Feb 22nd, 2008 · Barbershop regulars Jimi Izrael, Ruben Navarrette and Arsalan Iftikhar are joined this week by screenwriter Alan McElroy. The guys weigh in on John McCain's alleged impropriety, Tavis Smiley's public riff with Barack Obama, and who they're rooting for at this year's Oscars.
Dec 16th, 2004 · Jack Johnson was America's first black heavyweight boxing champion. NPR's Tavis Smiley talks with Geoffrey Ward about Ward's book Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson, a biography about the boxer, and with filmmaker Ken Burns, who produced a documentary based on Ward's book.
Dec 16th, 2004 · Why do communities of color suffer a disproportionate incidence of asthma, heart disease, high blood pressure and infant mortality? NPR's Tavis Smiley gets some answers from PolicyLink CEO and founder Angela Glover Blackwell.
Dec 15th, 2004 · First-time mystery writer Ken Mask talks about his New Orleans crime novel, Murder at the Butt. Hear Mask and NPR's Tavis Smiley.
Dec 15th, 2004 · Laws aren't the only thing Utah Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch writes -- he's also a talented songwriter who pens gospel hymns, love ballads, country tunes. A few of his songs have even made it into move soundtracks. Hatch talks with NPR's Tavis Smiley about songwriting and discusses his new holiday CD, Christmas Eve.
Dec 14th, 2004 · It's not easy to place author and polemicist Christopher Hitchens into a particular ideological camp. The man who accuses former Secretary of State Henry Kissenger of war crimes is himself considered a "hawk" to many on the left. Hitchens joins NPR's Tavis Smiley to discuss his latest book, Love, Poverty and War: Journeys and Essays.
Dec 14th, 2004 · Oscar Brown Jr. travels the United States to tell stories of African-American history. His song "Bid 'Em In" -- in which he plays the part of a slave auctioneer -- prompted an animated short film now eligible for an Oscar. Hear Brown and NPR's Tavis Smiley.
Dec 13th, 2004 · African-American jockey Jimmy Winkfield won the Kentucky Derby twice by the time he was 23 years old. He was known as "Wink" in the horse-racing circuit and led an incredible life in the early 1900s. NPR's Tavis Smiley talks to Ed Hotaling, author of a biography of the rider, and John Lee, director of broadcasting for the New York Racing Association (NYRA).