Podcasts

Before today, we asked whether relationships succeed or fail because of communication, compatibility, trust, attachment, conflict, or love. Those questions remain important, but they quietly assume something far more fundamental without ever examining it. They assume...

Every civilization teaches people how to speak. Far fewer teach people how to refuse. Yet a single word may determine the quality of every intimate relationship a person will ever have. No. The absence of that word rarely creates immediate catastrophe. It creates...

Founding director of the Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism, Emmaia Gelman joins Tavis in studio to discuss her new book, The Anti-Defamation League and the Racial State, which examines the organization’s history and its role in American politics and...

Historian, legal scholar, and author of Birthright Citizens: A History of Race and Rights in Antebellum America, Martha S. Jones analyzes the Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship decision and other trending political topics.Become a supporter of this podcast:...

Introducing our monthly focus on health and wellness with special guest Dr. Loe Moore, MD! Each month we will focus on an important health topic as well put the spotlight on a cutting-edge advancement in health science or technology. Dr. Moore, MD, MSHPM is an...

Kenny Smith and his Crenshaw Mini Market is in our Wealth Building spotlight. Kenny has gentrification-proofed his business by setting up shop in a family-owned building. He is dedicated to old-fashioned community camaraderie, affordable prices and a new school mix of...

On this pod Dominique DiPrima covered major themes: the democratic socialist future of the Democratic, LA City Council reversing course on charter reform, OGs in sports LeBron James & Serena Williams and real affordability concerns including rising student loan...

Who controls the story of us? Is it Hollywood? The Algorithm? Or we the people? Director/Producer/Artivist Gina Belafonte and Community Coalition COO Gerri Lawrence tackle the topic and what they are doing about it with their giant We the People installation in South...

Dominique & Miles chop it us about how we want to evolve and change First Things First on the occasion of our fifth anniversary. Also in the conversation, the fight between elderly LA street vendor and a teenage customer, the BET Awards, SCOTUS's decisions on its...

On this podcast we break down so-called Time, Place and Manner policies that are being used to strip students of their degrees, housing, food plans and even their futures. We also speak on how Assemblymember Sade Elhawary's bill AB2551 offers a way we can help...

California Congressman Ro Khanna discusses why he believes the latest U.S. military strikes on Iran violate the War Powers Resolution and explains the legal challenge being prepared against the president's actions.Become a supporter of this podcast:...

Award-winning journalist Geoff Bennett reflects on the rich history of Black comedy through his new book, Laugh Out Loud: The Revolutionary History of Black Comedy from Vaudeville to '90s Sitcoms.Become a supporter of this podcast:...

The James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, historian, and New York Times bestselling author Eddie S. Glaude Jr. takes us inside his latest book, America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation's...

Former national press secretary for Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign, political strategist, and host of the Bad Faith podcast, Briahna Joy Gray discusses this moment for democratic socialism and other trending political topics.Become a supporter of this...

Every marriage begins with the same illusion. Two people stand before God, family, friends, and the state believing they are making the same promises, entering the same covenant, accepting the same responsibilities, and assuming the same risks. But what if they...

Assistant Professor in the Department of Black Studies and the Frederick Douglass Institute at the University of Rochester, Philip V. McHarris explains how the DSA victories in New York’s primary could revive the push to “Defund the Police” and why some Black leaders...

Writer for Jacobin Magazine, Alex Bronzini-Vender marks the 10th anniversary of Hamilton by examining its legacy of sanitizing the Founding Fathers and functioning as an ideological defense of establishment politics.Become a supporter of this podcast:...

Investigative journalist for The Guardian and award-winning New York Times bestselling author Tracie McMillan discusses how renters are pushing back against the growing surge of “take it or leave it” apartment fees and why the proposed housing bill could backfire on...