Tavis Smiley

GRAMMY award-winning hip-hop artist Rapsody is in studio to preview her Blue Note LA show and talk about her latest EP with Madlib called #MADRAPS.

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Veteran New York Times reporter Anthony DePalma takes us inside his new book, “On This Ground: Hardship and Hope at the Toughest Prep School in America,” highlighting one of the most successful inner-city schools in the country, St. Benedict’s Preparatory School in Newark, New Jersey.

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Pulitzer Prize‑winning columnist and director of the Center for Urban Journalism at Morgan State University, Leonard Pitts Jr., talks about Alex Pretti, the high price of giving a damn and other trending political topics. 

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Brothers Julien and Justen Turner are in studio, fresh off the big Sundance Film Festival premiere for their Ohio-based comedy pilot, “FreeLance."

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CEO of AI Innovision and renowned AI strategist known as “The Queen of AI,” Alicia Lyttle, talks about how data center developers are targeting Black communities and how to keep your skills sharp as AI reshapes the workplace. 

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Global economist and author Jerome Nikolai Warren, originally from Alabama and now in Germany, reflects on lessons from a recent trip to Cuba, just as the threat of a U.S. invasion looms.

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Leading public intellectual, author, scholar, and special contributor, Dr. Cornel West, shares his thoughts about celebrating the 100th anniversary of Black History Month and more.



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Dedrick Asante-Muhammad, CEO of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, discusses the organization’s recent report, “State of the Dream 2026: From Regression to Signs of a Black Recession.”

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Minneapolis civil rights attorney and founder of the Racial Justice Network, Nekima Levy Armstrong, tells the story of her arrest while protesting in Minneapolis.

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GRAMMY-nominated trumpeter and composer Keyon Harrold, dubbed “the future of the trumpet,” previews his upcoming performances at the Blue Note in Los Angeles and reflects on the legacy of his friend and longtime collaborator D’Angelo.

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