Tavis Smiley

Calvin Duncan and Sophie Cull, co-authors of “The Jailhouse Lawyer,” tell us the inspiring story of how Duncan freed himself from prison for a murder he didn’t commit by following advice from a prison elder and becoming his own attorney.

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Karen Elliot House, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and former publisher of the Wall Street Journal, talks about the "modern monarch" of Saudi Arabia and her new book “The Man Who Would Be King: Mohammed bin Salman and the Transformation of Saudi Arabia.”

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Algernon Austin, Director of Race and Economic Justice at The Center for Economic and Policy Research, is back with his take on the injustices in President Trump’s ugly little tax bill.

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NAACP Image Award-nominated author Elise Bryant talks about her new mystery “The Game is Afoot” and explains why it’s the perfect summer read.

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Award-winning actor Taye Diggs talks about his career and being back on Broadway for the first time in ten years, starring in the new “Moulin Rouge! The Musical.”

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Chip Mitchell, reporter for WBEZ in Chicago, talks about how Chicago’s violent crime rate is plummeting with the help of street outreach workers in spite of a violent Fourth of July weekend.

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Associate Professor and Founding Director of The Race, Politics, and Policy Center at George Mason University, Dr Michael K. Fauntroy shares his thoughts about the impact of Trump’s big bill on Black America and other trending political topics.

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Journalist, opinion columnist, and host of KBLA Talk 1580’s Conversation Live: Altadena Rising, James Farr talks about life and recovery six months after the L.A. Wildfires.

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Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ has been signed into law. What does that mean? Jesse Jackson Jr. and Nii-Quartelai Quartey join Tavis Smiley to discuss.

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Emmy-winning TV host and news anchor, fatherhood influencer, and the sixth great-grandson of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemmings, Shannon LaNier, joins Tavis for a one-on-one.

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