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Dr. Abdul El-Sayed joins Tavis Smiley

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed joins Tavis Smiley

Michigan Senate candidate and former Wayne County and Detroit health director, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, talks about his campaign and how he’s pushing the Democratic Party to see issues differently.Become a supporter of this podcast:...

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Elie Mystal joins Tavis Smiley

Elie Mystal joins Tavis Smiley

Elie Mystal, justice correspondent for The Nation magazine, podcast host and author, discusses President Trump’s “white grievance fund” and other justice topics.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.

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Ari Berman joins Tavis Smiley

Ari Berman joins Tavis Smiley

Ari Berman, national voting rights correspondent for Mother Jones and author of the new book Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People—and the Fight to Resist It, explains why white progressive leaders have been slow to criticize the gutting of...

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Kareem Crayton joins Tavis Smiley

Kareem Crayton joins Tavis Smiley

Kareem Crayton, vice president of the Washington, D.C. office and Southern Politics Program lead at the Brennan Center for Justice, assesses whether Karl Rove could be right in saying the GOP redistricting plan could backfire in favor of Democrats, and what it could...

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Dylan Rodríguez joins Tavis Smiley

Dylan Rodríguez joins Tavis Smiley

Dylan Rodríguez, UC Riverside professor and co-director of the Center for Ideas and Society, shares his analysis about the Senate vote to force President Trump to end the Iran war and other trending political topics.Become a supporter of this podcast:...

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“Relationships Are Work”

“Relationships Are Work”

Has this single phrase quietly become the ideological source code behind why modern intimacy increasingly feels transactional, emotionally audited, psychologically exhausting, and spiritually depleted?

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Down Ballot Day with Dominique DiPrima

Down Ballot Day with Dominique DiPrima

On this podcast Dominique focuses on stuff like State Board of Equalization and other races you may not be familiar with. We also pay tribute to El Haj Malike El Shabazz on his 101st birthday.

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Dr. Robert Drummond joins Tavis Smiley

Dr. Robert Drummond joins Tavis Smiley

Physician-scientist Dr. Robert Drummond talks about the latest on the hantavirus and how the controversial conversation about the credentials of Cheyenne Bryant is a lesson for Black professionals.Become a supporter of this podcast:...

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Bishop William J. Barber II joins Tavis Smiley

Bishop William J. Barber II joins Tavis Smiley

President and senior lecturer of Repairers of the Breach and Moral Mondays, Bishop William J. Barber II reflects on their rally outside the White House yesterday and their challenge to distorted theology that justifies war and policy violence.Become a supporter of...

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John Wood Jr. joins Tavis Smiley

John Wood Jr. joins Tavis Smiley

National ambassador for Braver Angels, leading figure in the American depolarization movement, and host of The Reconstruction Project on KBLA Talk 1580, John Wood joins Tavis in studio to talk about how neutral maps could empower Black voters, the future of the Black...

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Congressman James Clyburn joins Tavis Smiley

Congressman James Clyburn joins Tavis Smiley

Tavis has a one-on-one special midterm election year conversation with trailblazer and veteran lawmaker Congressman James Clyburn of South Carolina about the future of voting rights, his reelection campaign, and more.Become a supporter of this podcast:...

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Michael Meltsner joins Tavis Smiley

Michael Meltsner joins Tavis Smiley

Attorney for Muhammad Ali, the first assistant counsel to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and author of Mosaic: Who Paid for the Bullet?, Michael Meltsner shares his take on the role of the judiciary in the struggle for civil and political rights.Become...

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