Tavis Smiley Season 11, Episode 1: Episode 1

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Episode 1

Kenny Loggins.

30 min

2

Episode 2

Joshua Bell.

30 min

3

Episode 3

Dr. Benjamin Barber; Mary McDonnell.

30 min

4

Episode 4

Sociologist Michael Kimmel ("Angry White Men").

30 min

5

Episode 5

Barkhad Abdi; Lupita Nyong'o.

30 min

6

Episode 6

Bruce Dern.

30 min

7

Episode 7

Don Cheadle.

30 min

8

Episode 8

Kenneth Branagh.

30 min

9

Episode 9

Part 1 of 2. "MLK: A Call to Conscience."

30 min

10

Episode 10

Conclusion. "MLK: A Call to Conscience."

30 min

11

Episode 11

Julie Delpy; Robert Hilburn.

30 min

12

Episode 12

Joseph Gordon-Levitt; Gloria Gaynor.

30 min

13

Episode 13

Itzhak Perlman.

30 min

14

Episode 14

L.A. mayor Eric Garcetti; Chideo founder Todd Wagner.

30 min

15

Episode 15

Chita Rivera.

30 min

16

Episode 16

Teller; violinist Hilary Hahn.

30 min

17

Episode 17

Writer Samuel G. Freedman and former NFL quarterback James "Shack" Harris.

30 min

18

Episode 18

Tavis talks with Grammy Award–winning Beninoise singer-songwriter and activist Angélique Kidjo.

30 min

19

Episode 19

Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967-2014) is remembered.

30 min

20

Episode 20

International law expert Edwin Smith (USC); Béla Fleck.

30 min

21

Episode 21

Dr. Alvaro Huerta; Shelby Lynne.

30 min

22

Episode 22

Part 1 of 2 with Darlene Love and Merry Clayton.

30 min

23

Episode 23

Conclusion. Darlene Love and Merry Clayton.

30 min

24

Episode 24

Jamie Lee Curtis.

30 min

25

Episode 25

Disney animator Floyd Norman.

30 min

26

Episode 26

David Hyde Pierce.

30 min

27

Episode 27

Chiwetel Ejiofor.

30 min

28

Episode 28

Tavis talks with Joel Kinnaman and Joy Bryant.

30 min

29

Episode 29

Tavis talks with P.J. O'Rourke and Amel Larrieux.

30 min

30

Episode 30

Will Forte; Earl Klugh.

30 min

31

Episode 31

Robert Greenwald; Dianne Reeves.

30 min

32

Episode 32

Toni Braxton and Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds.

30 min

33

Episode 33

Sam Polk (founder, Groceryships); Rhea Perlman.

30 min

34

Episode 34

USC professor Robert English on the crisis in Ukraine. Also: actor and writer Steve Coogan.

30 min

35

Episode 35

Harry Lennix.

30 min

36

Episode 36

Physician David B. Agus; actress Julianne Nicholson.

30 min

37

Episode 37

Forest Whitaker.

30 min

38

Episode 38

A 2014 Academy Awards preview, featuring Oscar-nominated guests.

30 min

39

Episode 39

Alicia Keys; Herb Alpert.

30 min

40

Episode 40

Esa-Pekka Salonen; Wayne Shorter.

30 min

41

Episode 41

Gregory Porter; Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite.

30 min

42

Episode 42

Emeli Sandé; Robert Randolph.

30 min

43

Episode 43

Tavis talks with Lawrence Brownlee and Shemekia Copeland.

30 min

44

Episode 44

Scott Adams; Edwidge Danticat.

30 min

45

Episode 45

Tavis talks with Eric Schlosser and Brian Jay Jones.

30 min

46

Episode 46

Tavis talks with T.C. Boyle and Rick Najera.

30 min

47

Episode 47

M. Night Shyamalan; Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

30 min

48

Episode 48

Teller; Robert Hilburn.

30 min

49

Episode 49

The allegation that the CIA searched Senate computers is discussed. Also: Marlee Matlin.

30 min

50

Episode 50

Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman ("Harmony").

30 min

51

Episode 51

Journalist Elizabeth Kolbert ("The Sixth Extinction"); comedian Greg Edwards.

30 min

52

Episode 52

Author Peniel E. Joseph ("Stokely: A Life"); Martina McBride.

30 min

53

Episode 53

Tim Conway.

30 min

54

Episode 54

Bruce Jones (Brookings Institution); Dulé Hill and James Roday ("Pysch").

30 min

55

Episode 55

Robert Reich; Benmont Tench.

30 min

56

Episode 56

Errol Morris; Ledisi.

30 min

57

Episode 57

Author Shyima Hall ("Hidden Girl").

30 min

58

Episode 58

Author Miriam Pawel ("The Crusades of Cesar Chavez"); Stanley Jordan.

30 min

59

Episode 59

Immigration issues are discussed with undocumented activist Erika Andiola and Marielena Hincapié? (National Immigration Law Center). Also: Nathan East.

30 min

60

Episode 60

Author Clay Risen ("The Bill of the Century").

30 min

61

Episode 61

Author Saladin Ambar ("Malcolm X at Oxford Union"); Zucchero Fornaciari.

30 min

62

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.

30 min

63

Episode 63

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (Council on Foreign Relations); hip-hop music artist Christylez Bacon.

30 min

64

Episode 64

David Crosby.

30 min

65

Episode 65

Frank Langella.

30 min

66

Episode 66

Sociologist Katherine S. Newman ("The Accordion Family"); composer Hafez Nazeri.

30 min

67

Episode 67

Stewart Copeland.

30 min

68

Episode 68

Ken Burns.

30 min

69

Episode 69

Rosanne Cash.

30 min

70

Episode 70

Ed Catmull (Disney and Pixar Animation Studios); Tatiana Maslany.

30 min

71

Episode 71

Jackie Collins.

30 min

72

Episode 72

Environmental scientist Ken Caldeira (Stanford); author Philip Yancey ("The Jesus I Never Knew").

30 min

73

Episode 73

The crisis in Ukraine is discussed with Robert English (USC School of International Relations). Also: Daniel Beaty.

30 min

74

Episode 74

Tavis talks with Economist Joseph E. Stiglitz and Ian Somerhalder.

30 min

75

Episode 75

Nas.

30 min

76

Episode 76

Author Barbara Ehrenreich ("Living With a Wild God: A Nonbeliever's Search for the Truth About Everything"}.

30 min

77

Episode 77

Economist William Easterly; L.A. Opera music director James Conlon.

30 min

78

Episode 78

Mikhail Baryshnikov.

30 min

79

Episode 79

Larry King.

30 min

80

Episode 80

Robin Roberts.

30 min

81

Episode 81

Author Sylvia Longmire ("Border Insecurity"); Harry Hamlin.

30 min

82

Episode 82

Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong.

30 min

83

Episode 83

Sen. Bernie Sanders (Ind.-Vt.); Carla Bruni.

30 min

85

Episode 85

Vermont governor Peter Shumlin; Ken Cook (Environmental Working Group).

30 min

86

Episode 86

Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.); Hugh Dancy.

30 min

88

Episode 88

Ralph Nader; John Slattery.

30 min

89

Episode 89

Journalist Jonathan M. Katz ("The Big Truck That Went By"); Connie Britton.

30 min

90

Episode 90

Barbara Walters; Maurice Hines.

30 min

91

Episode 91

Part 1 of 2. Mel Brooks.

30 min

92

Episode 92

Conclusion. Mel Brooks.

30 min

93

Episode 93

The abducted girls in Nigeria are discussed with journalist Omoyele Sowore and Amber Khan (Women for Women International).

30 min

94

Episode 94

Renée Fleming.

30 min

95

Episode 95

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.); Jim Parsons.

30 min

96

Episode 96

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.); Jon Favreau.

30 min

97

Episode 97

"Mad Men" creator Matthew Weiner.

30 min

98

Episode 98

David Goodman (Andrew Goodman Foundation).

30 min

99

Episode 99

Author Nell Bernstein ("Burning Down the House: The End of Juvenile Prison"); Ed O'Neill.

30 min

100

Episode 100

A tribute to Maya Angelou (1928-2014). Also: Ziggy Marley.

30 min

101

Episode 101

A tribute to Maya Angelou (1928-2014).

30 min

102

Episode 102

Arianna Huffington; Brian Culbertson.

30 min

103

Episode 103

Elizabeth Kolbert ("The Sixth Extinction"); Daniel Beaty.

30 min

104

Episode 104

Ed Catmull (Pixar Animation Studios); Marlee Matlin.

30 min

105

Episode 105

Ken Cook (Environmental Working Group); Earl Klugh.

30 min

106

Episode 106

Peniel E. Joseph ("Stokely: A Life"); Tatiana Maslany.

30 min

107

Episode 107

James Conlon; Ledisi.

30 min

108

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.

30 min

109

Episode 109

Allison Janney.

30 min

110

Episode 110

Dr. David B. Agus; Clark Gregg.

30 min

111

Episode 111

A tribute to Ruby Dee (1922-2014).

30 min

112

Episode 112

Rob and Carl Reiner.

30 min

113

Episode 113

Former senator Joseph Lieberman; Toni Braxton.

30 min

114

Episode 114

Tavis talks with Sebastian Junger and Carol Leifer.

30 min

115

Episode 115

Author Nomi Prins ("All the Presidents' Bankers"); Noah Wyle.

30 min

116

Episode 116

Educator-civil rights activist Bob Moses; documentarian Stanley Nelson ("Freedom Summer").

30 min

117

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.

30 min

118

Episode 118

Sociologist Jennifer Lee (UC Irvine); John Lloyd Young.

30 min

119

Episode 119

Bill Medley of the Righteous Brothers.

30 min

120

Episode 120

C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb.

30 min

121

Episode 121

Paul Rieckhoff (Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America); bluesman Robert Cray.

30 min

122

Episode 122

Dancer Charles "Lil Buck" Riley.

30 min

123

Episode 123

Tavis talks with Ron Capps, founder of the Veterans Writing Project, and with 10-time Grammy-winning trumpet legend Arturo Sandoval.

30 min

124

Episode 124

Tavis talks with six-time Emmy-nominated British actor and musician Hugh Laurie.

30 min

125

Episode 125

Tavis talks with best-selling authors Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner and with an original Dreamgirl, Jennifer Holliday.

30 min

126

Episode 126

Tavis talks with former astronaut Buzz Aldrin and with Chaz Ebert about the documentary on her late husband, entitled Life Itself.

30 min

127

Episode 127

Tavis talks with Michael Levi and Elizabeth Economy about their text on China and with award-winning singer-songwriter Yuna.

30 min

128

Episode 128

Law professor Melissa Murray; Jason Biggs.

30 min

129

Episode 129

Beau Bridges.

30 min

131

Episode 131

Journalist Alex Tizon ("Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Self"); Sister Simone Campbell, the executive director of NETWORK.

30 min

132

Episode 132

Neurologist Stanley B. Prusiner ("Madness and Memory"); Demián Bichir.

30 min