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 11
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Episode 1
Kenny Loggins.
Dec 23, 2013 -
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Episode 2
Joshua Bell.
Dec 24, 2013 -
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Episode 3
Dr. Benjamin Barber; Mary McDonnell.
Jan 9, 2014 -
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Episode 4
Sociologist Michael Kimmel ("Angry White Men").
Jan 13, 2014 -
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Episode 5
Barkhad Abdi; Lupita Nyong'o.
Jan 14, 2014 -
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Episode 6
Bruce Dern.
Jan 15, 2014 -
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Episode 7
Don Cheadle.
Jan 16, 2014 -
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Episode 8
Kenneth Branagh.
Jan 17, 2014 -
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Episode 9
Part 1 of 2. "MLK: A Call to Conscience."
Jan 20, 2014 -
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Episode 10
Conclusion. "MLK: A Call to Conscience."
Jan 21, 2014 -
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Episode 11
Julie Delpy; Robert Hilburn.
Jan 22, 2014 -
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Episode 12
Joseph Gordon-Levitt; Gloria Gaynor.
Jan 23, 2014 -
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Episode 13
Itzhak Perlman.
Jan 24, 2014 -
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Episode 14
L.A. mayor Eric Garcetti; Chideo founder Todd Wagner.
Jan 27, 2014 -
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Episode 15
Chita Rivera.
Jan 28, 2014 -
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Episode 16
Teller; violinist Hilary Hahn.
Jan 29, 2014 -
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Episode 17
Writer Samuel G. Freedman and former NFL quarterback James "Shack" Harris.
Jan 30, 2014 -
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Episode 18
Tavis talks with Grammy Award–winning Beninoise singer-songwriter and activist Angélique Kidjo.
Jan 31, 2014 -
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Episode 19
Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967-2014) is remembered.
Feb 3, 2014 -
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Episode 20
International law expert Edwin Smith (USC); Béla Fleck.
Feb 4, 2014 -
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Episode 21
Dr. Alvaro Huerta; Shelby Lynne.
Feb 5, 2014 -
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Episode 22
Part 1 of 2 with Darlene Love and Merry Clayton.
Feb 6, 2014 -
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Episode 23
Conclusion. Darlene Love and Merry Clayton.
Feb 7, 2014 -
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Episode 24
Jamie Lee Curtis.
Feb 10, 2014 -
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Episode 25
Disney animator Floyd Norman.
Feb 11, 2014 -
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Episode 26
David Hyde Pierce.
Feb 12, 2014 -
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Episode 27
Chiwetel Ejiofor.
Feb 13, 2014 -
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Episode 28
Tavis talks with Joel Kinnaman and Joy Bryant.
Feb 14, 2014 -
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Episode 29
Tavis talks with P.J. O'Rourke and Amel Larrieux.
Feb 17, 2014 -
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Episode 30
Will Forte; Earl Klugh.
Feb 18, 2014 -
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Episode 31
Robert Greenwald; Dianne Reeves.
Feb 19, 2014 -
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Episode 32
Toni Braxton and Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds.
Feb 20, 2014 -
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Episode 33
Sam Polk (founder, Groceryships); Rhea Perlman.
Feb 21, 2014 -
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Episode 34
USC professor Robert English on the crisis in Ukraine. Also: actor and writer Steve Coogan.
Feb 24, 2014 -
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Episode 35
Harry Lennix.
Feb 25, 2014 -
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Episode 36
Physician David B. Agus; actress Julianne Nicholson.
Feb 26, 2014 -
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Episode 37
Forest Whitaker.
Feb 27, 2014 -
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Episode 38
A 2014 Academy Awards preview, featuring Oscar-nominated guests.
Feb 28, 2014 -
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Episode 39
Alicia Keys; Herb Alpert.
Mar 3, 2014 -
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Episode 40
Esa-Pekka Salonen; Wayne Shorter.
Mar 4, 2014 -
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Episode 41
Gregory Porter; Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite.
Mar 5, 2014 -
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Episode 42
Emeli Sandé; Robert Randolph.
Mar 6, 2014 -
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Episode 43
Tavis talks with Lawrence Brownlee and Shemekia Copeland.
Mar 7, 2014 -
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Episode 44
Scott Adams; Edwidge Danticat.
Mar 10, 2014 -
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Episode 45
Tavis talks with Eric Schlosser and Brian Jay Jones.
Mar 11, 2014 -
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Episode 46
Tavis talks with T.C. Boyle and Rick Najera.
Mar 12, 2014 -
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Episode 47
M. Night Shyamalan; Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
Mar 13, 2014 -
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Episode 48
Teller; Robert Hilburn.
Mar 14, 2014 -
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Episode 49
The allegation that the CIA searched Senate computers is discussed. Also: Marlee Matlin.
Mar 17, 2014 -
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Episode 50
Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman ("Harmony").
Mar 18, 2014 -
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Episode 51
Journalist Elizabeth Kolbert ("The Sixth Extinction"); comedian Greg Edwards.
Mar 19, 2014 -
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Episode 52
Author Peniel E. Joseph ("Stokely: A Life"); Martina McBride.
Mar 20, 2014 -
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Episode 53
Tim Conway.
Mar 21, 2014 -
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Episode 54
Bruce Jones (Brookings Institution); Dulé Hill and James Roday ("Pysch").
Mar 24, 2014 -
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Episode 55
Robert Reich; Benmont Tench.
Mar 25, 2014 -
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Episode 56
Errol Morris; Ledisi.
Mar 26, 2014 -
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Episode 57
Author Shyima Hall ("Hidden Girl").
Mar 27, 2014 -
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Episode 58
Author Miriam Pawel ("The Crusades of Cesar Chavez"); Stanley Jordan.
Mar 28, 2014 -
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Episode 59
Immigration issues are discussed with undocumented activist Erika Andiola and Marielena Hincapié? (National Immigration Law Center). Also: Nathan East.
Mar 31, 2014 -
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Episode 60
Author Clay Risen ("The Bill of the Century").
Mar 31, 2014 -
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Episode 61
Author Saladin Ambar ("Malcolm X at Oxford Union"); Zucchero Fornaciari.
Apr 1, 2014 -
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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.
Apr 3, 2014 -
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Episode 63
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (Council on Foreign Relations); hip-hop music artist Christylez Bacon.
Apr 7, 2014 -
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Episode 64
David Crosby.
Apr 8, 2014 -
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Episode 65
Frank Langella.
Apr 9, 2014 -
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Episode 66
Sociologist Katherine S. Newman ("The Accordion Family"); composer Hafez Nazeri.
Apr 10, 2014 -
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Episode 67
Stewart Copeland.
Apr 11, 2014 -
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Episode 68
Ken Burns.
Apr 14, 2014 -
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Episode 69
Rosanne Cash.
Apr 15, 2014 -
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Episode 70
Ed Catmull (Disney and Pixar Animation Studios); Tatiana Maslany.
Apr 16, 2014 -
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Episode 71
Jackie Collins.
Apr 17, 2014 -
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Episode 72
Environmental scientist Ken Caldeira (Stanford); author Philip Yancey ("The Jesus I Never Knew").
Apr 18, 2014 -
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Episode 73
The crisis in Ukraine is discussed with Robert English (USC School of International Relations). Also: Daniel Beaty.
Apr 21, 2014 -
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Episode 74
Tavis talks with Economist Joseph E. Stiglitz and Ian Somerhalder.
Apr 22, 2014 -
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Episode 75
Nas.
Apr 23, 2014 -
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Episode 76
Author Barbara Ehrenreich ("Living With a Wild God: A Nonbeliever's Search for the Truth About Everything"}.
Apr 24, 2014 -
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Episode 77
Economist William Easterly; L.A. Opera music director James Conlon.
Apr 25, 2014 -
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Episode 78
Mikhail Baryshnikov.
Apr 28, 2014 -
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Episode 79
Larry King.
Apr 29, 2014 -
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Episode 80
Robin Roberts.
Apr 30, 2014 -
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Episode 81
Author Sylvia Longmire ("Border Insecurity"); Harry Hamlin.
May 1, 2014 -
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Episode 82
Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong.
May 2, 2014 -
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Episode 83
Sen. Bernie Sanders (Ind.-Vt.); Carla Bruni.
May 5, 2014 -
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Episode 85
Vermont governor Peter Shumlin; Ken Cook (Environmental Working Group).
May 7, 2014 -
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Episode 86
Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.); Hugh Dancy.
May 8, 2014 -
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Episode 88
Ralph Nader; John Slattery.
May 12, 2014 -
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Episode 89
Journalist Jonathan M. Katz ("The Big Truck That Went By"); Connie Britton.
May 13, 2014 -
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Episode 90
Barbara Walters; Maurice Hines.
May 14, 2014 -
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Episode 91
Part 1 of 2. Mel Brooks.
May 15, 2014 -
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Episode 92
Conclusion. Mel Brooks.
May 16, 2014 -
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Episode 93
The abducted girls in Nigeria are discussed with journalist Omoyele Sowore and Amber Khan (Women for Women International).
May 19, 2014 -
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Episode 94
Renée Fleming.
May 20, 2014 -
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Episode 95
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.); Jim Parsons.
May 21, 2014 -
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Episode 96
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.); Jon Favreau.
May 22, 2014 -
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Episode 97
"Mad Men" creator Matthew Weiner.
May 23, 2014 -
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Episode 98
David Goodman (Andrew Goodman Foundation).
May 26, 2014 -
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Episode 99
Author Nell Bernstein ("Burning Down the House: The End of Juvenile Prison"); Ed O'Neill.
May 27, 2014 -
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Episode 100
A tribute to Maya Angelou (1928-2014). Also: Ziggy Marley.
May 28, 2014 -
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Episode 101
A tribute to Maya Angelou (1928-2014).
May 29, 2014 -
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Episode 102
Arianna Huffington; Brian Culbertson.
May 30, 2014 -
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Episode 103
Elizabeth Kolbert ("The Sixth Extinction"); Daniel Beaty.
Jun 2, 2014 -
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Episode 104
Ed Catmull (Pixar Animation Studios); Marlee Matlin.
Jun 3, 2014 -
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Episode 105
Ken Cook (Environmental Working Group); Earl Klugh.
Jun 4, 2014 -
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Episode 106
Peniel E. Joseph ("Stokely: A Life"); Tatiana Maslany.
Jun 5, 2014 -
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Episode 107
James Conlon; Ledisi.
Jun 6, 2014 -
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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.
Jun 9, 2014 -
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Episode 109
Allison Janney.
Jun 10, 2014 -
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Episode 110
Dr. David B. Agus; Clark Gregg.
Jun 11, 2014 -
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Episode 111
A tribute to Ruby Dee (1922-2014).
Jun 12, 2014 -
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Episode 112
Rob and Carl Reiner.
Jun 13, 2014 -
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Episode 113
Former senator Joseph Lieberman; Toni Braxton.
Jun 16, 2014 -
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Episode 114
Tavis talks with Sebastian Junger and Carol Leifer.
Jun 17, 2014 -
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Episode 115
Author Nomi Prins ("All the Presidents' Bankers"); Noah Wyle.
Jun 18, 2014 -
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Episode 116
Educator-civil rights activist Bob Moses; documentarian Stanley Nelson ("Freedom Summer").
Jun 19, 2014 -
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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.
Jun 20, 2014 -
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Episode 118
Sociologist Jennifer Lee (UC Irvine); John Lloyd Young.
Jun 23, 2014 -
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Episode 119
Bill Medley of the Righteous Brothers.
Jun 24, 2014 -
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Episode 120
C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb.
Jun 25, 2014 -
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Episode 121
Paul Rieckhoff (Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America); bluesman Robert Cray.
Jun 26, 2014 -
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Episode 122
Dancer Charles "Lil Buck" Riley.
Jun 27, 2014 -
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Episode 123
Tavis talks with Ron Capps, founder of the Veterans Writing Project, and with 10-time Grammy-winning trumpet legend Arturo Sandoval.
Jun 30, 2014 -
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Episode 124
Tavis talks with six-time Emmy-nominated British actor and musician Hugh Laurie.
Jul 1, 2014 -
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Episode 125
Tavis talks with best-selling authors Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner and with an original Dreamgirl, Jennifer Holliday.
Jul 2, 2014 -
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Episode 126
Tavis talks with former astronaut Buzz Aldrin and with Chaz Ebert about the documentary on her late husband, entitled Life Itself.
Jul 3, 2014 -
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Episode 127
Tavis talks with Michael Levi and Elizabeth Economy about their text on China and with award-winning singer-songwriter Yuna.
Jul 4, 2014 -
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Episode 128
Law professor Melissa Murray; Jason Biggs.
Jul 7, 2014 -
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Episode 129
Beau Bridges.
Jul 8, 2014 -
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Episode 131
Journalist Alex Tizon ("Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Self"); Sister Simone Campbell, the executive director of NETWORK.
Jul 10, 2014 -
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Episode 132
Neurologist Stanley B. Prusiner ("Madness and Memory"); Demián Bichir.
Jul 11, 2014
