Tavis Smiley

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass offers her advice for D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser about how she can handle and prepare Washingtonians for National Guard troops on the streets.

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Political scientist, associate professor at Fordham University and author Christina Greer gives her analysis about what’s next for D.C. as National Guard troops arrive, along with other trending political topics.

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Diane McKinney-Whetstone, acclaimed author, goes inside her latest novel, “Family Spirit: A Novel,” about a Philadelphia family of clairvoyants as they grapple with their “Knowing” — their extraordinary gift passed down through generations.

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Latham Thomas, world-renowned doula and founder of Mama Glow, takes us inside her new audiobook, “Peaceful Parenting: Mindful Meditations for Pregnancy, Parenthood, and Promoting Harmony at Home.”

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Elliot Knight and Uli Latukefu, co-stars of the new Amazon Prime series “Countdown,” stop by the studio to celebrate their show’s success and reflect on their previous projects, like Uli’s role in “Young Rock.”

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Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Traci A. Curry, director of the new NatGeo series “Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time,” takes us back 20 years ago this month in her five-part documentary executive produced by Ryan Coogler.

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Pulitzer Prize winning columnist and Director of The Center for Urban Journalism at Morgan State University, Leonard Pitts Jr., gives his analysis about Trump's D.C. takeover and other trending political news.

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Lula Washington, founder and artistic director of the Lula Washington Dance Theatre, talks about their upcoming celebration of 45 years of socially conscious dance, resistance, and legacy at The Ford in Los Angeles.

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Fred Redmond, the highest-ranking African American labor official in history as Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO, says we’re in the middle of another Hot Labor Summer with a big Boeing strike, a beautiful bus tour, and bad Black unemployment numbers.

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Julie Su, the former acting Secretary of the U.S. Labor Department, takes us inside the July jobs report and gives us a human reality check on how AI will impact our working lives.

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