KBLA TALK 1580

07/08/2025

“Tavis Smiley” is now ranked #16 nationally (and the highest-rated talk show hosted by an African American) on the “2025 TALKERS Heavy Hundred.”

Last year, “Tavis Smiley” ranked #33 and the year before, #45. Tavis’s show has rapidly expanded its national syndication to now include nearly 50 radio stations across the country, and counting!

Congrats, Tavis! 🎉

07/08/2025

James Farr gives an update on Altadena’s rebuild six months after the Eaton Canyon Fire.

07/08/2025

Tune in NOW! ⬇️

9:00AM - 10:00AM: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T3zufXYdzJw

10:00AM - 11:00AM: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B9qYSmBC8sU

11:00AM - 12:00PM: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OjsPTf7bK34

Algernon Austin
9:00AM - 9:30AM

Algernon Austin, Director of Race and Economic Justice at The Center for Economic and Policy Research, is back with his take on the injustices in President Trump’s ugly little tax bill.

Karen Elliott House
9:30AM - 10:00AM

Karen Elliot House, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and former publisher of the Wall Street Journal, talks about the “modern monarch” of Saudi Arabia and her new book “The Man Who Would Be King: Mohammed bin Salman and the Transformation of Saudi Arabia.”

Calvin Duncan and Sophie Cull
10:00AM - 11:00AM

Calvin Duncan and Sophie Cull, co-authors of “The Jailhouse Lawyer,” tell us the inspiring story of how Duncan freed himself from prison for a murder he didn’t commit by following advice from a prison elder and becoming his own attorney.

Edda L. Fields-Black
11:00AM - 12:00PM

Dr. Edda L. Fields-Black, Carnegie Mellon University professor, is back to tell us what it’s like to win a 2025 Pulitzer Prize in History for her best-selling book “COMBEE: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War.”

07/08/2025

Yesterday, LA Mayor Karen Bass showed up in MacArthur Park as ICE agents conducted an immigration sweep near downtown Los Angeles. Mayor Bass joins Tavis today in hour two.

Video credit: Keith Boykin

07/08/2025

Yesterday, LA Mayor Karen Bass showed up in MacArthur Park as ICE agents conducted an immigration sweep near downtown Los Angeles. Mayor Bass joins Tavis today in hour two.

07/08/2025

Algernon Austin
9:00AM - 9:30AM

Algernon Austin, Director of Race and Economic Justice at The Center for Economic and Policy Research, is back with his take on the injustices in President Trump’s ugly little tax bill.

Karen Elliott House
9:30AM - 10:00AM

Karen Elliot House, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and former publisher of the Wall Street Journal, talks about the “modern monarch” of Saudi Arabia and her new book “The Man Who Would Be King: Mohammed bin Salman and the Transformation of Saudi Arabia.”

Calvin Duncan and Sophie Cull
10:00AM - 11:00AM

Calvin Duncan and Sophie Cull, co-authors of “The Jailhouse Lawyer,” tell us the inspiring story of how Duncan freed himself from prison for a murder he didn’t commit by following advice from a prison elder and becoming his own attorney.

Edda L. Fields-Black
11:00AM - 12:00PM

Dr. Edda L. Fields-Black, Carnegie Mellon University professor, is back to tell us what it’s like to win a 2025 Pulitzer Prize in History for her best-selling book “COMBEE: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War.”

07/08/2025

THE FAITH NOT TO FALL | with Rev. Teresa Hord Owens, Ernest Crim III remained on the Jesse Jackson, Jr. Show as the three participated in a conversation on faith and where to go to build community. If not the church…if not the club…then on what grounds do we meet? |

Jesse Jackson Jr.​, who served 17 years in the U.S. Congress, gives you his unflinching analysis with input from trusted contributors, news makers, and everyday people impacted by the headlines.

07/08/2025

What's Love Got to do with It | For three generations following the civil rights era, there must be cohesion… There must be community. What’s love got to zoom with it? What millennials are saying about the present political one and the notion of working process experiences was the point of it all in a conversation between millennial activist, historian, and author, Ernest Crim III, George Junior in the first hour for a cut-to-the-chase conversation. |

Jesse Jackson Jr.​, who served 17 years in the U.S. Congress, gives you his unflinching analysis with input from trusted contributors, news makers, and everyday people impacted by the headlines.

07/07/2025

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07/07/2025

We at KBLA Talk 1580 mourn the passing of “Mama” Mosie Burks.

May she rest in peace. 🕊️

07/07/2025

James Farr, host of “Conversation Live: Altadena Rising,” joined Tavis in the studio, discussed his latest article for LA Progressive (link below), and talked about his upcoming appearance on Spectrum News 1 SoCal tonight at 7 PM where he’ll be examining the six-month anniversary of the Altadena Eaton Canyon Fire.

LA Progressive Article: https://www.laprogressive.com/california-political-issues/half-a-year-later-the-flames-are-gone-but-so-is-the-help

07/07/2025

James Farr, host of “Conversation Live: Altadena Rising” will appear on Spectrum News 1 SoCal tonight at 7 PM!

He’ll discuss the six-month anniversary of the Altadena Eaton Canyon Fire.