport Austin * Philly Little League Teams Honors Jackie Robinson - Steve Bandura & Jahli

The Tavis Smiley Show, April 27, 2012

Thursday, May 03 2012 04:00 AM

The Faces of Poverty - A Tavis Smiley Show Special

The Tavis Smiley Show, April 20, 2012

Thursday, May 03 2012 04:00 AM

Jeffrey Faulkner, President of Ways to Work * Poet Evan Nicole Brown * Sports Commentator George Johnson * Human Nature*

The Tavis Smiley Show, April 13, 2012

Thursday, April 12 2012 04:00 AM

Antonio Gonzalez, Ira Mehlman, Eric Alterman, Mario Van Peebles

The Tavis Smiley Show, April 6, 2012

Thursday, April 05 2012 04:00 AM

Energy policy experts Dr. Charles Ebinger & Dr. Susan Tierney; Gordon Witkin, managing editor of The Center for Public Intergrity; author Jeffrey Coleman; George Johnson's 3-minute sports drill; NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

The Tavis Smiley Show, March 30, 2012

Thursday, March 29 2012 04:00 AM

Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) & Rep. Donna Christensen (D-VI), author Maggie Anderson, author Stefan Bradley, sports commentator George Johnson, ESPN anchor Hannah Storm

The Tavis Smiley Show, March 23, 2012

Tuesday, March 27 2012 04:00 AM

Special Program: Made Visible: Women, Children & Poverty in America

The Tavis Smiley Show, March 16, 2012

Friday, March 16 2012 04:00 AM

John Feffer - Institute for Policy Studies, Julianne Malveaux - Economist, Robert Moore - Former U.S. Marshal, Brenda Dixon Gottschild - Author

The Tavis Smiley Show, March 9, 2012

Thursday, March 08 2012 05:00 AM

Former President Jimmy Carter, civil rights attorney Connie Rice, sports commentator George Johnson, gospel artist Bebe Winans

The Tavis Smiley Show, March 2, 2012

Friday, March 02 2012 05:00 AM

Washington Post political reporter Felicia Sonmez, Ocuppy Wall Street activist Mikal Kamil & David DeGraw, child therapist Robin Karr-Morse, musician Rodrigo Sanchez (Rodrigo y Gabirela)

The Tavis Smiley Show, February 24, 2012

Friday, February 24 2012 05:00 AM

Former Chilean President Ricardo Lagos, Ordained minister and Dr. King scholar Dr. Lewis Baldwin, Director Sam Pollard, George Johnson's Sports Drill, R&B Singer/Songwriter Trey Songz

The Tavis Smiley Show, February 17, 2012

Friday, February 17 2012 05:00 AM

POLITICO's Joe Williams, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, author Eleanor Hinton Hoytt, film composer Mervyn Warren, Whitney Houston Tribute

The Tavis Smiley Show from PRI, February 10, 2012

Wednesday, February 15 2012 05:00 AM

"Memories of the Movement" (Part Two)

The Tavis Smiley Show from PRI, February 3, 2012

Wednesday, February 15 2012 05:00 AM

"Memories of the Movement" (Part One)

The Tavis Smiley Show, January 27, 2012

Friday, January 27 2012 05:00 AM

Paul Taylor (Pew Research Center), Norwood Fisher (musician, Fishbone), Annette Dove (TOPPS, Inc.), Dr. Steve Shaw (book, Presidents and Their Faith)

The Tavis Smiley Show, January 20, 2012

Thursday, January 19 2012 05:00 AM

Civil Rights Attorney Connie Rice, Sports Commentator George Johnson, R&B Singer-Songwriter Anthony Hamilton

The Tavis Smiley Show, January 6, 2012

Thursday, January 05 2012 05:00 AM

"The Faces of Poverty" - A Tavis Smiley Show Special

The Tavis Smiley Show, January 6, 2012

Thursday, January 05 2012 05:00 AM

"The Faces of Poverty" - A Tavis Smiley Show Special

The Tavis Smiley Show, December 30, 2011

Thursday, December 29 2011 05:00 AM

The Tavis Smiley Show "Year in Review" 2011

The Tavis Smiley Show, December 23, 2011

Thursday, December 22 2011 05:00 AM

The Best of The Tavis Smiley Show 2011!

The Tavis Smiley Show, December 16, 2011

Friday, December 16 2011 05:00 AM

Roane Carey - Managing Editor for The Nation, Harvard Divnity Professor Leila Ahmed, Grammy award-winning violinst Joshua Bell

The Tavis Smiley Show, December 9, 2011

Friday, December 09 2011 05:00 AM

Washington Post Reporter Aaron Blake, George Mason University Professor Dr. Michael Fauntroy, Author Paul Schmitz, Pianist Marcus Roberts

The Tavis Smiley Show, December 2, 2011

Friday, December 02 2011 05:00 AM

Ruy Teixeira - Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, TV Journalist and Former Judge Catherine Crier, Author David Kinnaman, Sports Commentator George Johnson, MusicianAnthony Hamilton

The Tavis Smiley Show, November 18, 2011

Friday, November 18 2011 05:00 AM

The Hill's Alexander Bolton, SUCCESS Magaine Publisher Darren Hardy, Columbia Professor Elizabeth Kai Hinton, Sports Commentator George Johnson, Journalist and TV Host Lisa Ling

The Tavis Smiley Show, November 11, 2011

Thursday, November 10 2011 05:00 AM

The American Legion's Mark Walker on Tax Credits for Vets, Policy Advocate Dr. Maya Rockeymoore on Social Secuity, Sports Commentator George Johnson, R&B Singer Lalah Hathaway

The Tavis Smiley Show, November 4, 2011

Friday, November 04 2011 04:00 AM

Nan Roman and Ted Hayes on Homelessness in America, Journalist Jeff Jarvis

The Tavis Smiley Show, October 28, 2011

Thursday, October 27 2011 04:00 AM

Libyan Dissident and Political Science Professor Mansour El-Kikhia

The Tavis Smiley Show, October 21, 2011

Friday, October 21 2011 04:00 AM

The Nation's Ari Berman, Harvard Professor Ari Berman, Musician Daryl Hall, Washington Post Political Reporter Nia-Malika Henderson

The Tavis Smiley Show, October 14, 2011

Friday, October 14 2011 04:00 AM

NY Times business reporter Louise Story, spiritual leader Deepak Chopra and physics expert Leonard Mlodinow, singer/songwriter Nikki Jean

The Tavis Smiley Show, October 7, 2011

Thursday, October 06 2011 04:00 AM

"The Tavis Smiley Show" presents: "Poverty in America"

The Tavis Smiley Show, September 30, 2011

Friday, September 30 2011 04:00 AM

"The Tavis Smiley Show" presents: "Too Important to Fail: Saving America's Boys" (Recorded at a live event from Washington, DC)

The Tavis Smiley Show, September 16, 2011

Thursday, September 15 2011 04:00 AM

Louie Cruz Beltran, Jermaine Jackson

The Tavis Smiley Show, September 23, 2011

Thursday, September 15 2011 04:00 AM

Larry Levitt, Jeffrey Kluger, Otis Williams

The Tavis Smiley Show, July 22, 2011

Friday, July 22 2011 04:00 AM

Ezra Klein, Senator Kent Conrad, T'Keyah Crystal Keymah

The Tavis Smiley Show, July 8, 2011

Thursday, July 07 2011 04:00 AM

Phill Wilson of The Black AIDS Institute, Professor Dorothy Roberts, Musician Booker T. Jones

The Tavis Smiley Show, June 24, 2011

Friday, June 24 2011 04:00 AM

Dr. Julianne Malveaux, Robert Carmona, Dr. Jonathan Walton, Scott Bomar and Charles "Skip" Pitts