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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
1171 VIDEOS

Celebrating 2,000 Shows on PBS
26:46 Air Date 05/24/13

Actor-writer-director Ethan Hawke : May 23rd, 2013
26:46 Air Date 05/23/13

Playwright-activist Eve Ensler
26:46 Air Date 05/22/13

Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill
26:46 Air Date 05/14/13

Actress Diahann Carroll
26:46 Air Date 05/13/13

Musician John Densmore
26:46 Air Date 05/09/13

Writer Joyce Carol Oates
26:46 Air Date 05/08/13

Actress-comedienne Carol Burnett
26:46 Air Date 05/07/13

Director Tom Shadyac
26:46 Air Date 05/03/13

Actor Sir Ben Kingsley
26:46 Air Date 05/02/13

Actor Pierce Brosnan
26:46 Air Date 05/01/13

Director Mira Nair
26:46 Air Date 04/30/13
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Previews
19 VIDEOS

Education Under Arrest - Preview
0:30 Air Date 03/26/13

"Education Under Arrest" Promo
1:59 Air Date 01/17/13

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

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

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

Tavis Smiley Reports Preview
2:47 Air Date 09/07/11

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

China Week Preview
4:03 Air Date 07/11/11

Filmmaker Darren Aronofsky - clip
0:58 Air Date 12/05/10 Expires 12/07/13

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

America's favorite TV mom Phylicia Rashad
2:50 Air Date 11/08/10 Expires 11/02/13
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Shorts
213 VIDEOS

Novelist Khaled Hosseini
11:36 Air Date 05/21/13

Singer-songwriter Emeli Sandé
12:22 Air Date 05/21/13

Former U.S. senator Olympia Snowe
12:09 Air Date 05/20/13

Trumpeter-composer Terence Blanchard
11:54 Air Date 05/20/13

Hip-hop artist Talib Kweli
11:40 Air Date 05/17/13

Science journalist Dan Fagin
12:16 Air Date 05/17/13

Breast cancer expert Dr. Susan Love
11:21 Air Date 05/16/13

Economist Peter Blair Henry
17:16 Air Date 05/16/13

Education advocate Cortlan Wickliff
14:08 Air Date 05/15/13

Singer-songwriter Patty Griffin
9:34 Air Date 05/15/13

Actress-director Phylicia Rashad
17:04 Air Date 05/10/13

Mother’s Day Tribute
7:29 Air Date 05/10/13
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