Tavis Smiley

Retired Major Gen. Dana Pittard is back with straight talk about the Strait of Hormuz and the military safeguards in place if a U.S. president with cognitive issues has his finger on the button. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support .

Bill Kristol, editor-at-large for the center-right publication The Bulwark, and a co-director of the advocacy organization Defending Democracy Together, returns with his analysis about Trump surrendering to Iran and other trending political topics. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support .

Jenique Jones, executive director of the global organization WhyHunger, joins Tavis in studio to explain why hunger is not inevitable and how wage equity, profit reinvestment, and updated poverty thresholds could strengthen food security. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support .

Dr. Angela Simms, assistant professor of sociology and urban studies at Barnard College–Columbia University and former legislative analyst for the Bush and Obama administrations, goes inside her new text, Fighting for a Foothold: How Government and Markets Undermine Black Middle-Class Suburbia. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support .

Shawn Harris, former Democratic candidate for Georgia’s 14th Congressional District, may have lost the special election but talks about the wins he helped make for Democrats in Marjorie Taylor Greene’s former district. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support .

Author, scholar, leading public intellectual, and special contributor, Dr. Cornel West gives his insights about the Trump administration’s attack on anti-Christian rhetoric, Cuba, and more. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support .

Connie Rice, civil rights attorney and co-founder of the Urban Peace Institute, gives her analysis about the Democrats’ call for Trump’s impeachment and other trending political topics. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support .

Community builder Vanity Constance recalls the days when she helped remove the Wilmington, Delaware statue of slaveholder Caesar Rodney - and what it means that the Trump administration will put it on display in Washington, D.C. this summer.  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support .

Leta McCollough Seletzky, author of the 2023 text, “The Kneeling Man: My Father's Life as a Black Spy Who Witnessed the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.,” explains how she learned to accept Marrell "Mac" McCollough’s secret CIA past. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support .

Author, scholar, leading public intellectual, and special contributor, Dr. Cornel West, gives his insights about the Pentagon threatening the Pope for criticizing Trump, the fragile U.S. - Iran ceasefire and more.  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support .

Ashley Etienne, former communications director for Vice President Kamala Harris, explains how she is getting Congressional Democrats, including minority leader Hakeem Jeffries, ready to win and lead. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support .

Ricco Ross, star of the Netflix series "Beauty in Black," joins Tavis in studio to preview the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation “Honors: Legacy & Leadership Gala,” which he is hosting on April 16, in celebration of 50 years of impact.  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support .

Sonequa Martin-Green and David Ajala, best known as Michael Burnham and Cleveland Booker, join Tavis in studio to celebrate 10 years since their seminal series, Star Trek: Discovery, started its long production journey and their latest projects as detectives in Boston Blue and Law & Order. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support .

Neil Maher, history professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and Rutgers University–Newark, unpacks the complicated relationship between America’s space race and the civil rights movement as Artemis II is piloted back to Earth by a Black astronaut. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support .

Dr. Marilyn Thomas, assistant professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, goes inside her new study, which found that attending an HBCU is good for your long-term health. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support .

Shermichael Singleton, conservative CNN contributor and co-founder of We The Free TV streaming network, talks about Trump backtracking on his ending “civilization” threats to Iran and the impact of his global blustering on both parties. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support .

NBA All-Star, former mayor of Sacramento, and founder of the National Association of Black Bookstores (NAB2), Kevin Johnson, talks to Tavis about today being National Black Bookstore Day and why it’s important to preserve Black stories. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support .

Michael Edison Hayden, former spokesperson for the Southern Poverty Law Center and author of the new text Strange People on the Hill: How Extremism Tore Apart a Small American Town, tracks the surge of white nationalism from Berkeley Springs, WV, all the way to the White House. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support .

Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and director of the Center for Urban Journalism at Morgan State University, Leonard Pitts, Jr. shares his analysis about faith in America and other trending political topics. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support .

Jamie Kitman, contributing editor to Car and Driver and author of the Picture Car Confidential column, on America’s renewed interest in electric vehicles as gas prices go up and up. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support .

Katrina Parks, director of the series Route 66 Women: The Untold Story of the Mother Road, part of a new exhibit at the National Museum of Transportation titled “Roads, River, Rooms, Reels,” reflects on the 100th anniversary of the transformative highway and the role that Black women played in its iconography. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--62864...

Shira Lauren Feldman, senior director of constitutional litigation at Brady, explains why the Department of Justice refuses to rule out a Second Amendment right to nuclear weapons. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support .

Author, scholar, leading public intellectual, and special contributor, Dr. Cornel West, shares his insights on the latest with the Iran war, and more. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support .

Professor, philosopher, and legal analyst Tim Golden on the firing of Pam Bondi, and other trending political topics. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support .

Clara Ester, who was a 19-year-old college student when she witnessed the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Lorraine Hotel on April 4, 1968, after attending his final speech the night before, reflects on her unique experience that fateful week. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support .