Tavis Smiley

Tavis pays tribute to neo-soul icon D’Angelo, reprising his last in-depth interview. D’Angelo talks about his early life, music career, and the “Black Messiah” album.

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Megan Piphus, the four-time Emmy Award-winning puppeteer and ventriloquist, tells us about her groundbreaking run on “Sesame Street” - and she might even bring Rev. Peppers along. 

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Actor Robert Wisdom, best known as Howard “Bunny” Colvin in the hit TV series “The Wire”, joins Tavis in studio to talk about his latest role in the hit Amazon Prime drama “Terminal List: Dark Wolf”.

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Tara Lynn Townes, mother and CEO of Bullying Buddy, marks National Bullying Awareness Month with tips for keeping your kid safe.

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Dr. Cornel West, scholar, leading public intellectual, author, and special contributor, shares his thoughts on what the Founders would say now about modern day America. 

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Jeffrey Toobin, CNN’s chief legal analyst and author of “The Pardon: The Politics of Presidential Mercy”, is back with his take on the current Supreme Court session and America’s Constitutional crisis.

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Nigerian born visual artist Jibola Fagbamiye and former journalist turned comic scribe Conor McCreery talk about their new graphic novel "Fela: Music Is The Weapon" that chronicles the remarkable life of master musician Fela Kuti.  

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Retired NYPD Lieutenant, civil rights activist and author of the book "An Inconvenient Cop: My Fight To Change Policing In America" talks about how law enforcement in America is at a breaking point and needs to change.

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Writer, political scientist, and professor Jonathan E. Collins, founder of HIT Strategies Terrance Woodbury, and Chicago Teachers Union president Stacey Davis Gates discuss trending political topics.

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Writer and director Jas Summers and producer Garrett Thompson join Dr. Nii Quartelai Quartey in-studio for a conversation about their new supernatural thriller "Stay" now streaming on Hulu. 

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