Tavis Smiley — Season 11
129 episodesFirst aired 23 December 2013
E1Episode 1
Dec 201330m
Kenny Loggins.
- E2
Episode 2
Dec 201330m
Joshua Bell.
- E3
Episode 3
Jan 201430m
Dr. Benjamin Barber; Mary McDonnell.
- E4
Episode 4
Jan 201430m
Sociologist Michael Kimmel ("Angry White Men").
- E5
Episode 5
Jan 201430m
Barkhad Abdi; Lupita Nyong'o.
- E6
Episode 6
Jan 201430m
Bruce Dern.
- E7
Episode 7
Jan 201430m
Don Cheadle.
- E8
Episode 8
Jan 201430m
Kenneth Branagh.
- E9
Episode 9
Jan 201430m
Part 1 of 2. "MLK: A Call to Conscience."
- E10
Episode 10
Jan 201430m
Conclusion. "MLK: A Call to Conscience."
- E11
Episode 11
Jan 201430m
Julie Delpy; Robert Hilburn.
- E12
Episode 12
Jan 201430m
Joseph Gordon-Levitt; Gloria Gaynor.
- E13
Episode 13
Jan 201430m
Itzhak Perlman.
- E14
Episode 14
Jan 201430m
L.A. mayor Eric Garcetti; Chideo founder Todd Wagner.
- E15
Episode 15
Jan 201430m
Chita Rivera.
- E16
Episode 16
Jan 201430m
Teller; violinist Hilary Hahn.
- E17
Episode 17
Jan 201430m
Writer Samuel G. Freedman and former NFL quarterback James "Shack" Harris.
- E18
Episode 18
Jan 201430m
Tavis talks with Grammy Award–winning Beninoise singer-songwriter and activist Angélique Kidjo.
- E19
Episode 19
Feb 201430m
Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967-2014) is remembered.
- E20
Episode 20
Feb 201430m
International law expert Edwin Smith (USC); Béla Fleck.
- E21
Episode 21
Feb 201430m
Dr. Alvaro Huerta; Shelby Lynne.
- E22
Episode 22
Feb 201430m
Part 1 of 2 with Darlene Love and Merry Clayton.
- E23
Episode 23
Feb 201430m
Conclusion. Darlene Love and Merry Clayton.
- E24
Episode 24
Feb 201430m
Jamie Lee Curtis.
- E25
Episode 25
Feb 201430m
Disney animator Floyd Norman.
- E26
Episode 26
Feb 201430m
David Hyde Pierce.
- E27
Episode 27
Feb 201430m
Chiwetel Ejiofor.
- E28
Episode 28
Feb 201430m
Tavis talks with Joel Kinnaman and Joy Bryant.
- E29
Episode 29
Feb 201430m
Tavis talks with P.J. O'Rourke and Amel Larrieux.
- E30
Episode 30
Feb 201430m
Will Forte; Earl Klugh.
- E31
Episode 31
Feb 201430m
Robert Greenwald; Dianne Reeves.
- E32
Episode 32
Feb 201430m
Toni Braxton and Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds.
- E33
Episode 33
Feb 201430m
Sam Polk (founder, Groceryships); Rhea Perlman.
- E34
Episode 34
Feb 201430m
USC professor Robert English on the crisis in Ukraine. Also: actor and writer Steve Coogan.
- E35
Episode 35
Feb 201430m
Harry Lennix.
- E36
Episode 36
Feb 201430m
Physician David B. Agus; actress Julianne Nicholson.
- E37
Episode 37
Feb 201430m
Forest Whitaker.
- E38
Episode 38
Feb 201430m
A 2014 Academy Awards preview, featuring Oscar-nominated guests.
- E39
Episode 39
Mar 201430m
Alicia Keys; Herb Alpert.
- E40
Episode 40
Mar 201430m
Esa-Pekka Salonen; Wayne Shorter.
- E41
Episode 41
Mar 201430m
Gregory Porter; Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite.
- E42
Episode 42
Mar 201430m
Emeli Sandé; Robert Randolph.
- E43
Episode 43
Mar 201430m
Tavis talks with Lawrence Brownlee and Shemekia Copeland.
- E44
Episode 44
Mar 201430m
Scott Adams; Edwidge Danticat.
- E45
Episode 45
Mar 201430m
Tavis talks with Eric Schlosser and Brian Jay Jones.
- E46
Episode 46
Mar 201430m
Tavis talks with T.C. Boyle and Rick Najera.
- E47
Episode 47
Mar 201430m
M. Night Shyamalan; Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
- E48
Episode 48
Mar 201430m
Teller; Robert Hilburn.
- E49
Episode 49
Mar 201430m
The allegation that the CIA searched Senate computers is discussed. Also: Marlee Matlin.
- E50
Episode 50
Mar 201430m
Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman ("Harmony").
- E51
Episode 51
Mar 201430m
Journalist Elizabeth Kolbert ("The Sixth Extinction"); comedian Greg Edwards.
- E52
Episode 52
Mar 201430m
Author Peniel E. Joseph ("Stokely: A Life"); Martina McBride.
- E53
Episode 53
Mar 201430m
Tim Conway.
- E54
Episode 54
Mar 201430m
Bruce Jones (Brookings Institution); Dulé Hill and James Roday ("Pysch").
- E55
Episode 55
Mar 201430m
Robert Reich; Benmont Tench.
- E56
Episode 56
Mar 201430m
Errol Morris; Ledisi.
- E57
Episode 57
Mar 201430m
Author Shyima Hall ("Hidden Girl").
- E58
Episode 58
Mar 201430m
Author Miriam Pawel ("The Crusades of Cesar Chavez"); Stanley Jordan.
- E59
Episode 59
Mar 201430m
Immigration issues are discussed with undocumented activist Erika Andiola and Marielena Hincapié? (National Immigration Law Center). Also: Nathan East.
- E60
Episode 60
Mar 201430m
Author Clay Risen ("The Bill of the Century").
- E61
Episode 61
Apr 201430m
Author Saladin Ambar ("Malcolm X at Oxford Union"); Zucchero Fornaciari.
- E62
Episode 62
Apr 201430m
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.
- E63
Episode 63
Apr 201430m
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (Council on Foreign Relations); hip-hop music artist Christylez Bacon.
- E64
Episode 64
Apr 201430m
David Crosby.
- E65
Episode 65
Apr 201430m
Frank Langella.
- E66
Episode 66
Apr 201430m
Sociologist Katherine S. Newman ("The Accordion Family"); composer Hafez Nazeri.
- E67
Episode 67
Apr 201430m
Stewart Copeland.
- E68
Episode 68
Apr 201430m
Ken Burns.
- E69
Episode 69
Apr 201430m
Rosanne Cash.
- E70
Episode 70
Apr 201430m
Ed Catmull (Disney and Pixar Animation Studios); Tatiana Maslany.
- E71
Episode 71
Apr 201430m
Jackie Collins.
- E72
Episode 72
Apr 201430m
Environmental scientist Ken Caldeira (Stanford); author Philip Yancey ("The Jesus I Never Knew").
- E73
Episode 73
Apr 201430m
The crisis in Ukraine is discussed with Robert English (USC School of International Relations). Also: Daniel Beaty.
- E74
Episode 74
Apr 201430m
Tavis talks with Economist Joseph E. Stiglitz and Ian Somerhalder.
- E75
Episode 75
Apr 201430m
Nas.
- E76
Episode 76
Apr 201430m
Author Barbara Ehrenreich ("Living With a Wild God: A Nonbeliever's Search for the Truth About Everything"}.
- E77
Episode 77
Apr 201430m
Economist William Easterly; L.A. Opera music director James Conlon.
- E78
Episode 78
Apr 201430m
Mikhail Baryshnikov.
- E79
Episode 79
Apr 201430m
Larry King.
- E80
Episode 80
Apr 201430m
Robin Roberts.
- E81
Episode 81
May 201430m
Author Sylvia Longmire ("Border Insecurity"); Harry Hamlin.
- E82
Episode 82
May 201430m
Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong.
- E83
Episode 83
May 201430m
Sen. Bernie Sanders (Ind.-Vt.); Carla Bruni.
- E85
Episode 85
May 201430m
Vermont governor Peter Shumlin; Ken Cook (Environmental Working Group).
- E86
Episode 86
May 201430m
Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.); Hugh Dancy.
- E88
Episode 88
May 201430m
Ralph Nader; John Slattery.
- E89
Episode 89
May 201430m
Journalist Jonathan M. Katz ("The Big Truck That Went By"); Connie Britton.
- E90
Episode 90
May 201430m
Barbara Walters; Maurice Hines.
- E91
Episode 91
May 201430m
Part 1 of 2. Mel Brooks.
- E92
Episode 92
May 201430m
Conclusion. Mel Brooks.
- E93
Episode 93
May 201430m
The abducted girls in Nigeria are discussed with journalist Omoyele Sowore and Amber Khan (Women for Women International).
- E94
Episode 94
May 201430m
Renée Fleming.
- E95
Episode 95
May 201430m
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.); Jim Parsons.
- E96
Episode 96
May 201430m
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.); Jon Favreau.
- E97
Episode 97
May 201430m
"Mad Men" creator Matthew Weiner.
- E98
Episode 98
May 201430m
David Goodman (Andrew Goodman Foundation).
- E99
Episode 99
May 201430m
Author Nell Bernstein ("Burning Down the House: The End of Juvenile Prison"); Ed O'Neill.
- E100
Episode 100
May 201430m
A tribute to Maya Angelou (1928-2014). Also: Ziggy Marley.
- E101
Episode 101
May 201430m
A tribute to Maya Angelou (1928-2014).
- E102
Episode 102
May 201430m
Arianna Huffington; Brian Culbertson.
- E103
Episode 103
Jun 201430m
Elizabeth Kolbert ("The Sixth Extinction"); Daniel Beaty.
- E104
Episode 104
Jun 201430m
Ed Catmull (Pixar Animation Studios); Marlee Matlin.
- E105
Episode 105
Jun 201430m
Ken Cook (Environmental Working Group); Earl Klugh.
- E106
Episode 106
Jun 201430m
Peniel E. Joseph ("Stokely: A Life"); Tatiana Maslany.
- E107
Episode 107
Jun 201430m
James Conlon; Ledisi.
- E108
Episode 108
Jun 201430m
Immigration reform is discussed with Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Cal.) and Jersey Vargas, a 10-year-old California girl whose father faces deportation.
- E109
Episode 109
Jun 201430m
Allison Janney.
- E110
Episode 110
Jun 201430m
Dr. David B. Agus; Clark Gregg.
- E111
Episode 111
Jun 201430m
A tribute to Ruby Dee (1922-2014).
- E112
Episode 112
Jun 201430m
Rob and Carl Reiner.
- E113
Episode 113
Jun 201430m
Former senator Joseph Lieberman; Toni Braxton.
- E114
Episode 114
Jun 201430m
Tavis talks with Sebastian Junger and Carol Leifer.
- E115
Episode 115
Jun 201430m
Author Nomi Prins ("All the Presidents' Bankers"); Noah Wyle.
- E116
Episode 116
Jun 201430m
Educator-civil rights activist Bob Moses; documentarian Stanley Nelson ("Freedom Summer").
- E117
Episode 117
Jun 201430m
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.
- E118
Episode 118
Jun 201430m
Sociologist Jennifer Lee (UC Irvine); John Lloyd Young.
- E119
Episode 119
Jun 201430m
Bill Medley of the Righteous Brothers.
- E120
Episode 120
Jun 201430m
C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb.
- E121
Episode 121
Jun 201430m
Paul Rieckhoff (Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America); bluesman Robert Cray.
- E122
Episode 122
Jun 201430m
Dancer Charles "Lil Buck" Riley.
- E123
Episode 123
Jun 201430m
Tavis talks with Ron Capps, founder of the Veterans Writing Project, and with 10-time Grammy-winning trumpet legend Arturo Sandoval.
- E124
Episode 124
Jul 201430m
Tavis talks with six-time Emmy-nominated British actor and musician Hugh Laurie.
- E125
Episode 125
Jul 201430m
Tavis talks with best-selling authors Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner and with an original Dreamgirl, Jennifer Holliday.
- E126
Episode 126
Jul 201430m
Tavis talks with former astronaut Buzz Aldrin and with Chaz Ebert about the documentary on her late husband, entitled Life Itself.
- E127
Episode 127
Jul 201430m
Tavis talks with Michael Levi and Elizabeth Economy about their text on China and with award-winning singer-songwriter Yuna.
- E128
Episode 128
Jul 201430m
Law professor Melissa Murray; Jason Biggs.
- E129
Episode 129
Jul 201430m
Beau Bridges.
- E131
Episode 131
Jul 201430m
Journalist Alex Tizon ("Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Self"); Sister Simone Campbell, the executive director of NETWORK.
- E132
Episode 132
Jul 201430m
Neurologist Stanley B. Prusiner ("Madness and Memory"); Demián Bichir.