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Smiley, Tavis 1964–
1964—
Radio, television commentator
In a preview to its 1994 list of fifty future American leaders, Time magazine observed, "As surely as there are forces organic to today's America that stifle leadership, there are forces within some Americans that cause them to lead nonetheless. Ambition plays a role, as does a desire to do good, but doggedness is essential, as is a sort of questioning curiosity." In the years since he was named to that list of emerging leaders, Tavis Smiley has lived up to that promise and then some. Smiley has emerged as one of the most active black presences in American media, with a resume that includes high-profile slots on television and radio, bestselling books, and his own publishing company.
Smiley has been running on a political fast track since he was in college, when he served as an intern for Tom Bradley, the mayor of Los Angeles. After graduating from Indiana University, he worked for three years as an administrative aide in the Bradley organization, hosted radio talk shows, served as a guest commentator on several ne
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Tavis Smiley
Tavis Smiley Speaker Biography
Some would say that an exclusive interview with the President of the United States, during one of the most controversial scandals to ever hit the White House, is the interview of a lifetime. Others would say interviewing Fidel Castro in the wake of unprecedented U.S. sanctions relief, or the conversation with Pope John Paul II was the most significant.
Time selected Tavis Smiley as one of America's 50 most promising young leaders. Newsweek profiled him as one of the 20 people changing how Americans get their news and dubbed him one of the nation's captains of the airwaves.
With his late-night television talk show, Tavis Smiley on PBS, and his earlier radio show The Tavis Smiley Show from NPR, Smiley was the first American ever to simultaneously host signature talk shows on both PBS and NPR. Smiley's television show continues now in its second season, and Smiley just announced the return of The Tavis Smiley Show to public radio in association with Public Radio International, PRI, coming April 29th.
Smiley, who started his career a
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Tavis Smiley
Talk show host and author
Not to be confused with Tava Smiley.
Tavis Smiley | |
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Smiley in 2022 | |
| Born | (1964-09-13) September 13, 1964 (age 60) Gulfport, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Education | Indiana University (B.A., public affairs, 2003) Maconaquah High School |
| Occupations | |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Notable credit(s) | Tavis Smiley host KBLA Talk 1580 (2021–present) Tavis Smiley host PBS (2004–2017) The Tavis Smiley Show from PRI (radio) host (2005–2017) Smiley & West co-host (2010–2013) BET Tonight with Tavis Smiley host (1996–2001) |
| Website | kbla1580.com |
Tavis Smiley (; born September 13, 1964) is an American talk show host and author.[1][2] Smiley was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, and grew up in Bunker Hill, Indiana. After attending Indiana University, he worked during the late 1980s as an aide to Tom Bradley, the mayor of Los Angeles.
Smiley became a radio commentator in 1991 and, starting in 1996, he hosted the talk show BET Talk (later renamed BET Tonight with Tavis Smiley) on Blac
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