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Tavis Smiley features a unique mix of news and pop culture to combine for one thought-provoking and entertaining program. A hybrid of news, issues and entertainment, it features interviews with artists, activists, newsmakers, politicians and everyday people. Since its first season, the show has won four NAACP Image Awards for "Outstanding Television, News, Talk, or Information (Series or Special)." Taped at KCET studios, Tavis Smiley is the first West Coast talk show for PBS and is produced by The Smiley Group Inc./TS Media Inc. in association with KCET/Hollywood.
Episode 132 : Episode 132
July. 11,2014
Neurologist Stanley B. Prusiner ("Madness and Memory"); Demián Bichir.
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Episode 131 : Episode 131
July. 10,2014
Journalist Alex Tizon ("Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Self"); Sister Simone Campbell, the executive director of NETWORK.
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Episode 129 : Episode 129
July. 08,2014
Beau Bridges.
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Episode 128 : Episode 128
July. 07,2014
Law professor Melissa Murray; Jason Biggs.
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Episode 127 : Episode 127
July. 04,2014
Tavis talks with Michael Levi and Elizabeth Economy about their text on China and with award-winning singer-songwriter Yuna.
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Episode 126 : Episode 126
July. 03,2014
Tavis talks with former astronaut Buzz Aldrin and with Chaz Ebert about the documentary on her late husband, entitled Life Itself.
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Episode 125 : Episode 125
July. 02,2014
Tavis talks with best-selling authors Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner and with an original Dreamgirl, Jennifer Holliday.
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Episode 124 : Episode 124
July. 01,2014
Tavis talks with six-time Emmy-nominated British actor and musician Hugh Laurie.
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Episode 123 : Episode 123
June. 30,2014
Tavis talks with Ron Capps, founder of the Veterans Writing Project, and with 10-time Grammy-winning trumpet legend Arturo Sandoval.
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Episode 122 : Episode 122
June. 27,2014
Dancer Charles "Lil Buck" Riley.
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Episode 121 : Episode 121
June. 26,2014
Paul Rieckhoff (Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America); bluesman Robert Cray.
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Episode 120 : Episode 120
June. 25,2014
C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb.
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Episode 119 : Episode 119
June. 24,2014
Bill Medley of the Righteous Brothers.
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Episode 118 : Episode 118
June. 23,2014
Sociologist Jennifer Lee (UC Irvine); John Lloyd Young.
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Episode 117 : Episode 117
June. 20,2014
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.
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Episode 116 : Episode 116
June. 19,2014
Educator-civil rights activist Bob Moses; documentarian Stanley Nelson ("Freedom Summer").
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Episode 115 : Episode 115
June. 18,2014
Author Nomi Prins ("All the Presidents' Bankers"); Noah Wyle.
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Episode 114 : Episode 114
June. 17,2014
Tavis talks with Sebastian Junger and Carol Leifer.
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Episode 113 : Episode 113
June. 16,2014
Former senator Joseph Lieberman; Toni Braxton.
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Episode 112 : Episode 112
June. 13,2014
Rob and Carl Reiner.
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Episode 111 : Episode 111
June. 12,2014
A tribute to Ruby Dee (1922-2014).
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Episode 110 : Episode 110
June. 11,2014
Dr. David B. Agus; Clark Gregg.
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Episode 109 : Episode 109
June. 10,2014
Allison Janney.
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Episode 108 : Episode 108
June. 09,2014
Immigration reform is discussed with Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Cal.) and Jersey Vargas, a 10-year-old California girl whose father faces deportation.
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Episode 107 : Episode 107
June. 06,2014
James Conlon; Ledisi.
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Episode 106 : Episode 106
June. 05,2014
Peniel E. Joseph ("Stokely: A Life"); Tatiana Maslany.
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Episode 105 : Episode 105
June. 04,2014
Ken Cook (Environmental Working Group); Earl Klugh.
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Episode 104 : Episode 104
June. 03,2014
Ed Catmull (Pixar Animation Studios); Marlee Matlin.
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Episode 103 : Episode 103
June. 02,2014
Elizabeth Kolbert ("The Sixth Extinction"); Daniel Beaty.
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Episode 102 : Episode 102
May. 30,2014
Arianna Huffington; Brian Culbertson.
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Episode 101 : Episode 101
May. 29,2014
A tribute to Maya Angelou (1928-2014).
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Episode 100 : Episode 100
May. 28,2014
A tribute to Maya Angelou (1928-2014). Also: Ziggy Marley.
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Episode 99 : Episode 99
May. 27,2014
Author Nell Bernstein ("Burning Down the House: The End of Juvenile Prison"); Ed O'Neill.
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Episode 98 : Episode 98
May. 26,2014
David Goodman (Andrew Goodman Foundation).
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Episode 97 : Episode 97
May. 23,2014
"Mad Men" creator Matthew Weiner.
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Episode 96 : Episode 96
May. 22,2014
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.); Jon Favreau.
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Episode 95 : Episode 95
May. 21,2014
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.); Jim Parsons.
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Episode 94 : Episode 94
May. 20,2014
Renée Fleming.
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Episode 93 : Episode 93
May. 19,2014
The abducted girls in Nigeria are discussed with journalist Omoyele Sowore and Amber Khan (Women for Women International).
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Episode 92 : Episode 92
May. 16,2014
Conclusion. Mel Brooks.
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Episode 91 : Episode 91
May. 15,2014
Part 1 of 2. Mel Brooks.
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Episode 90 : Episode 90
May. 14,2014
Barbara Walters; Maurice Hines.
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Episode 89 : Episode 89
May. 13,2014
Journalist Jonathan M. Katz ("The Big Truck That Went By"); Connie Britton.
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Episode 88 : Episode 88
May. 12,2014
Ralph Nader; John Slattery.
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Episode 86 : Episode 86
May. 08,2014
Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.); Hugh Dancy.
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Episode 85 : Episode 85
May. 07,2014
Vermont governor Peter Shumlin; Ken Cook (Environmental Working Group).
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Episode 83 : Episode 83
May. 05,2014
Sen. Bernie Sanders (Ind.-Vt.); Carla Bruni.
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Episode 82 : Episode 82
May. 02,2014
Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong.
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Episode 81 : Episode 81
May. 01,2014
Author Sylvia Longmire ("Border Insecurity"); Harry Hamlin.
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Episode 80 : Episode 80
April. 30,2014
Robin Roberts.
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Episode 79 : Episode 79
April. 29,2014
Larry King.
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Episode 78 : Episode 78
April. 28,2014
Mikhail Baryshnikov.
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Episode 77 : Episode 77
April. 25,2014
Economist William Easterly; L.A. Opera music director James Conlon.
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Episode 76 : Episode 76
April. 24,2014
Author Barbara Ehrenreich ("Living With a Wild God: A Nonbeliever's Search for the Truth About Everything"}.
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Episode 75 : Episode 75
April. 23,2014
Nas.
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Episode 74 : Episode 74
April. 22,2014
Tavis talks with Economist Joseph E. Stiglitz and Ian Somerhalder.
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Episode 73 : Episode 73
April. 21,2014
The crisis in Ukraine is discussed with Robert English (USC School of International Relations). Also: Daniel Beaty.
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Episode 72 : Episode 72
April. 18,2014
Environmental scientist Ken Caldeira (Stanford); author Philip Yancey ("The Jesus I Never Knew").
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Episode 71 : Episode 71
April. 17,2014
Jackie Collins.
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Episode 70 : Episode 70
April. 16,2014
Ed Catmull (Disney and Pixar Animation Studios); Tatiana Maslany.
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Episode 69 : Episode 69
April. 15,2014
Rosanne Cash.
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Episode 68 : Episode 68
April. 14,2014
Ken Burns.
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Episode 67 : Episode 67
April. 11,2014
Stewart Copeland.
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Episode 66 : Episode 66
April. 10,2014
Sociologist Katherine S. Newman ("The Accordion Family"); composer Hafez Nazeri.
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Episode 65 : Episode 65
April. 09,2014
Frank Langella.
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Episode 64 : Episode 64
April. 08,2014
David Crosby.
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Episode 63 : Episode 63
April. 07,2014
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (Council on Foreign Relations); hip-hop music artist Christylez Bacon.
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Episode 62 : Episode 62
April. 03,2014
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.
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Episode 61 : Episode 61
April. 01,2014
Author Saladin Ambar ("Malcolm X at Oxford Union"); Zucchero Fornaciari.
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Episode 60 : Episode 60
March. 31,2014
Author Clay Risen ("The Bill of the Century").
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Episode 59 : Episode 59
March. 31,2014
Immigration issues are discussed with undocumented activist Erika Andiola and Marielena Hincapié? (National Immigration Law Center). Also: Nathan East.
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Episode 58 : Episode 58
March. 28,2014
Author Miriam Pawel ("The Crusades of Cesar Chavez"); Stanley Jordan.
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Episode 57 : Episode 57
March. 27,2014
Author Shyima Hall ("Hidden Girl").
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Episode 56 : Episode 56
March. 26,2014
Errol Morris; Ledisi.
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Episode 55 : Episode 55
March. 25,2014
Robert Reich; Benmont Tench.
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Episode 54 : Episode 54
March. 24,2014
Bruce Jones (Brookings Institution); Dulé Hill and James Roday ("Pysch").
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Episode 53 : Episode 53
March. 21,2014
Tim Conway.
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Episode 52 : Episode 52
March. 20,2014
Author Peniel E. Joseph ("Stokely: A Life"); Martina McBride.
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Episode 51 : Episode 51
March. 19,2014
Journalist Elizabeth Kolbert ("The Sixth Extinction"); comedian Greg Edwards.
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Episode 50 : Episode 50
March. 18,2014
Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman ("Harmony").
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Episode 49 : Episode 49
March. 17,2014
The allegation that the CIA searched Senate computers is discussed. Also: Marlee Matlin.
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Episode 48 : Episode 48
March. 14,2014
Teller; Robert Hilburn.
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Episode 47 : Episode 47
March. 13,2014
M. Night Shyamalan; Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
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Episode 46 : Episode 46
March. 12,2014
Tavis talks with T.C. Boyle and Rick Najera.
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Episode 45 : Episode 45
March. 11,2014
Tavis talks with Eric Schlosser and Brian Jay Jones.
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Episode 44 : Episode 44
March. 10,2014
Scott Adams; Edwidge Danticat.
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Episode 43 : Episode 43
March. 07,2014
Tavis talks with Lawrence Brownlee and Shemekia Copeland.
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Episode 42 : Episode 42
March. 06,2014
Emeli Sandé; Robert Randolph.
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Episode 41 : Episode 41
March. 05,2014
Gregory Porter; Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite.
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Episode 40 : Episode 40
March. 04,2014
Esa-Pekka Salonen; Wayne Shorter.
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Episode 39 : Episode 39
March. 03,2014
Alicia Keys; Herb Alpert.
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Episode 38 : Episode 38
February. 28,2014
A 2014 Academy Awards preview, featuring Oscar-nominated guests.
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Episode 37 : Episode 37
February. 27,2014
Forest Whitaker.
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Episode 36 : Episode 36
February. 26,2014
Physician David B. Agus; actress Julianne Nicholson.
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Episode 35 : Episode 35
February. 25,2014
Harry Lennix.
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Episode 34 : Episode 34
February. 24,2014
USC professor Robert English on the crisis in Ukraine. Also: actor and writer Steve Coogan.
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Episode 33 : Episode 33
February. 21,2014
Sam Polk (founder, Groceryships); Rhea Perlman.
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Episode 32 : Episode 32
February. 20,2014
Toni Braxton and Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds.
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Episode 31 : Episode 31
February. 19,2014
Robert Greenwald; Dianne Reeves.
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Episode 30 : Episode 30
February. 18,2014
Will Forte; Earl Klugh.
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Episode 29 : Episode 29
February. 17,2014
Tavis talks with P.J. O'Rourke and Amel Larrieux.
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Episode 28 : Episode 28
February. 14,2014
Tavis talks with Joel Kinnaman and Joy Bryant.
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Episode 27 : Episode 27
February. 13,2014
Chiwetel Ejiofor.
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Episode 26 : Episode 26
February. 12,2014
David Hyde Pierce.
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Episode 25 : Episode 25
February. 11,2014
Disney animator Floyd Norman.
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Episode 24 : Episode 24
February. 10,2014
Jamie Lee Curtis.
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Episode 23 : Episode 23
February. 07,2014
Conclusion. Darlene Love and Merry Clayton.
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Episode 22 : Episode 22
February. 06,2014
Part 1 of 2 with Darlene Love and Merry Clayton.
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Episode 21 : Episode 21
February. 05,2014
Dr. Alvaro Huerta; Shelby Lynne.
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Episode 20 : Episode 20
February. 04,2014
International law expert Edwin Smith (USC); Béla Fleck.
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Episode 19 : Episode 19
February. 03,2014
Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967-2014) is remembered.
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Episode 18 : Episode 18
January. 31,2014
Tavis talks with Grammy Award–winning Beninoise singer-songwriter and activist Angélique Kidjo.
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Episode 17 : Episode 17
January. 30,2014
Writer Samuel G. Freedman and former NFL quarterback James "Shack" Harris.
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Episode 16 : Episode 16
January. 29,2014
Teller; violinist Hilary Hahn.
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Episode 15 : Episode 15
January. 28,2014
Chita Rivera.
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Episode 14 : Episode 14
January. 27,2014
L.A. mayor Eric Garcetti; Chideo founder Todd Wagner.
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Episode 13 : Episode 13
January. 24,2014
Itzhak Perlman.
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Episode 12 : Episode 12
January. 23,2014
Joseph Gordon-Levitt; Gloria Gaynor.
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Episode 11 : Episode 11
January. 22,2014
Julie Delpy; Robert Hilburn.
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Episode 10 : Episode 10
January. 21,2014
Conclusion. "MLK: A Call to Conscience."
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Episode 9 : Episode 9
January. 20,2014
Part 1 of 2. "MLK: A Call to Conscience."
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Episode 8 : Episode 8
January. 17,2014
Kenneth Branagh.
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Episode 7 : Episode 7
January. 16,2014
Don Cheadle.
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Episode 6 : Episode 6
January. 15,2014
Bruce Dern.
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Episode 5 : Episode 5
January. 14,2014
Barkhad Abdi; Lupita Nyong'o.
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Episode 4 : Episode 4
January. 13,2014
Sociologist Michael Kimmel ("Angry White Men").
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Episode 3 : Episode 3
January. 09,2014
Dr. Benjamin Barber; Mary McDonnell.
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Episode 2 : Episode 2
December. 24,2013
Joshua Bell.
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Episode 1 : Episode 1
December. 23,2013
Kenny Loggins.
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