Tavis Smiley

Scholar, leading public intellectual, author, and special contributor, Dr. Cornel West, talks about the impact of political violence in America, the 24th year commemoration of 9/11, and more.

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Connie Rice, civil rights attorney and co-founder of the Urban Peace Institute, shares her analysis about the death of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, the potential backlash from Kamala Harris's book excerpts and other trending political topics. 

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We’ve got a lot to talk about! In this episode, Tavis Smiley keeps it real with 5 critical ways the mainstream media, religious influencers, and Democratic Party leaders are getting it wrong about the murder of Charlie Kirk. Tavis cuts through the noise, unpacks the misinformation, and breaks down what’s truly at stake in this national conversation.

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Tristan Harris, co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology and host of the popular tech podcast “Your Undivided Attention”, lays out the real implications on everyday people of last week’s White House dinner between tech leaders and President Donald Trump.

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Lowell Bergman, legendary investigative journalist as portrayed by Al Pacino in “The Insider”, reflects on the impact of the 9/11 attacks almost a quarter century later, and opines on the latest capitulation by CBS News’ parent company to outside forces.

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Nina Smith, former senior adviser to Stacey Abrams and president of PoliSol Public Affairs, explains why she thinks Democrats are “missing political layups and dooming us all.

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Tara Roberts, National Geographic Explorer and author of her new memoir, “Written in the Waters: A Memoir of History, Home, and Belonging”, dives into her work locating the wrecks of slave ships around the world.

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Teny Gross, founder and CEO of the Institute for Nonviolence Chicago, explains how Chicago experienced its lowest summer murder rate since 1965, how his organization helped make that happen, and how it all links back to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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USA Today Opinion Columnist and host of The Reconstruction Project on KBLA Talk 1580AM, John Wood Jr. discusses his latest column on how the furor over the Cracker Barrel logo is really about erasing America’s heritage, along with other trending political topics.

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Trymaine Lee, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, blends his own life with the history of guns and African Americans in his new book, “A Thousand Ways to Die: The True Cost of Violence on Black Life in America”.

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