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Tracie Thoms joins Tavis Smiley
May 5, 2026
16m 51s
Press Robinson Sr. joins Tavis Smiley
May 5, 2026
21m 29s
U.S. Rep. André Carson joins Tavis Smiley
May 5, 2026
18m 04s
Dr. Cornel West joins Tavis Smiley
May 5, 2026
23m 38s
Dr. Kaye Wise Whitehead joins Tavis Smiley
May 5, 2026
39m 37s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 5/5/26 |  Tracie Thoms joins Tavis Smiley | Emmy-nominated screen and stage actress Tracie Thoms joins Tavis in studio to talk about her career, the season finale of the Angela Bassett executive-produced show 9-1-1, and her recurring role in the hit Disney film The Devil Wears Prada 2.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support. | 16m 51s | ||||||
| 5/5/26 | Press Robinson Sr. joins Tavis Smiley | Baton Rouge civil rights pioneer, attorney, and professor Press L. Robinson Sr. speaks on his six decades of building Black political power and the erasure of gains he sees coming.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support. | 21m 29s | ||||||
| 5/5/26 | U.S. Rep. André Carson joins Tavis Smiley | U.S. Representative André Carson (D-IN) talks about his re-election campaign and what’s at stake in the looming redistricting battle in Indiana.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support. | 18m 04s | ||||||
| 5/5/26 | Dr. Cornel West joins Tavis Smiley | Author, scholar, leading public intellectual, and special contributor, Dr. Cornel West, gives his insights about the struggle for civil rights and more.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support. | 23m 38s | ||||||
| 5/5/26 | Dr. Kaye Wise Whitehead joins Tavis Smiley | Award-winning talk show host and Founding Director of The Karson Institute for Race, Peace & Social Justice at Loyola University Maryland, Dr. Kaye Wise Whitehead shares her thoughts on the evisceration of the Voting Rights Act and other trending political topics. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support. | 39m 37s | ||||||
| 5/1/26 | Randi Weingarten joins Tavis Smiley✨ | educationlabor rights+3 | Randi Weingarten | American Federation of Teachers | — | Randi WeingartenAmerican Federation of Teachers+3 | — | 13m 40s | |
| 5/1/26 | Dee Dee Bridgewater joins Tavis Smiley✨ | jazz musicDee Dee Bridgewater+3 | Dee Dee Bridgewater | KBLA Talk 1580 | — | jazzDee Dee Bridgewater+3 | — | 19m 48s | |
| 5/1/26 | Kishonna Gray joins Tavis Smiley✨ | video gamesviolence+3 | Kishonna Gray | University of Michigan School of InformationIntersectional Tech: Black Users in Digital Gaming | — | Kishonna Grayvideo games+4 | — | 32m 30s | |
| 5/1/26 | Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY) joins Tavis Smiley✨ | Voting RightsRedistricting+3 | Yvette D. Clarke | Congressional Black CaucusVoting Rights Act | New York | Voting Rights ActCongressional Black Caucus+3 | — | 16m 12s | |
| 5/1/26 | Austin Sarat joins Tavis Smiley✨ | presidential recordsvoting rights+3 | Austin Sarat | Tavis SmileyKBLA Talk 1580 | — | Austin Saratpresidential records+3 | — | 21m 37s | |
| 4/30/26 | Kyle Sammy joins Tavis Smiley✨ | Black museumshistory+3 | Kyle Sammy | The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History | — | Kyle SammyCharles H. Wright Museum+5 | — | 16m 13s | |
| 4/30/26 | Erika D. Smith joins Tavis Smiley✨ | wildfiresrecovery+3 | Erika D. Smith | Bloomberg Opinion | L.A. | Erika D. Smithwildfires+4 | — | 20m 41s | |
| 4/30/26 | Butch Ware joins Tavis Smiley✨ | California governor electionGreen Party+3 | Butch Ware | Green Party | CaliforniaUC Santa Barbara | Butch WareCalifornia governor+5 | — | 39m 22s | |
| 4/30/26 | LaDoris Cordell joins Tavis Smiley✨ | California governor's racepolitical analysis+2 | LaDoris Cordell | California governor’s raceHer Honor: My Life on the Bench…What Works, What’s Broken, and How to Change It | — | LaDoris CordellCalifornia governor's race+3 | — | 39m 42s | |
| 4/29/26 | Val Whitting joins The Tavis Smiley Show with Guest Host Dr. Nii-Quartelai Quartey.✨ | athlete mental healthwomen in sports+3 | Val Whitting | WNBAStanford | — | mental healthathletes+6 | — | 17m 21s | |
| 4/29/26 | Valentino Dixon Joins The Tavis Smiley Show with Guest Host Dr. Nii-Quartelai Quartey✨ | incarcerationartistry+3 | Valentino Dixon | Tavis Smiley ShowKBLA Talk 1580 | — | Valentino DixonPrison Picasso+5 | — | 22m 53s | |
| 4/29/26 | Kelley Robinson joins The Tavis Smiley Show with Guest Host Dr. Nii-Quartelai Quartey✨ | human rightsdiscrimination+3 | Kelley Robinson | Human Rights CampaignHuman Rights Campaign Foundation | — | Kelley RobinsonHuman Rights Campaign+3 | — | 18m 00s | |
| 4/29/26 | Sharon Kyle joins The Tavis Smiley Show with Guest Host Dr. Nii-Quartelai Quartey✨ | cultural issuesrace+3 | Sharon Kyle | The LA Progressive | — | Sharon Kylecultural issues+4 | — | 21m 51s | |
| 4/29/26 | Jonathan Collins & Richard Fowler joins The Tavis Smiley Show with Guest Host Dr. Nii-Quartelai Quartey✨ | White House Correspondents' Dinnerpolitical analysis+3 | Jonathan CollinsRichard Fowler | Teachers College at Columbia UniversityFOX News+1 | — | politicseducation+3 | — | 38m 11s | |
| 4/28/26 | Aida Mariam Davis Joins The Tavis Smiley Show with Guest Host Danielle Moodie✨ | social justiceDEI+5 | Aida Mariam Davis | Kindred Creation: Parables and Paradigms for Freedom | America | social justiceDEI+5 | — | 38m 06s | |
| 4/28/26 | Prentis Hemphill Tavis Smiley Show with Guest Host Danielle Moodie✨ | collective griefmass shootings+4 | Prentis Hemphill | What It Takes To Heal | VirginiaLouisiana | collective griefmass shooting+5 | — | 36m 40s | |
| 4/28/26 | A.B. Burns-Tucker Joins The Tavis Smiley Show with Guest Host Danielle Moodie✨ | politicssocial media+3 | A.B. Burns-Tucker | KBLA Talk 1580 | — | A.B. Burns-TuckerDanielle Moodie+3 | — | 38m 22s | |
| 4/23/26 | Tavis Smiley Honors Prince✨ | honoring Princecelebrity commentary+3 | — | KBLA Talk 1580 | — | Tavis SmileyPrince+5 | — | 1h 40m 00s | |
| 4/23/26 | Aaron Regunberg joins J. Johnson✨ | Democratic PartyFascism+4 | Aaron Regunberg | Fighting FascismThe Nation+1 | — | Aaron RegunbergFighting Fascism+5 | — | 15m 59s | |
| 4/23/26 | Mike Sargent joins J. Johnson✨ | cultural impactfilm critique+3 | Mike Sargent | African American Film Critics AssociationBlack Film Critics Circle+1 | — | Mike SargentMichael Jackson+3 | — | 22m 56s | |
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