Tavis Smiley

Jaron Lanier, visionary computer scientist and futurist, is back to lay out the future road ahead for social media following the Meta/YouTube verdict.

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Anna Lembke, Stanford University professor and psychiatrist, talks about her testimony in the victorious lawsuit against Meta and YouTube - and marks 65 years since the signing of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, laying the foundation for mass incarceration.

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Jade Lambert-Smith, Spelman College professor and director of their new musical production of “The Color Purple,” reflects on the legacy of alum Alice Walker’s seminal work as part of their “Black Joy as Resistance” season.

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Leading public intellectual, author, scholar, and special contributor, Dr. Cornel West gives his analysis about the No Kings nationwide protests and more. 

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Marcus Anthony Hunter, professor, founding chair of the Department of African American Studies at UCLA and author of “Radical Reparations: Healing The Soul Of A Nation,” shares his thoughts about the U.N. reparations resolution and other trending political topics. 

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Professor, Director of the Institute for Urban Research at Morgan State University and author of Should America Pay: Slavery and the Raging Debate about Reparations, Dr. Ray Winbush talks about the U.N. calls for reparations to remedy the “historical wrongs” of trafficking enslaved Africans.

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Dr. Anahita Dua, founder and chair of Healthcare for Action, the largest Democratic Super PAC in the country, lays out the winning message for Democrats for the midterms and beyond.

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Alicia Graf Mack, artistic director of the prestigious Alvin Ailey Dance Theater, is in studio to reflect on the legacy of her mentor and predecessor, the incomparable Judith Jamison, and preview their new show in Los Angeles this weekend.

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Adrianne Shropshire, host of The BlackPack radio show on KBLA Talk 1580 and Executive Director of the political organization BlackPAC, joins Tavis in studio to give her analysis about the USC debate controversy and other trending political topics.

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Tavis speaks with all four candidates of color who were excluded from the USC/KABC California governor debate.

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