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.
Kristin Scott Thomas, Don Guter
Jan 26, 2009
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Stephen J. Cannell, Janis Kearney
Jan 27, 2009
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Sen. Roland Burris, M.I.A.
Jan 28, 2009
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Mickey Rourke
Jan 29, 2009
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Danny Boyle
Jan 30, 2009
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Dr. Martin Indyk, Viola Davis
Feb 2, 2009
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Garry Shandling
Feb 3, 2009
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Sean Penn
Feb 4, 2009
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Danny Glover, Q-Tip
Feb 5, 2009
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Ashford & Simpson
Feb 6, 2009
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Suze Orman
Feb 9, 2009
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Melissa Leo, Carlos Moore
Feb 10, 2009
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Greg Mortenson, Sen. Robert Menendez
Feb 11, 2009
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Graham Nash
Feb 12, 2009
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Neil deGrasse Tyson, David Denby
Feb 13, 2009
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Former President Jimmy Carter
Feb 16, 2009
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Lamont Dozier, Raphael Saadiq
Feb 17, 2009
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Dr. Palitha Kohona, Ravi Nessman
Feb 18, 2009
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2009 Oscar nominees
Feb 19, 2009
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Joan Baez
Feb 20, 2009
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T.C. Boyle
Feb 23, 2009
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Esperanza Spalding, Adam Cohen
Feb 24, 2009
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Bill Maher
Feb 25, 2009
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Bryan Cranston, Becky Quick
Feb 26, 2009
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Jeffrey Sachs, T.C. Boyle
Feb 27, 2009
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Neko Case, Rep. Marsha Blackburn
Mar 9, 2009
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Ian McShane, Thomas Ricks
Mar 10, 2009
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Robert Gates
Mar 11, 2009
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Gov. Jennifer Granholm, Noah Wyle
Mar 12, 2009
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Felicity Huffman, Tony Dungy
Mar 13, 2009
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Dan Baum, Bill Paxton
Mar 16, 2009
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EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, Bobby Womack
Mar 17, 2009
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Timothy Hutton, Thomas P.M. Barnett
Mar 18, 2009
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Tricia Rose, Zoe Heller
Mar 19, 2009
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Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Michael McKean
Mar 20, 2009
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Simon Baker, Newt Gingrich
Mar 23, 2009
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Dr. Keith Black, The-Dream
Mar 24, 2009
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A tribute to John Hope Franklin
Mar 25, 2009
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Carla Harris, Bobby Cannavale
Mar 26, 2009
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Judith Jamison, Israel Houghton
Mar 28, 2009
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Judith Jamison
Mar 27, 2009
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Emmanuel Jal, Sen. Kent Conrad
Mar 30, 2009
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Jaime Pressly, William Cohan
Mar 31, 2009
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A tribute to Marvin Gaye
Apr 1, 2009
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Carlos Santana
Apr 2, 2009
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Israel Houghton, Seth Davis
Apr 3, 2009
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Kevin Spacey
Apr 6, 2009
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Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
Apr 7, 2009
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Ray Liotta, Gary Locke
Apr 8, 2009
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James Ingram, Nandan Nilekani
Apr 9, 2009
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Mark Robert Waldman
Apr 10, 2009
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Rep. Henry Waxman, Idris Elba
Apr 13, 2009
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Abraham Verghese, Labelle
Apr 14, 2009
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Anna Paquin, Robert Greenwald
Apr 15, 2009
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Dara Torres, India.Arie
Apr 16, 2009
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Sgt. Juan Luis Alcivar
Apr 17, 2009
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Rep. Barney Frank, Hugh Masekela
Apr 20, 2009
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Wangari Maathai
Apr 21, 2009
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Leslie Gelb, David Brenner
Apr 22, 2009
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Sgt. Juan Luis Alcivar, Anika Noni Rose
Apr 23, 2009
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Tracey Ullman
Apr 24, 2009
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Prince
Apr 27, 2009
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Bria Valente, Prince
Apr 28, 2009
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Kristin Chenoweth, Roger Wilkins
Apr 29, 2009
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Joshua Cooper Ramo, Mike Krzyzewski
Apr 30, 2009
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Mary Higgins Clark
May 1, 2009
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Thomas Cahill, Ziggy Marley
May 4, 2009
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Sam Haskell, Donald Faison
May 5, 2009
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Darryl Strawberry
May 6, 2009
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Dr. Walter Earl Fluker, Patti Davis
May 7, 2009
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J.J. Abrams
May 8, 2009
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Joe Queenan, Dr. William Baker
May 11, 2009
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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Baron Davis, Stacy Peralta
May 12, 2009
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Steve Earle, John Harwood
May 13, 2009
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Maxwell, Michael Fauntroy
May 14, 2009
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Steve Zahn, Brendan Gleeson
May 15, 2009
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Earth, Wind & Fire, Richard Haass
May 18, 2009
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Steve Martin
May 19, 2009
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Reza Aslan, Common
May 20, 2009
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Ed Asner
May 21, 2009
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Bill Russell
May 22, 2009
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Mandy Moore, Cesar Perales
Jun 1, 2009
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Norman Lear
Jun 2, 2009
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Edie Falco, Paul Ingrassia
Jun 3, 2009
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Vernon Jordan
Jun 4, 2009
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Nia Vardalos, Azadeh Moaveni
Jun 5, 2009
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Kevin Bacon, Dave Bing
Jun 8, 2009
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Nanci Griffith, Mary Frances Berry
Jun 9, 2009
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Joe Scarborough, Sharon Jones
Jun 10, 2009
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Larry King
Jun 11, 2009
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Colson Whitehead, Della Reese
Jun 12, 2009
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Karen Bass, Mary McCormack
Jun 15, 2009
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Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Marina Nemat
Jun 16, 2009
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Chris Noth, Ali Sethi
Jun 17, 2009
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Roseanne Barr
Jun 18, 2009
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Luma Mufleh, Rick Steves
Jun 19, 2009
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Trita Parsi, Hilda Solis
Jun 22, 2009
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Francis Ford Coppola
Jun 23, 2009
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Francis Ford Coppola, Femi Kuti
Jun 24, 2009
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Mary Mary
Jun 25, 2009
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Katty Kay, Paul Giamatti
Jun 26, 2009
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A tribute to Michael Jackson, Berry Gordy
Jun 29, 2009
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Michael Eric Dyson, Dr. Cornel West
Jun 30, 2009
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Shohreh Aghdashloo, Roger Cohen
Jul 1, 2009
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Bill Pullman, Debo Adegbile
Jul 2, 2009
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Jane Mayer, Malina Saval
Jul 3, 2009
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Jeremy Renner, David Ignatius
Jul 6, 2009
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Berry Gordy, the Homemade Jamz Blues Band
Jul 7, 2009
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Lisa Kudrow, Mayor James Young
Jul 8, 2009
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Peter Peterson, Dr. Michael Roizen
Jul 9, 2009
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Dr. Olufunmilayo Olopade, Jessica Queller, Diahann Carroll
Jul 10, 2009
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Jay Leno
Aug 10, 2009
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Mark Johnson, Jay Leno
Aug 11, 2009
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Corneille, Rep. Baron Hill
Aug 12, 2009
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Biz Stone, Gloria Reuben
Aug 13, 2009
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Davis Guggenheim, David Faber
Aug 14, 2009
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Dylan McDermott, Warren Moon
Aug 17, 2009
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Smokey Robinson
Aug 18, 2009
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Howard Dean, a tribute to Don Hewitt
Aug 19, 2009
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Arne Duncan, Benjamin Barber
Aug 20, 2009
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Alexis Bledel, Stan Brock
Aug 21, 2009
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Quentin Tarantino
Aug 24, 2009
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Reba McEntire, Dean Koontz
Aug 25, 2009
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Rep. John Lewis, Vernon Jordan
Aug 26, 2009
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Ron Williams, Eric Sundquist
Aug 27, 2009
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Josh Charles, Douglas Brinkley
Aug 28, 2009
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Doug Pray, Robert Baer
Aug 31, 2009
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Alex S. Jones, Mekhi Phifer
Sep 1, 2009
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Ledisi, Peter Baker
Sep 2, 2009
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George Foreman, Fred Kaplan
Sep 3, 2009
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Terence Blanchard
Sep 4, 2009
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Smokey Robinson
Sep 7, 2009
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Ken Burns
Sep 15, 2009
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Ted Kennedy Jr.
Sep 16, 2009
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R. Dwayne Betts
Sep 17, 2009
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Jenna Elfman, Matthew Weiner
Sep 18, 2009
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Herb Alpert, Lani Hall
Sep 22, 2009
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David Duchovny, Rep. Mike Pence
Sep 23, 2009
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Dr. Yvonne Sanders-Butler, Michael Strahan, Daryl Mitchell
Sep 24, 2009
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Ken Burns
Sep 28, 2009
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Michael Moore
Sep 29, 2009
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Tom Ridge, Adam Arkin
Sep 30, 2009
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Rodrigo y Gabriela, James Brown
Oct 1, 2009
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Max Blumenthal, Michael C. Hall
Oct 5, 2009
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Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., George Benson
Oct 6, 2009
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Dr. Cornel West
Oct 8, 2009
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Karen Armstrong, Nick Hornby
Oct 9, 2009
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Michael Sheen, Aaron S. Williams
Oct 12, 2009
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James Ellroy, Sen. Bill Nelson
Oct 13, 2009
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Pete Escovedo, Sheila E.
Oct 15, 2009
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Dr. Terrence Roberts, Joshua Bell
Oct 16, 2009
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Amb. Michael Oren, Michael Chabon
Oct 19, 2009
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Michelle Monaghan, Vali Nasr
Oct 20, 2009
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Rep. Ron Paul, Bob Herbert
Oct 21, 2009
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Anthony Edwards, The RZA
Oct 22, 2009
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Andy Williams
Oct 23, 2009
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Malcolm Gladwell, Robin D.G. Kelley
Oct 26, 2009
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Haleh Esfandiari, Nicholas Kristof
Oct 27, 2009
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Dr. Ruth Simmons
Oct 29, 2009
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Marcus Roberts, Edward Norton
Oct 30, 2009
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Kris Kristofferson
Nov 2, 2009
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Nomi Prins, the Swell Season
Nov 3, 2009
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Lee Eisenberg, Susie Essman
Nov 5, 2009
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Mitch Albom, Chiwetel Ejiofor
Nov 6, 2009
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Andrew Ross Sorkin, Lang Lang
Nov 9, 2009
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Max Cleland, Amerie
Nov 10, 2009
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Bruce Feiler
Nov 12, 2009
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Lance Reddick, Jason Zweig
Nov 13, 2009
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Dan Senor, Gail Collins
Nov 16, 2009
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Harry Connick Jr.
Nov 17, 2009
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Paul Mooney
Nov 18, 2009
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Andre Agassi
Nov 19, 2009
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50 Cent
Nov 20, 2009
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Dave Matthews
Nov 25, 2009
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Viggo Mortensen
Nov 30, 2009
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Ali Eteraz, Angie Stone
Dec 1, 2009
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Amy Goodman, Jason Schwartzman
Dec 2, 2009
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Malcolm Gladwell, Robin D.G. Kelley
Dec 3, 2009
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Dr. Ruth Simmons
Dec 4, 2009
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Ann Louise Bardach, Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.
Dec 7, 2009
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Yo-Yo Ma
Dec 8, 2009
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Gov. David Paterson, Fred Willard
Dec 9, 2009
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Morgan Freeman
Dec 10, 2009
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Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeff Bridges, Sen. Bernie Sanders
Dec 14, 2009
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Boyz II Men, Ann Louise Bardach
Dec 15, 2009
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Gov. Ed Rendell, Shirley Caesar
Dec 16, 2009
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James Cameron
Dec 17, 2009
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Kenneth Wade, James Bradley
Dec 18, 2009
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Mary J. Blige
Dec 21, 2009
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Youth Leadership Panel with Eduardo Campos, Kate Sim, Cortlan Wickliff, Kimberly Anyadike, Galen Dodd & Rocio Ortega
Dec 22, 2009
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Alan Alda, Tobey Maguire
Jan 11, 2010
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Sandra Bullock
Jan 12, 2010
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Joe Torre
Jan 13, 2010
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Rosanne Cash
Jan 14, 2010
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Bob Newhart, Dan Balz
Jan 15, 2010
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Nicole Lee, Jim Wallis
Jan 19, 2010
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Jason Reitman, Walter Isaacson
Jan 20, 2010
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Marion Cotillard, Robert Lacey
Jan 21, 2010
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Keri Russell, Paul Ingrassia
Jan 22, 2010
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