Chief Visionary Officer
Tavis Smiley
Chief Visionary Officer
About Tavis
Tavis Smiley is an American talk show host and author born on September 13, 1964, in Gulfport, Mississippi. He was raised in Bunker Hill, Indiana, and attended Indiana University. During the late 1980s, he worked as an aide to Tom Bradley, the mayor of Los Angeles. Smiley became a radio commentator in 1991 and gained prominence as the host of BET Talk, later known as BET Tonight with Tavis Smiley, on Black Entertainment Television beginning in 1996. In 2001, after selling an exclusive interview to ABC News, his contract with BET was not renewed. He subsequently hosted The Tavis Smiley Show on National Public Radio from 2002 to 2004 and hosted a program on PBS that aired on weekdays. The same show was also broadcast on Public Radio International from 2004 until 2017. In December 2017, Smiley was involved in an employment dispute with PBS, leading to a wrongful termination lawsuit. He is the founder and chief executive officer of SmileyAudioMedia, Inc., based in Los Angeles. Since June 2021, he has served as the Chief Visionary Officer of KBLA Talk 1580, his radio station.
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Latest interviews
Every podcast episode Tavis Smiley has appeared on, newest first.
Conversation Live: Altadena Rising with James Farr
KBLA’s Altadena Rising Town Hall: Understanding the Wildfire Recovery Compensation Fund (Part One)
Nov 10, 2025
Altadena: After The Fire
Altadena Six Months Later: James Farr Returns with Tavis Smiley on KBLA
Jul 25, 2025
The BreEvolve Podcast
Gratitude, Growth & Greatness with Tavis Smiley Ep. 17
Nov 11, 2024
Malik's Bookshelf
The Covenant with Black America Part 2
Aug 23, 2024
Malik's Bookshelf
The Covenant with Black America
Aug 12, 2024
Colette Barris's Urban Village
SPECIAL EDITION-BREAKING NEWS EVENTS SPECIAL MUST LISTEN 50 MINUTE PODCAST!
Nov 6, 2022
Ruben In The Center
Episode 106 | The Hate Toward Black America | Tavis Smiley
Jul 22, 2022
Ruben In The Center
Episode 50 | The Black-Brown Thing, From Left & Right | Tavis Smiley
Jul 18, 2021
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