Tavis Smiley Season 6, Episode 166: Dr. Ruth Simmons

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Kristin Scott Thomas, Don Guter

30 min

2

Stephen J. Cannell, Janis Kearney

30 min

3

Sen. Roland Burris, M.I.A.

30 min

4

Mickey Rourke

30 min

5

Danny Boyle

30 min

6

Dr. Martin Indyk, Viola Davis

30 min

7

Garry Shandling

30 min

8

Sean Penn

30 min

9

Danny Glover, Q-Tip

30 min

10

Ashford & Simpson

30 min

11

Suze Orman

30 min

12

Melissa Leo, Carlos Moore

30 min

13

Greg Mortenson, Sen. Robert Menendez

30 min

14

Graham Nash

30 min

15

Neil deGrasse Tyson, David Denby

30 min

16

Former President Jimmy Carter

30 min

17

Lamont Dozier, Raphael Saadiq

30 min

18

Dr. Palitha Kohona, Ravi Nessman

30 min

19

2009 Oscar nominees

30 min

20

Joan Baez

30 min

21

T.C. Boyle

30 min

22

Esperanza Spalding, Adam Cohen

30 min

23

Bill Maher

30 min

24

Bryan Cranston, Becky Quick

30 min

25

Jeffrey Sachs, T.C. Boyle

30 min

26

Neko Case, Rep. Marsha Blackburn

30 min

27

Ian McShane, Thomas Ricks

30 min

28

Robert Gates

30 min

29

Gov. Jennifer Granholm, Noah Wyle

30 min

30

Felicity Huffman, Tony Dungy

30 min

31

Dan Baum, Bill Paxton

30 min

32

EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, Bobby Womack

30 min

33

Timothy Hutton, Thomas P.M. Barnett

30 min

34

Tricia Rose, Zoe Heller

30 min

35

Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Michael McKean

30 min

36

Simon Baker, Newt Gingrich

30 min

37

Dr. Keith Black, The-Dream

30 min

38

A tribute to John Hope Franklin

30 min

39

Carla Harris, Bobby Cannavale

30 min

40

Judith Jamison, Israel Houghton

30 min

41

Judith Jamison

30 min

42

Emmanuel Jal, Sen. Kent Conrad

30 min

43

Jaime Pressly, William Cohan

30 min

44

A tribute to Marvin Gaye

30 min

45

Carlos Santana

30 min

46

Israel Houghton, Seth Davis

30 min

47

Kevin Spacey

30 min

48

Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf

30 min

49

Ray Liotta, Gary Locke

30 min

50

James Ingram, Nandan Nilekani

30 min

51

Mark Robert Waldman

30 min

52

Rep. Henry Waxman, Idris Elba

30 min

53

Abraham Verghese, Labelle

30 min

54

Anna Paquin, Robert Greenwald

30 min

55

Dara Torres, India.Arie

30 min

56

Sgt. Juan Luis Alcivar

30 min

57

Rep. Barney Frank, Hugh Masekela

30 min

58

Wangari Maathai

30 min

59

Leslie Gelb, David Brenner

30 min

60

Sgt. Juan Luis Alcivar, Anika Noni Rose

30 min

61

Tracey Ullman

30 min

62

Prince

30 min

63

Bria Valente, Prince

30 min

64

Kristin Chenoweth, Roger Wilkins

30 min

65

Joshua Cooper Ramo, Mike Krzyzewski

30 min

66

Mary Higgins Clark

30 min

67

Thomas Cahill, Ziggy Marley

30 min

68

Sam Haskell, Donald Faison

30 min

69

Darryl Strawberry

30 min

70

Dr. Walter Earl Fluker, Patti Davis

30 min

71

J.J. Abrams

30 min

72

Joe Queenan, Dr. William Baker

30 min

73

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Baron Davis, Stacy Peralta

30 min

74

Steve Earle, John Harwood

30 min

75

Maxwell, Michael Fauntroy

30 min

76

Steve Zahn, Brendan Gleeson

30 min

77

Earth, Wind & Fire, Richard Haass

30 min

78

Steve Martin

30 min

79

Reza Aslan, Common

30 min

80

Ed Asner

30 min

81

Bill Russell

30 min

82

Mandy Moore, Cesar Perales

30 min

83

Norman Lear

30 min

84

Edie Falco, Paul Ingrassia

30 min

85

Vernon Jordan

30 min

86

Nia Vardalos, Azadeh Moaveni

30 min

87

Kevin Bacon, Dave Bing

30 min

88

Nanci Griffith, Mary Frances Berry

30 min

89

Joe Scarborough, Sharon Jones

30 min

90

Larry King

30 min

91

Colson Whitehead, Della Reese

30 min

92

Karen Bass, Mary McCormack

30 min

93

Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Marina Nemat

30 min

94

Chris Noth, Ali Sethi

30 min

95

Roseanne Barr

30 min

96

Luma Mufleh, Rick Steves

30 min

97

Trita Parsi, Hilda Solis

30 min

98

Francis Ford Coppola

30 min

99

Francis Ford Coppola, Femi Kuti

30 min

100

Mary Mary

30 min

101

Katty Kay, Paul Giamatti

30 min

102

A tribute to Michael Jackson, Berry Gordy

30 min

103

Michael Eric Dyson, Dr. Cornel West

30 min

104

Shohreh Aghdashloo, Roger Cohen

30 min

105

Bill Pullman, Debo Adegbile

30 min

106

Jane Mayer, Malina Saval

30 min

107

Jeremy Renner, David Ignatius

30 min

108

Berry Gordy, the Homemade Jamz Blues Band

30 min

109

Lisa Kudrow, Mayor James Young

30 min

110

Peter Peterson, Dr. Michael Roizen

30 min

111

Dr. Olufunmilayo Olopade, Jessica Queller, Diahann Carroll

30 min

112

Jay Leno

30 min

113

Mark Johnson, Jay Leno

30 min

114

Corneille, Rep. Baron Hill

30 min

115

Biz Stone, Gloria Reuben

30 min

116

Davis Guggenheim, David Faber

30 min

117

Dylan McDermott, Warren Moon

30 min

118

Smokey Robinson

30 min

119

Howard Dean, a tribute to Don Hewitt

30 min

120

Arne Duncan, Benjamin Barber

30 min

121

Alexis Bledel, Stan Brock

30 min

122

Quentin Tarantino

30 min

123

Reba McEntire, Dean Koontz

30 min

124

Rep. John Lewis, Vernon Jordan

30 min

125

Ron Williams, Eric Sundquist

30 min

126

Josh Charles, Douglas Brinkley

30 min

127

Doug Pray, Robert Baer

30 min

128

Alex S. Jones, Mekhi Phifer

30 min

129

Ledisi, Peter Baker

30 min

130

George Foreman, Fred Kaplan

30 min

131

Terence Blanchard

30 min

132

Smokey Robinson

30 min

134

Ken Burns

30 min

135

Ted Kennedy Jr.

30 min

136

R. Dwayne Betts

30 min

137

Jenna Elfman, Matthew Weiner

30 min

139

Herb Alpert, Lani Hall

30 min

140

David Duchovny, Rep. Mike Pence

30 min

141

Dr. Yvonne Sanders-Butler, Michael Strahan, Daryl Mitchell

30 min

143

Ken Burns

30 min

144

Michael Moore

30 min

145

Tom Ridge, Adam Arkin

30 min

146

Rodrigo y Gabriela, James Brown

30 min

148

Max Blumenthal, Michael C. Hall

30 min

149

Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., George Benson

30 min

151

Dr. Cornel West

30 min

152

Karen Armstrong, Nick Hornby

30 min

153

Michael Sheen, Aaron S. Williams

30 min

154

James Ellroy, Sen. Bill Nelson

30 min

156

Pete Escovedo, Sheila E.

30 min

157

Dr. Terrence Roberts, Joshua Bell

30 min

158

Amb. Michael Oren, Michael Chabon

30 min

159

Michelle Monaghan, Vali Nasr

30 min

160

Rep. Ron Paul, Bob Herbert

30 min

161

Anthony Edwards, The RZA

30 min

162

Andy Williams

30 min

163

Malcolm Gladwell, Robin D.G. Kelley

30 min

164

Haleh Esfandiari, Nicholas Kristof

30 min

166

Dr. Ruth Simmons

30 min

167

Marcus Roberts, Edward Norton

30 min

168

Kris Kristofferson

30 min

169

Nomi Prins, the Swell Season

30 min

171

Lee Eisenberg, Susie Essman

30 min

172

Mitch Albom, Chiwetel Ejiofor

30 min

173

Andrew Ross Sorkin, Lang Lang

30 min

174

Max Cleland, Amerie

30 min

176

Bruce Feiler

30 min

177

Lance Reddick, Jason Zweig

30 min

178

Dan Senor, Gail Collins

30 min

179

Harry Connick Jr.

30 min

180

Paul Mooney

30 min

181

Andre Agassi

30 min

182

50 Cent

30 min

183

Dave Matthews

30 min

184

Viggo Mortensen

30 min

185

Ali Eteraz, Angie Stone

30 min

186

Amy Goodman, Jason Schwartzman

30 min

187

Malcolm Gladwell, Robin D.G. Kelley

30 min

188

Dr. Ruth Simmons

30 min

189

Ann Louise Bardach, Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.

30 min

190

Yo-Yo Ma

30 min

191

Gov. David Paterson, Fred Willard

30 min

192

Morgan Freeman

30 min

194

Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeff Bridges, Sen. Bernie Sanders

30 min

195

Boyz II Men, Ann Louise Bardach

30 min

196

Gov. Ed Rendell, Shirley Caesar

30 min

197

James Cameron

30 min

198

Kenneth Wade, James Bradley

30 min

199

Mary J. Blige

30 min

200

Youth Leadership Panel with Eduardo Campos, Kate Sim, Cortlan Wickliff, Kimberly Anyadike, Galen Dodd & Rocio Ortega

30 min

201

Alan Alda, Tobey Maguire

30 min

202

Sandra Bullock

30 min

203

Joe Torre

30 min

204

Rosanne Cash

30 min

205

Bob Newhart, Dan Balz

30 min

207

Nicole Lee, Jim Wallis

30 min

208

Jason Reitman, Walter Isaacson

30 min

209

Marion Cotillard, Robert Lacey

30 min

210

Keri Russell, Paul Ingrassia

30 min