Tavis Smiley

Scholar, leading public intellectual, author, and special contributor, Dr. Cornel West, shares his thoughts about the future of the Conservative Right movement without Kirk's firebrand advocacy and more.

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Richard Wolff, New School economics professor, co-founder of Democracy at Work, and host of their national program “Economic Update”, breaks down why the U.S. economy seems like it’s in a funk - and what the road to recovery looks like. 

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John Mellencamp talks to his Hoosier homeboy, Tavis Smiley, today about Farm Aid’s 40th Anniversary!

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Scholar, leading public intellectual, author, and special contributor, Dr. Cornel West, shares his thoughts about Trump’s efforts to silence dissenters, violent political extremism and more. 

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President and Senior Lecturer of Repairers of The Breach and Moral Mondays, Bishop William J. Barber II, talks about the impact of the Trump administration targeting hate speech and discusses his visit to Los Angeles for the national kickoff of Operation Liberty. 

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Two-time Edison Award winning and five-time Grammy nominated “sonic architect, trumpeter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, and designer of innovative technologies and musical instruments”, Chief Adjuah tells us about his weekend of performances at the new venue Blue Note LA.

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Attorneys, political commentators and social media influencers, A.B. Burns-Tucker and Elizabeth Booker Houston, share their legal insights about the impact of Attorney General Bondi targeting people who use "hate speech" in this moment and other trending political topics. 

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Washington Post contributing columnist Theodore Johnson talks about how former President Barack Obama makes an about face on red and blue America when it comes to California redistricting.

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John Avlon, former senior political analyst and anchor for CNN and Democratic candidate for Congress, is back with a look at how the mainstream media is getting the fight against fascism all wrong and normalizing the Trump narrative.

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Robin Allison Davis, Emmy Award-winning journalist, takes us inside her new book, “Surviving Paris: A Memoir of Healing in the City of Light”, for those who may be designing their escape plan.

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