Tavis Smiley
Tavis Smiley features a unique mix of news and pop culture to combine for one thought-provoking and entertaining program. A hybrid of news, issues and entertainment, it features interviews with artists, activists, newsmakers, politicians and everyday people. Since its first season, the show has won four NAACP Image Awards for "Outstanding Television, News, Talk, or Information (Series or Special)." Taped at KCET studios, Tavis Smiley is the first West Coast talk show for PBS and is produced by The Smiley Group Inc./TS Media Inc. in association with KCET/Hollywood.
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Season 6
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Kristin Scott Thomas, Don Guter
Jan 26, 2009 -
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Stephen J. Cannell, Janis Kearney
Jan 27, 2009 -
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Sen. Roland Burris, M.I.A.
Jan 28, 2009 -
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Mickey Rourke
Jan 29, 2009 -
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Danny Boyle
Jan 30, 2009 -
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Dr. Martin Indyk, Viola Davis
Feb 2, 2009 -
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Garry Shandling
Feb 3, 2009 -
8
E8
Sean Penn
Feb 4, 2009 -
9
E9
Danny Glover, Q-Tip
Feb 5, 2009 -
10
E10
Ashford & Simpson
Feb 6, 2009 -
11
E11
Suze Orman
Feb 9, 2009 -
12
E12
Melissa Leo, Carlos Moore
Feb 10, 2009 -
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E13
Greg Mortenson, Sen. Robert Menendez
Feb 11, 2009 -
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E14
Graham Nash
Feb 12, 2009 -
15
E15
Neil deGrasse Tyson, David Denby
Feb 13, 2009 -
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E16
Former President Jimmy Carter
Feb 16, 2009 -
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E17
Lamont Dozier, Raphael Saadiq
Feb 17, 2009 -
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E18
Dr. Palitha Kohona, Ravi Nessman
Feb 18, 2009 -
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2009 Oscar nominees
Feb 19, 2009 -
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Joan Baez
Feb 20, 2009 -
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E21
T.C. Boyle
Feb 23, 2009 -
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E22
Esperanza Spalding, Adam Cohen
Feb 24, 2009 -
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E23
Bill Maher
Feb 25, 2009 -
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E24
Bryan Cranston, Becky Quick
Feb 26, 2009 -
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E25
Jeffrey Sachs, T.C. Boyle
Feb 27, 2009 -
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E26
Neko Case, Rep. Marsha Blackburn
Mar 9, 2009 -
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E27
Ian McShane, Thomas Ricks
Mar 10, 2009 -
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E28
Robert Gates
Mar 11, 2009 -
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E29
Gov. Jennifer Granholm, Noah Wyle
Mar 12, 2009 -
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E30
Felicity Huffman, Tony Dungy
Mar 13, 2009 -
31
E31
Dan Baum, Bill Paxton
Mar 16, 2009 -
32
E32
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, Bobby Womack
Mar 17, 2009 -
33
E33
Timothy Hutton, Thomas P.M. Barnett
Mar 18, 2009 -
34
E34
Tricia Rose, Zoe Heller
Mar 19, 2009 -
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E35
Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Michael McKean
Mar 20, 2009 -
36
E36
Simon Baker, Newt Gingrich
Mar 23, 2009 -
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E37
Dr. Keith Black, The-Dream
Mar 24, 2009 -
38
E38
A tribute to John Hope Franklin
Mar 25, 2009 -
39
E39
Carla Harris, Bobby Cannavale
Mar 26, 2009 -
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E40
Judith Jamison, Israel Houghton
Mar 28, 2009 -
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E41
Judith Jamison
Mar 27, 2009 -
42
E42
Emmanuel Jal, Sen. Kent Conrad
Mar 30, 2009 -
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E43
Jaime Pressly, William Cohan
Mar 31, 2009 -
44
E44
A tribute to Marvin Gaye
Apr 1, 2009 -
45
E45
Carlos Santana
Apr 2, 2009 -
46
E46
Israel Houghton, Seth Davis
Apr 3, 2009 -
47
E47
Kevin Spacey
Apr 6, 2009 -
48
E48
Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
Apr 7, 2009 -
49
E49
Ray Liotta, Gary Locke
Apr 8, 2009 -
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E50
James Ingram, Nandan Nilekani
Apr 9, 2009 -
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E51
Mark Robert Waldman
Apr 10, 2009 -
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E52
Rep. Henry Waxman, Idris Elba
Apr 13, 2009 -
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E53
Abraham Verghese, Labelle
Apr 14, 2009 -
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E54
Anna Paquin, Robert Greenwald
Apr 15, 2009 -
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E55
Dara Torres, India.Arie
Apr 16, 2009 -
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E56
Sgt. Juan Luis Alcivar
Apr 17, 2009 -
57
E57
Rep. Barney Frank, Hugh Masekela
Apr 20, 2009 -
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E58
Wangari Maathai
Apr 21, 2009 -
59
E59
Leslie Gelb, David Brenner
Apr 22, 2009 -
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E60
Sgt. Juan Luis Alcivar, Anika Noni Rose
Apr 23, 2009 -
61
E61
Tracey Ullman
Apr 24, 2009 -
62
E62
Prince
Apr 27, 2009 -
63
E63
Bria Valente, Prince
Apr 28, 2009 -
64
E64
Kristin Chenoweth, Roger Wilkins
Apr 29, 2009 -
65
E65
Joshua Cooper Ramo, Mike Krzyzewski
Apr 30, 2009 -
66
E66
Mary Higgins Clark
May 1, 2009 -
67
E67
Thomas Cahill, Ziggy Marley
May 4, 2009 -
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E68
Sam Haskell, Donald Faison
May 5, 2009 -
69
E69
Darryl Strawberry
May 6, 2009 -
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E70
Dr. Walter Earl Fluker, Patti Davis
May 7, 2009 -
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E71
J.J. Abrams
May 8, 2009 -
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Joe Queenan, Dr. William Baker
May 11, 2009 -
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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Baron Davis, Stacy Peralta
May 12, 2009 -
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Steve Earle, John Harwood
May 13, 2009 -
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Maxwell, Michael Fauntroy
May 14, 2009 -
76
E76
Steve Zahn, Brendan Gleeson
May 15, 2009 -
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E77
Earth, Wind & Fire, Richard Haass
May 18, 2009 -
78
E78
Steve Martin
May 19, 2009 -
79
E79
Reza Aslan, Common
May 20, 2009 -
80
E80
Ed Asner
May 21, 2009 -
81
E81
Bill Russell
May 22, 2009 -
82
E82
Mandy Moore, Cesar Perales
Jun 1, 2009 -
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E83
Norman Lear
Jun 2, 2009 -
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E84
Edie Falco, Paul Ingrassia
Jun 3, 2009 -
85
E85
Vernon Jordan
Jun 4, 2009 -
86
E86
Nia Vardalos, Azadeh Moaveni
Jun 5, 2009 -
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E87
Kevin Bacon, Dave Bing
Jun 8, 2009 -
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E88
Nanci Griffith, Mary Frances Berry
Jun 9, 2009 -
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E89
Joe Scarborough, Sharon Jones
Jun 10, 2009 -
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E90
Larry King
Jun 11, 2009 -
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E91
Colson Whitehead, Della Reese
Jun 12, 2009 -
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E92
Karen Bass, Mary McCormack
Jun 15, 2009 -
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E93
Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Marina Nemat
Jun 16, 2009 -
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E94
Chris Noth, Ali Sethi
Jun 17, 2009 -
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Roseanne Barr
Jun 18, 2009 -
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Luma Mufleh, Rick Steves
Jun 19, 2009 -
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E97
Trita Parsi, Hilda Solis
Jun 22, 2009 -
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Francis Ford Coppola
Jun 23, 2009 -
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Francis Ford Coppola, Femi Kuti
Jun 24, 2009 -
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E100
Mary Mary
Jun 25, 2009 -
101
E101
Katty Kay, Paul Giamatti
Jun 26, 2009 -
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E102
A tribute to Michael Jackson, Berry Gordy
Jun 29, 2009 -
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E103
Michael Eric Dyson, Dr. Cornel West
Jun 30, 2009 -
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E104
Shohreh Aghdashloo, Roger Cohen
Jul 1, 2009 -
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E105
Bill Pullman, Debo Adegbile
Jul 2, 2009 -
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E106
Jane Mayer, Malina Saval
Jul 3, 2009 -
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E107
Jeremy Renner, David Ignatius
Jul 6, 2009 -
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E108
Berry Gordy, the Homemade Jamz Blues Band
Jul 7, 2009 -
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E109
Lisa Kudrow, Mayor James Young
Jul 8, 2009 -
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E110
Peter Peterson, Dr. Michael Roizen
Jul 9, 2009 -
111
E111
Dr. Olufunmilayo Olopade, Jessica Queller, Diahann Carroll
Jul 10, 2009 -
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E112
Jay Leno
Aug 10, 2009 -
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E113
Mark Johnson, Jay Leno
Aug 11, 2009 -
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E114
Corneille, Rep. Baron Hill
Aug 12, 2009 -
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Biz Stone, Gloria Reuben
Aug 13, 2009 -
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Davis Guggenheim, David Faber
Aug 14, 2009 -
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E117
Dylan McDermott, Warren Moon
Aug 17, 2009 -
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E118
Smokey Robinson
Aug 18, 2009 -
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E119
Howard Dean, a tribute to Don Hewitt
Aug 19, 2009 -
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Arne Duncan, Benjamin Barber
Aug 20, 2009 -
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E121
Alexis Bledel, Stan Brock
Aug 21, 2009 -
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E122
Quentin Tarantino
Aug 24, 2009 -
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E123
Reba McEntire, Dean Koontz
Aug 25, 2009 -
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E124
Rep. John Lewis, Vernon Jordan
Aug 26, 2009 -
125
E125
Ron Williams, Eric Sundquist
Aug 27, 2009 -
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E126
Josh Charles, Douglas Brinkley
Aug 28, 2009 -
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E127
Doug Pray, Robert Baer
Aug 31, 2009 -
128
E128
Alex S. Jones, Mekhi Phifer
Sep 1, 2009 -
129
E129
Ledisi, Peter Baker
Sep 2, 2009 -
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E130
George Foreman, Fred Kaplan
Sep 3, 2009 -
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E131
Terence Blanchard
Sep 4, 2009 -
132
E132
Smokey Robinson
Sep 7, 2009 -
134
E134
Ken Burns
Sep 15, 2009 -
135
E135
Ted Kennedy Jr.
Sep 16, 2009 -
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E136
R. Dwayne Betts
Sep 17, 2009 -
137
E137
Jenna Elfman, Matthew Weiner
Sep 18, 2009 -
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E139
Herb Alpert, Lani Hall
Sep 22, 2009 -
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E140
David Duchovny, Rep. Mike Pence
Sep 23, 2009 -
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E141
Dr. Yvonne Sanders-Butler, Michael Strahan, Daryl Mitchell
Sep 24, 2009 -
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E143
Ken Burns
Sep 28, 2009 -
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E144
Michael Moore
Sep 29, 2009 -
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E145
Tom Ridge, Adam Arkin
Sep 30, 2009 -
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E146
Rodrigo y Gabriela, James Brown
Oct 1, 2009 -
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E148
Max Blumenthal, Michael C. Hall
Oct 5, 2009 -
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E149
Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., George Benson
Oct 6, 2009 -
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E151
Dr. Cornel West
Oct 8, 2009 -
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E152
Karen Armstrong, Nick Hornby
Oct 9, 2009 -
153
E153
Michael Sheen, Aaron S. Williams
Oct 12, 2009 -
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E154
James Ellroy, Sen. Bill Nelson
Oct 13, 2009 -
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E156
Pete Escovedo, Sheila E.
Oct 15, 2009 -
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E157
Dr. Terrence Roberts, Joshua Bell
Oct 16, 2009 -
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E158
Amb. Michael Oren, Michael Chabon
Oct 19, 2009 -
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E159
Michelle Monaghan, Vali Nasr
Oct 20, 2009 -
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E160
Rep. Ron Paul, Bob Herbert
Oct 21, 2009 -
161
E161
Anthony Edwards, The RZA
Oct 22, 2009 -
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E162
Andy Williams
Oct 23, 2009 -
163
E163
Malcolm Gladwell, Robin D.G. Kelley
Oct 26, 2009 -
164
E164
Haleh Esfandiari, Nicholas Kristof
Oct 27, 2009 -
166
E166
Dr. Ruth Simmons
Oct 29, 2009 -
167
E167
Marcus Roberts, Edward Norton
Oct 30, 2009 -
168
E168
Kris Kristofferson
Nov 2, 2009 -
169
E169
Nomi Prins, the Swell Season
Nov 3, 2009 -
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E171
Lee Eisenberg, Susie Essman
Nov 5, 2009 -
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E172
Mitch Albom, Chiwetel Ejiofor
Nov 6, 2009 -
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E173
Andrew Ross Sorkin, Lang Lang
Nov 9, 2009 -
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E174
Max Cleland, Amerie
Nov 10, 2009 -
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E176
Bruce Feiler
Nov 12, 2009 -
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E177
Lance Reddick, Jason Zweig
Nov 13, 2009 -
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E178
Dan Senor, Gail Collins
Nov 16, 2009 -
179
E179
Harry Connick Jr.
Nov 17, 2009 -
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E180
Paul Mooney
Nov 18, 2009 -
181
E181
Andre Agassi
Nov 19, 2009 -
182
E182
50 Cent
Nov 20, 2009 -
183
E183
Dave Matthews
Nov 25, 2009 -
184
E184
Viggo Mortensen
Nov 30, 2009 -
185
E185
Ali Eteraz, Angie Stone
Dec 1, 2009 -
186
E186
Amy Goodman, Jason Schwartzman
Dec 2, 2009 -
187
E187
Malcolm Gladwell, Robin D.G. Kelley
Dec 3, 2009 -
188
E188
Dr. Ruth Simmons
Dec 4, 2009 -
189
E189
Ann Louise Bardach, Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.
Dec 7, 2009 -
190
E190
Yo-Yo Ma
Dec 8, 2009 -
191
E191
Gov. David Paterson, Fred Willard
Dec 9, 2009 -
192
E192
Morgan Freeman
Dec 10, 2009 -
194
E194
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeff Bridges, Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec 14, 2009 -
195
E195
Boyz II Men, Ann Louise Bardach
Dec 15, 2009 -
196
E196
Gov. Ed Rendell, Shirley Caesar
Dec 16, 2009 -
197
E197
James Cameron
Dec 17, 2009 -
198
E198
Kenneth Wade, James Bradley
Dec 18, 2009 -
199
E199
Mary J. Blige
Dec 21, 2009 -
200
E200
Youth Leadership Panel with Eduardo Campos, Kate Sim, Cortlan Wickliff, Kimberly Anyadike, Galen Dodd & Rocio Ortega
Dec 22, 2009 -
201
E201
Alan Alda, Tobey Maguire
Jan 11, 2010 -
202
E202
Sandra Bullock
Jan 12, 2010 -
203
E203
Joe Torre
Jan 13, 2010 -
204
E204
Rosanne Cash
Jan 14, 2010 -
205
E205
Bob Newhart, Dan Balz
Jan 15, 2010 -
207
E207
Nicole Lee, Jim Wallis
Jan 19, 2010 -
208
E208
Jason Reitman, Walter Isaacson
Jan 20, 2010 -
209
E209
Marion Cotillard, Robert Lacey
Jan 21, 2010 -
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Keri Russell, Paul Ingrassia
Jan 22, 2010
