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Tavis Smiley features a unique mix of news and pop culture to create a thought-provoking and entertaining program. A hybrid of news, issues and entertainment, it features interviews with artists, activists, news makers, politicians and everyday people.

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Tavis Smiley
Full episodes
1224 VIDEOS

Singer-songwriter Carole King
24:30 Air Date 05/15/12

Urban farmer Will Allen
14:44 Air Date 05/14/12

Actor Dev Patel
0:43 Air Date 05/14/12

Actor Ryan O’Neal
24:40 Air Date 05/11/12

TV exec Warren Littlefield
24:38 Air Date 05/10/12

Harvard professor Michael Sandel
24:32 Air Date 05/09/12

Pulitzer Prize winner Sheryl WuDunn
24:36 Air Date 05/08/12

Microsoft VP Anthony Salcito
10:00 Air Date 05/07/12

Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt
15:26 Air Date 05/07/12

Actor Damian Lewis
24:26 Air Date 05/04/12

Columnist-author Anna Quindlen
24:39 Air Date 05/03/12

Journalist-author Robin Roberts
12:41 Air Date 05/02/12
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Previews
15 VIDEOS

Tavis Smiley Generic :30
0:29 Air Date 12/08/11

Tavis Smiley Generic :20
0:19 Air Date 12/08/11

Too Important to Fail - Preview
0:30 Air Date 09/13/11

Tavis Smiley Reports Too Important to Fail Video Diary on...
6:33 Air Date 09/01/11

Too Important to Fail Promo Clip
0:29 Air Date 08/15/11

Filmmaker Darren Aronofsky - clip
0:58 Air Date 12/06/10 Expires 12/08/13

Tony- and Emmy-winning actor Jeffrey Wright
2:04 Air Date 11/11/10 Expires 11/12/13

America's favorite TV mom Phylicia Rashad
2:50 Air Date 11/09/10 Expires 11/02/13

Salon's Editor-in-Chief Joan Walsh
1:27 Air Date 11/09/10 Expires 11/09/13

Singer Josh Groban on writing a song at age 12
2:34 Air Date 11/08/10 Expires 11/09/13

Singer-songwriter Huey Lewis
0:44 Air Date 11/05/10 Expires 11/08/13

Award-winning Haitian American author Edwige Dandicat
1:13 Air Date 11/01/10 Expires 11/01/13
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Shorts
176 VIDEOS

Michael Sandel - Web Exclusive
4:11 Air Date 05/09/12

Magic Johnson
1:50 Air Date 04/02/12

Sean Parnell
2:34 Air Date 03/26/12

Meat Loaf - Web Exclusive
4:42 Air Date 03/20/12

Jay Roach
2:41 Air Date 03/02/12

Steven Van Zandt on Whitney Houston
2:15 Air Date 02/16/12

Suze Orman
1:35 Air Date 02/10/12

Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer
2:09 Air Date 02/09/12

Internet activist Wael Ghonim
2:56 Air Date 02/08/12

Seal comments on Super Bowl 2012 - Web Exclusive
6:57 Air Date 01/27/12

Seal on His Separation
4:22 Air Date 01/27/12

Sean Penn
2:34 Air Date 01/20/12
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