Episodes
17. Episode 17
January 30, 2014
30 min
Writer Samuel G. Freedman and former NFL quarterback James "Shack" Harris.
18. Episode 18
January 31, 2014
30 min
Tavis talks with Grammy Award–winning Beninoise singer-songwriter and activist Angélique Kidjo.
34. Episode 34
February 24, 2014
30 min
USC professor Robert English on the crisis in Ukraine. Also: actor and writer Steve Coogan.
38. Episode 38
February 28, 2014
30 min
A 2014 Academy Awards preview, featuring Oscar-nominated guests.
49. Episode 49
March 17, 2014
30 min
The allegation that the CIA searched Senate computers is discussed. Also: Marlee Matlin.
51. Episode 51
March 19, 2014
30 min
Journalist Elizabeth Kolbert ("The Sixth Extinction"); comedian Greg Edwards.
52. Episode 52
March 20, 2014
30 min
Author Peniel E. Joseph ("Stokely: A Life"); Martina McBride.
54. Episode 54
March 24, 2014
30 min
Bruce Jones (Brookings Institution); Dulé Hill and James Roday ("Pysch").
58. Episode 58
March 28, 2014
30 min
Author Miriam Pawel ("The Crusades of Cesar Chavez"); Stanley Jordan.
59. Episode 59
March 31, 2014
30 min
Immigration issues are discussed with undocumented activist Erika Andiola and Marielena Hincapié? (National Immigration Law Center). Also: Nathan East.
61. Episode 61
April 1, 2014
30 min
Author Saladin Ambar ("Malcolm X at Oxford Union"); Zucchero Fornaciari.
62. Episode 62
April 3, 2014
30 min
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.
63. Episode 63
April 7, 2014
30 min
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (Council on Foreign Relations); hip-hop music artist Christylez Bacon.
66. Episode 66
April 10, 2014
30 min
Sociologist Katherine S. Newman ("The Accordion Family"); composer Hafez Nazeri.
70. Episode 70
April 16, 2014
30 min
Ed Catmull (Disney and Pixar Animation Studios); Tatiana Maslany.
72. Episode 72
April 18, 2014
30 min
Environmental scientist Ken Caldeira (Stanford); author Philip Yancey ("The Jesus I Never Knew").
73. Episode 73
April 21, 2014
30 min
The crisis in Ukraine is discussed with Robert English (USC School of International Relations). Also: Daniel Beaty.
74. Episode 74
April 22, 2014
30 min
Tavis talks with Economist Joseph E. Stiglitz and Ian Somerhalder.
76. Episode 76
April 24, 2014
30 min
Author Barbara Ehrenreich ("Living With a Wild God: A Nonbeliever's Search for the Truth About Everything"}.
77. Episode 77
April 25, 2014
30 min
Economist William Easterly; L.A. Opera music director James Conlon.
85. Episode 85
May 7, 2014
30 min
Vermont governor Peter Shumlin; Ken Cook (Environmental Working Group).
89. Episode 89
May 13, 2014
30 min
Journalist Jonathan M. Katz ("The Big Truck That Went By"); Connie Britton.
93. Episode 93
May 19, 2014
30 min
The abducted girls in Nigeria are discussed with journalist Omoyele Sowore and Amber Khan (Women for Women International).
99. Episode 99
May 27, 2014
30 min
Author Nell Bernstein ("Burning Down the House: The End of Juvenile Prison"); Ed O'Neill.
108. Episode 108
June 9, 2014
30 min
Immigration reform is discussed with Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Cal.) and Jersey Vargas, a 10-year-old California girl whose father faces deportation.
115. Episode 115
June 18, 2014
30 min
Author Nomi Prins ("All the Presidents' Bankers"); Noah Wyle.
116. Episode 116
June 19, 2014
30 min
Educator-civil rights activist Bob Moses; documentarian Stanley Nelson ("Freedom Summer").
117. Episode 117
June 20, 2014
30 min
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.
121. Episode 121
June 26, 2014
30 min
Paul Rieckhoff (Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America); bluesman Robert Cray.
123. Episode 123
June 30, 2014
30 min
Tavis talks with Ron Capps, founder of the Veterans Writing Project, and with 10-time Grammy-winning trumpet legend Arturo Sandoval.
124. Episode 124
July 1, 2014
30 min
Tavis talks with six-time Emmy-nominated British actor and musician Hugh Laurie.
125. Episode 125
July 2, 2014
30 min
Tavis talks with best-selling authors Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner and with an original Dreamgirl, Jennifer Holliday.
126. Episode 126
July 3, 2014
30 min
Tavis talks with former astronaut Buzz Aldrin and with Chaz Ebert about the documentary on her late husband, entitled Life Itself.
127. Episode 127
July 4, 2014
30 min
Tavis talks with Michael Levi and Elizabeth Economy about their text on China and with award-winning singer-songwriter Yuna.
131. Episode 131
July 10, 2014
30 min
Journalist Alex Tizon ("Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Self"); Sister Simone Campbell, the executive director of NETWORK.
