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