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Ruth Buffalo Joins Tavis Smiley

Former North Dakota representative and Indigenous activist Ruth Buffalo reflects on the NoDAPL (No Dakota Access Pipeline) movement at Standing Rock 10 years ago and what’s next for sacred, ancestral lands.Become a supporter of this podcast:...

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Ruth Buffalo Joins Tavis Smiley

Ruth Buffalo Joins Tavis Smiley

Former North Dakota representative and Indigenous activist Ruth Buffalo reflects on the NoDAPL (No Dakota Access Pipeline) movement at Standing Rock 10 years ago and what’s next for sacred, ancestral lands.Become a supporter of this podcast:...

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Michael Harriot Joins Tavis Smiley

Michael Harriot Joins Tavis Smiley

Michael Harriot, award-winning journalist, Emmy-nominated TV writer, and New York Times bestselling author of Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America, talks about the future of Black history, the upcoming “Reporting While Black” symposium at Howard...

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Rich Logis Joins Tavis Smiley

Rich Logis Joins Tavis Smiley

Rich Logis, founder of Leaving MAGA, returns with his brand new memoir, One Betrayal Too Many: Why I Left MAGA.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.

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Jaron Lanier Joins Tavis Smiley

Jaron Lanier Joins Tavis Smiley

Jaron Lanier, visionary computer scientist and futurist, is back to lay out the future road ahead for social media following the Meta/YouTube verdict.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.

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Anna Lembke

Anna Lembke

Anna Lembke, Stanford University professor and psychiatrist, talks about her testimony in the victorious lawsuit against Meta and YouTube - and marks 65 years since the signing of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, laying the foundation for mass...

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Jade Lambert-Smith Joins Tavis Smiley

Jade Lambert-Smith Joins Tavis Smiley

Jade Lambert-Smith, Spelman College professor and director of their new musical production of “The Color Purple,” reflects on the legacy of alum Alice Walker’s seminal work as part of their “Black Joy as Resistance” season.Become a supporter of this podcast:...

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Ray Winbush Joins Tavis Smiley

Ray Winbush Joins Tavis Smiley

Professor, Director of the Institute for Urban Research at Morgan State University and author of Should America Pay: Slavery and the Raging Debate about Reparations, Dr. Ray Winbush talks about the U.N. calls for reparations to remedy the “historical wrongs” of...

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Alicia Graf Mack Joins Tavis Smiley

Alicia Graf Mack Joins Tavis Smiley

Alicia Graf Mack, artistic director of the prestigious Alvin Ailey Dance Theater, is in studio to reflect on the legacy of her mentor and predecessor, the incomparable Judith Jamison, and preview their new show in Los Angeles this weekend.Become a supporter of this...

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Joseph!

Joseph!

Modern blended families often get framed as proof that love can transcend biology, yet the nervous system, evolutionary history, and social structure rarely update as fast as romantic ideals. When a man steps into the role of stepfather, he does not enter an empty...

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William “Sandy” Darity Joins Tavis Smiley

William “Sandy” Darity Joins Tavis Smiley

William “Sandy” Darity, visiting professor at Howard University and professor emeritus at Duke University, returns with his predictions and play-by-play analysis of the March Madness that is President Donald Trump’s wartime economy and its impact on inequality.Become...

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Ilan Goldenberg Joins Tavis Smiley

Ilan Goldenberg Joins Tavis Smiley

Ilan Goldenberg, former White House advisor and chief policy officer at the “AIPAC alternative” J Street, recalls the time he wargamed regime change in Iran with President Barack Obama and explains why he is pushing for peaceful, democratic negotiations between...

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