Tavis Smiley
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Tavis Smiley
Season 11
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Episode 130 min2013-12-23
Episode 1
Kenny Loggins.
Episode 230 min2013-12-24
Episode 2
Joshua Bell.
Episode 330 min2014-01-09
Episode 3
Dr. Benjamin Barber; Mary McDonnell.
Episode 430 min2014-01-13
Episode 4
Sociologist Michael Kimmel ("Angry White Men").
Episode 530 min2014-01-14
Episode 5
Barkhad Abdi; Lupita Nyong'o.
Episode 630 min2014-01-15
Episode 6
Bruce Dern.
Episode 730 min2014-01-16
Episode 7
Don Cheadle.
Episode 830 min2014-01-17
Episode 8
Kenneth Branagh.
Episode 930 min2014-01-20
Episode 9
Part 1 of 2. "MLK: A Call to Conscience."
Episode 1030 min2014-01-21
Episode 10
Conclusion. "MLK: A Call to Conscience."
Episode 1130 min2014-01-22
Episode 11
Julie Delpy; Robert Hilburn.
Episode 1230 min2014-01-23
Episode 12
Joseph Gordon-Levitt; Gloria Gaynor.
Episode 1330 min2014-01-24
Episode 13
Itzhak Perlman.
Episode 1430 min2014-01-27
Episode 14
L.A. mayor Eric Garcetti; Chideo founder Todd Wagner.
Episode 1530 min2014-01-28
Episode 15
Chita Rivera.
Episode 1630 min2014-01-29
Episode 16
Teller; violinist Hilary Hahn.
Episode 1730 min2014-01-30
Episode 17
Writer Samuel G. Freedman and former NFL quarterback James "Shack" Harris.
Episode 1830 min2014-01-31
Episode 18
Tavis talks with Grammy Award–winning Beninoise singer-songwriter and activist Angélique Kidjo.
Episode 1930 min2014-02-03
Episode 19
Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967-2014) is remembered.
Episode 2030 min2014-02-04
Episode 20
International law expert Edwin Smith (USC); Béla Fleck.
Episode 2130 min2014-02-05
Episode 21
Dr. Alvaro Huerta; Shelby Lynne.
Episode 2230 min2014-02-06
Episode 22
Part 1 of 2 with Darlene Love and Merry Clayton.
Episode 2330 min2014-02-07
Episode 23
Conclusion. Darlene Love and Merry Clayton.
Episode 2430 min2014-02-10
Episode 24
Jamie Lee Curtis.
Episode 2530 min2014-02-11
Episode 25
Disney animator Floyd Norman.
Episode 2630 min2014-02-12
Episode 26
David Hyde Pierce.
Episode 2730 min2014-02-13
Episode 27
Chiwetel Ejiofor.
Episode 2830 min2014-02-14
Episode 28
Tavis talks with Joel Kinnaman and Joy Bryant.
Episode 2930 min2014-02-17
Episode 29
Tavis talks with P.J. O'Rourke and Amel Larrieux.
Episode 3030 min2014-02-18
Episode 30
Will Forte; Earl Klugh.
Episode 3130 min2014-02-19
Episode 31
Robert Greenwald; Dianne Reeves.
Episode 3230 min2014-02-20
Episode 32
Toni Braxton and Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds.
Episode 3330 min2014-02-21
Episode 33
Sam Polk (founder, Groceryships); Rhea Perlman.
Episode 3430 min2014-02-24
Episode 34
USC professor Robert English on the crisis in Ukraine. Also: actor and writer Steve Coogan.
Episode 3530 min2014-02-25
Episode 35
Harry Lennix.
Episode 3630 min2014-02-26
Episode 36
Physician David B. Agus; actress Julianne Nicholson.
Episode 3730 min2014-02-27
Episode 37
Forest Whitaker.
Episode 3830 min2014-02-28
Episode 38
A 2014 Academy Awards preview, featuring Oscar-nominated guests.
Episode 3930 min2014-03-03
Episode 39
Alicia Keys; Herb Alpert.
Episode 4030 min2014-03-04
Episode 40
Esa-Pekka Salonen; Wayne Shorter.
Episode 4130 min2014-03-05
Episode 41
Gregory Porter; Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite.
Episode 4230 min2014-03-06
Episode 42
Emeli Sandé; Robert Randolph.
Episode 4330 min2014-03-07
Episode 43
Tavis talks with Lawrence Brownlee and Shemekia Copeland.
Episode 4430 min2014-03-10
Episode 44
Scott Adams; Edwidge Danticat.
Episode 4530 min2014-03-11
Episode 45
Tavis talks with Eric Schlosser and Brian Jay Jones.
Episode 4630 min2014-03-12
Episode 46
Tavis talks with T.C. Boyle and Rick Najera.
Episode 4730 min2014-03-13
Episode 47
M. Night Shyamalan; Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
Episode 4830 min2014-03-14
Episode 48
Teller; Robert Hilburn.
Episode 4930 min2014-03-17
Episode 49
The allegation that the CIA searched Senate computers is discussed. Also: Marlee Matlin.
Episode 5030 min2014-03-18
Episode 50
Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman ("Harmony").
Episode 5130 min2014-03-19
Episode 51
Journalist Elizabeth Kolbert ("The Sixth Extinction"); comedian Greg Edwards.
Episode 5230 min2014-03-20
Episode 52
Author Peniel E. Joseph ("Stokely: A Life"); Martina McBride.
Episode 5330 min2014-03-21
Episode 53
Tim Conway.
Episode 5430 min2014-03-24
Episode 54
Bruce Jones (Brookings Institution); Dulé Hill and James Roday ("Pysch").
Episode 5530 min2014-03-25
Episode 55
Robert Reich; Benmont Tench.
Episode 5630 min2014-03-26
Episode 56
Errol Morris; Ledisi.
Episode 5730 min2014-03-27
Episode 57
Author Shyima Hall ("Hidden Girl").
Episode 5830 min2014-03-28
Episode 58
Author Miriam Pawel ("The Crusades of Cesar Chavez"); Stanley Jordan.
Episode 5930 min2014-03-31
Episode 59
Immigration issues are discussed with undocumented activist Erika Andiola and Marielena Hincapié? (National Immigration Law Center). Also: Nathan East.
Episode 6030 min2014-03-31
Episode 60
Author Clay Risen ("The Bill of the Century").
Episode 6130 min2014-04-01
Episode 61
Author Saladin Ambar ("Malcolm X at Oxford Union"); Zucchero Fornaciari.
Episode 6230 min2014-04-03
Episode 62
The real-life hero of Hotel Rwanda, Paul Rusesabagina, reflects on his experience, 20 years ago, during one of the worst mass slaughters in modern history.
Episode 6330 min2014-04-07
Episode 63
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (Council on Foreign Relations); hip-hop music artist Christylez Bacon.
Episode 6430 min2014-04-08
Episode 64
David Crosby.
Episode 6530 min2014-04-09
Episode 65
Frank Langella.
Episode 6630 min2014-04-10
Episode 66
Sociologist Katherine S. Newman ("The Accordion Family"); composer Hafez Nazeri.
Episode 6730 min2014-04-11
Episode 67
Stewart Copeland.
Episode 6830 min2014-04-14
Episode 68
Ken Burns.
Episode 6930 min2014-04-15
Episode 69
Rosanne Cash.
Episode 7030 min2014-04-16
Episode 70
Ed Catmull (Disney and Pixar Animation Studios); Tatiana Maslany.
Episode 7130 min2014-04-17
Episode 71
Jackie Collins.
Episode 7230 min2014-04-18
Episode 72
Environmental scientist Ken Caldeira (Stanford); author Philip Yancey ("The Jesus I Never Knew").
Episode 7330 min2014-04-21
Episode 73
The crisis in Ukraine is discussed with Robert English (USC School of International Relations). Also: Daniel Beaty.
Episode 7430 min2014-04-22
Episode 74
Tavis talks with Economist Joseph E. Stiglitz and Ian Somerhalder.
Episode 7530 min2014-04-23
Episode 75
Nas.
Episode 7630 min2014-04-24
Episode 76
Author Barbara Ehrenreich ("Living With a Wild God: A Nonbeliever's Search for the Truth About Everything"}.
Episode 7730 min2014-04-25
Episode 77
Economist William Easterly; L.A. Opera music director James Conlon.
Episode 7830 min2014-04-28
Episode 78
Mikhail Baryshnikov.
Episode 7930 min2014-04-29
Episode 79
Larry King.
Episode 8030 min2014-04-30
Episode 80
Robin Roberts.
Episode 8130 min2014-05-01
Episode 81
Author Sylvia Longmire ("Border Insecurity"); Harry Hamlin.
Episode 8230 min2014-05-02
Episode 82
Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong.
Episode 8330 min2014-05-05
Episode 83
Sen. Bernie Sanders (Ind.-Vt.); Carla Bruni.
Episode 8530 min2014-05-07
Episode 85
Vermont governor Peter Shumlin; Ken Cook (Environmental Working Group).
Episode 8630 min2014-05-08
Episode 86
Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.); Hugh Dancy.
Episode 8830 min2014-05-12
Episode 88
Ralph Nader; John Slattery.
Episode 8930 min2014-05-13
Episode 89
Journalist Jonathan M. Katz ("The Big Truck That Went By"); Connie Britton.
Episode 9030 min2014-05-14
Episode 90
Barbara Walters; Maurice Hines.
Episode 9130 min2014-05-15
Episode 91
Part 1 of 2. Mel Brooks.
Episode 9230 min2014-05-16
Episode 92
Conclusion. Mel Brooks.
Episode 9330 min2014-05-19
Episode 93
The abducted girls in Nigeria are discussed with journalist Omoyele Sowore and Amber Khan (Women for Women International).
Episode 9430 min2014-05-20
Episode 94
Renée Fleming.
Episode 9530 min2014-05-21
Episode 95
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.); Jim Parsons.
Episode 9630 min2014-05-22
Episode 96
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.); Jon Favreau.
Episode 9730 min2014-05-23
Episode 97
"Mad Men" creator Matthew Weiner.
Episode 9830 min2014-05-26
Episode 98
David Goodman (Andrew Goodman Foundation).
Episode 9930 min2014-05-27
Episode 99
Author Nell Bernstein ("Burning Down the House: The End of Juvenile Prison"); Ed O'Neill.
Episode 10030 min2014-05-28
Episode 100
A tribute to Maya Angelou (1928-2014). Also: Ziggy Marley.
Episode 10130 min2014-05-29
Episode 101
A tribute to Maya Angelou (1928-2014).
Episode 10230 min2014-05-30
Episode 102
Arianna Huffington; Brian Culbertson.
Episode 10330 min2014-06-02
Episode 103
Elizabeth Kolbert ("The Sixth Extinction"); Daniel Beaty.
Episode 10430 min2014-06-03
Episode 104
Ed Catmull (Pixar Animation Studios); Marlee Matlin.
Episode 10530 min2014-06-04
Episode 105
Ken Cook (Environmental Working Group); Earl Klugh.
Episode 10630 min2014-06-05
Episode 106
Peniel E. Joseph ("Stokely: A Life"); Tatiana Maslany.
Episode 10730 min2014-06-06
Episode 107
James Conlon; Ledisi.
Episode 10830 min2014-06-09
Episode 108
Immigration reform is discussed with Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Cal.) and Jersey Vargas, a 10-year-old California girl whose father faces deportation.
Episode 10930 min2014-06-10
Episode 109
Allison Janney.
Episode 11030 min2014-06-11
Episode 110
Dr. David B. Agus; Clark Gregg.
Episode 11130 min2014-06-12
Episode 111
A tribute to Ruby Dee (1922-2014).
Episode 11230 min2014-06-13
Episode 112
Rob and Carl Reiner.
Episode 11330 min2014-06-16
Episode 113
Former senator Joseph Lieberman; Toni Braxton.
Episode 11430 min2014-06-17
Episode 114
Tavis talks with Sebastian Junger and Carol Leifer.
Episode 11530 min2014-06-18
Episode 115
Author Nomi Prins ("All the Presidents' Bankers"); Noah Wyle.
Episode 11630 min2014-06-19
Episode 116
Educator-civil rights activist Bob Moses; documentarian Stanley Nelson ("Freedom Summer").
Episode 11730 min2014-06-20
Episode 117
One of the most famous chefs in the world, whose innovations have come to define modern American cooking, offers tips for losing weight and feeling energetic.
Episode 11830 min2014-06-23
Episode 118
Sociologist Jennifer Lee (UC Irvine); John Lloyd Young.
Episode 11930 min2014-06-24
Episode 119
Bill Medley of the Righteous Brothers.
Episode 12030 min2014-06-25
Episode 120
C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb.
Episode 12130 min2014-06-26
Episode 121
Paul Rieckhoff (Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America); bluesman Robert Cray.
Episode 12230 min2014-06-27
Episode 122
Dancer Charles "Lil Buck" Riley.
Episode 12330 min2014-06-30
Episode 123
Tavis talks with Ron Capps, founder of the Veterans Writing Project, and with 10-time Grammy-winning trumpet legend Arturo Sandoval.
Episode 12430 min2014-07-01
Episode 124
Tavis talks with six-time Emmy-nominated British actor and musician Hugh Laurie.
Episode 12530 min2014-07-02
Episode 125
Tavis talks with best-selling authors Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner and with an original Dreamgirl, Jennifer Holliday.
Episode 12630 min2014-07-03
Episode 126
Tavis talks with former astronaut Buzz Aldrin and with Chaz Ebert about the documentary on her late husband, entitled Life Itself.
Episode 12730 min2014-07-04
Episode 127
Tavis talks with Michael Levi and Elizabeth Economy about their text on China and with award-winning singer-songwriter Yuna.
Episode 12830 min2014-07-07
Episode 128
Law professor Melissa Murray; Jason Biggs.
Episode 12930 min2014-07-08
Episode 129
Beau Bridges.
Episode 13130 min2014-07-10
Episode 131
Journalist Alex Tizon ("Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Self"); Sister Simone Campbell, the executive director of NETWORK.
Episode 13230 min2014-07-11
Episode 132
Neurologist Stanley B. Prusiner ("Madness and Memory"); Demián Bichir.
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