Episodios

  • Latosha Brown joins Tavis Smiley

    Latosha Brown joins Tavis Smiley
    Jan 1 2026
    In this Best of 2025 episode, we revisit Tavis Smiley’s conversation with award-winning organizer, philanthropic consultant, and co-founder of Black Voters Matter, LaTosha Brown, as she discusses her economic pressure campaign We Ain’t Buying It and explains why she’s calling for the boycott of Trump enablers.












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    17 m
  • Marcus Collins joins Tavis Smiley

    Marcus Collins joins Tavis Smiley
    Jan 1 2026
    In this Best of 2025 episode, we revisit Tavis Smiley’s conversation with University of Michigan professor, award-winning cultural translator, and author Marcus Collins as he shares his thoughts on America confronting the erasure of Black history and progress, the White House’s new media bias tracker, and more.









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    40 m
  • Jeffrey Stewart joins Tavis Smiley

    Jeffrey Stewart joins Tavis Smiley
    Jan 1 2026
    In this Best of 2025 episode, we revisit Tavis Smiley’s conversation with historian, professor, and UC Santa Barbara Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Jeffrey Stewart as he celebrates the 100th anniversary of The New Negro: An Interpretation, his new edition of that seminal anthology, and his 2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning work on editor Alain Locke.












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    40 m
  • Jaron Lanier joins Tavis Smiley

    Jaron Lanier joins Tavis Smiley
    Dec 31 2025
    In this Best of 2025 episode, we revisit Tavis Smiley’s conversation with Jaron Lanier—futurist, public intellectual, and computer scientist—as he shares an update on the intersection of AI and humans, marking 35 years since the first web browser, website, and server were launched.









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    38 m
  • Mother Viola Fletcher Tribute

    Mother Viola Fletcher Tribute
    Dec 31 2025
    In this Best of 2025 episode, we revisit the late Mother Viola Fletcher, the longest-living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, in her final in-studio conversation with Tavis Smiley.









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    41 m
  • Kenric Green joins Tavis Smiley

    Kenric Green joins Tavis Smiley
    Dec 30 2025
    In this Best of 2025 episode, we revisit Tavis Smiley’s conversation with actor Kenric Green, star of the new film Sarah’s Oil, as he recounts the story of a young Black girl who became a millionaire after “black gold” was discovered on her Oklahoma land and shares what it’s like to be one half of a Hollywood power couple with Sonequa Martin-Green.












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    37 m
  • Karida Brown joins Tavis Smiley

    Karida Brown joins Tavis Smiley
    Dec 30 2025
    In this Best of 2025 episode, we revisit Tavis Smiley’s conversation with NAACP award-winning historian and Fulbright scholar Karida Brown, Emory University sociology professor, as she discusses her two latest books, The Battle for the Black Mind and The New Brownies’ Book: A Love Letter to Black Families.










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    20 m
  • U.S. Rep. James Clyburn joins Tavis Smiley

    U.S. Rep. James Clyburn joins Tavis Smiley
    Dec 30 2025
    In this Best of 2025 episode, we revisit Tavis Smiley’s conversation with U.S. Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) as he discusses his new memoir, The First Eight: A Personal History of the Pioneering Black Congressmen Who Shaped a Nation.












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    18 m