Tavis Smiley

Political strategist and founder of Watering Hole Media, Ashley Allison, discusses her recent acquisition of the news and culture site, The Root, and the future of Black media.

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Dr. Cornel West, scholar, leading public intellectual, author, and special contributor, gives his analysis about Steve Bannon's assertion that Trump will be president for a third term and more.

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Award-winning journalist, Oscar-nominated writer and creator of The Lever podcast, David Sirota, talks about his new text "Master Plan: The Hidden Plot To Legalize Corruption In America" and trending political topics.

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Nzinga Imani comes in studio to talk about the highly anticipated fourth season of the television series “Zatima” and her work as a trailblazing plus-sized model.

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Valarie Pettiford and Lisa Raye McCoy from the hit BET+ series, “Carl Weber's The Family Business,” join Tavis in studio to preview the new season, which premieres today.

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Actor Sean Patrick Thomas, who plays Polarity in the satirical superhero series “GEN V” on Amazon Prime, joins us in studio to preview the final chapter of the show's second season and reflect on his “Barbershop” triology role as Jimmy James.

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Diane Ravitch, former U.S. Assistant Education Secretary shares her latest book, “An Education: How I Changed My Mind About Schools and Almost Everything Else”.

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Lisa Graves, executive director of True North Research and co-host of the podcast “Legal AF” takes us inside her hot new book, “Without Precedent How Chief Justice Roberts and His Accomplices Rewrote the Constitution and Dismantled Our Rights”.

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Alain Stephens, an investigative reporter for the Intercept, two-branch military vet, and former law enforcement officer, explains why the right “desperately” wants Charlie Kirk to become their MLK.

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Neal Lester, the Arizona State University professor who teaches America’s only course on the N-word, dissects the fallout from the Young Republicans chatgate.

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