Tavis Smiley - Season 6

First aired: 1/26/2009 199 episodes
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Episodes

1. Kristin Scott Thomas, Don Guter

Aired: 1/26/2009

2. Stephen J. Cannell, Janis Kearney

Aired: 1/27/2009

3. Sen. Roland Burris, M.I.A.

Aired: 1/28/2009

4. Mickey Rourke

Aired: 1/29/2009

5. Danny Boyle

Aired: 1/30/2009

6. Dr. Martin Indyk, Viola Davis

Aired: 2/2/2009

7. Garry Shandling

Aired: 2/3/2009

8. Sean Penn

Aired: 2/4/2009

9. Danny Glover, Q-Tip

Aired: 2/5/2009

10. Ashford & Simpson

Aired: 2/6/2009

11. Suze Orman

Aired: 2/9/2009

12. Melissa Leo, Carlos Moore

Aired: 2/10/2009

13. Greg Mortenson, Sen. Robert Menendez

Aired: 2/11/2009

14. Graham Nash

Aired: 2/12/2009

15. Neil deGrasse Tyson, David Denby

Aired: 2/13/2009

16. Former President Jimmy Carter

Aired: 2/16/2009

17. Lamont Dozier, Raphael Saadiq

Aired: 2/17/2009

18. Dr. Palitha Kohona, Ravi Nessman

Aired: 2/18/2009

19. 2009 Oscar nominees

Aired: 2/19/2009

20. Joan Baez

Aired: 2/20/2009

21. T.C. Boyle

Aired: 2/23/2009

22. Esperanza Spalding, Adam Cohen

Aired: 2/24/2009

23. Bill Maher

Aired: 2/25/2009

24. Bryan Cranston, Becky Quick

Aired: 2/26/2009

25. Jeffrey Sachs, T.C. Boyle

Aired: 2/27/2009

26. Neko Case, Rep. Marsha Blackburn

Aired: 3/9/2009

27. Ian McShane, Thomas Ricks

Aired: 3/10/2009

28. Robert Gates

Aired: 3/11/2009

29. Gov. Jennifer Granholm, Noah Wyle

Aired: 3/12/2009

30. Felicity Huffman, Tony Dungy

Aired: 3/13/2009

31. Dan Baum, Bill Paxton

Aired: 3/16/2009

32. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, Bobby Womack

Aired: 3/17/2009

33. Timothy Hutton, Thomas P.M. Barnett

Aired: 3/18/2009

34. Tricia Rose, Zoe Heller

Aired: 3/19/2009

35. Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Michael McKean

Aired: 3/20/2009

36. Simon Baker, Newt Gingrich

Aired: 3/23/2009

37. Dr. Keith Black, The-Dream

Aired: 3/24/2009

38. A tribute to John Hope Franklin

Aired: 3/25/2009

39. Carla Harris, Bobby Cannavale

Aired: 3/26/2009

40. Judith Jamison, Israel Houghton

Aired: 3/28/2009

41. Judith Jamison

Aired: 3/27/2009

42. Emmanuel Jal, Sen. Kent Conrad

Aired: 3/30/2009

43. Jaime Pressly, William Cohan

Aired: 3/31/2009

44. A tribute to Marvin Gaye

Aired: 4/1/2009

45. Carlos Santana

Aired: 4/2/2009

46. Israel Houghton, Seth Davis

Aired: 4/3/2009

47. Kevin Spacey

Aired: 4/6/2009

48. Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf

Aired: 4/7/2009

49. Ray Liotta, Gary Locke

Aired: 4/8/2009

50. James Ingram, Nandan Nilekani

Aired: 4/9/2009

51. Mark Robert Waldman

Aired: 4/10/2009

52. Rep. Henry Waxman, Idris Elba

Aired: 4/13/2009

53. Abraham Verghese, Labelle

Aired: 4/14/2009

54. Anna Paquin, Robert Greenwald

Aired: 4/15/2009

55. Dara Torres, India.Arie

Aired: 4/16/2009

56. Sgt. Juan Luis Alcivar

Aired: 4/17/2009

57. Rep. Barney Frank, Hugh Masekela

Aired: 4/20/2009

58. Wangari Maathai

Aired: 4/21/2009

59. Leslie Gelb, David Brenner

Aired: 4/22/2009

60. Sgt. Juan Luis Alcivar, Anika Noni Rose

Aired: 4/23/2009

61. Tracey Ullman

Aired: 4/24/2009

62. Prince

Aired: 4/27/2009

63. Bria Valente, Prince

Aired: 4/28/2009

64. Kristin Chenoweth, Roger Wilkins

Aired: 4/29/2009

65. Joshua Cooper Ramo, Mike Krzyzewski

Aired: 4/30/2009

66. Mary Higgins Clark

Aired: 5/1/2009

67. Thomas Cahill, Ziggy Marley

Aired: 5/4/2009

68. Sam Haskell, Donald Faison

Aired: 5/5/2009

69. Darryl Strawberry

Aired: 5/6/2009

70. Dr. Walter Earl Fluker, Patti Davis

Aired: 5/7/2009

71. J.J. Abrams

Aired: 5/8/2009

72. Joe Queenan, Dr. William Baker

Aired: 5/11/2009

73. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Baron Davis, Stacy Peralta

Aired: 5/12/2009

74. Steve Earle, John Harwood

Aired: 5/13/2009

75. Maxwell, Michael Fauntroy

Aired: 5/14/2009

76. Steve Zahn, Brendan Gleeson

Aired: 5/15/2009

77. Earth, Wind & Fire, Richard Haass

Aired: 5/18/2009

78. Steve Martin

Aired: 5/19/2009

79. Reza Aslan, Common

Aired: 5/20/2009

80. Ed Asner

Aired: 5/21/2009

81. Bill Russell

Aired: 5/22/2009

82. Mandy Moore, Cesar Perales

Aired: 6/1/2009

83. Norman Lear

Aired: 6/2/2009

84. Edie Falco, Paul Ingrassia

Aired: 6/3/2009

85. Vernon Jordan

Aired: 6/4/2009

86. Nia Vardalos, Azadeh Moaveni

Aired: 6/5/2009

87. Kevin Bacon, Dave Bing

Aired: 6/8/2009

88. Nanci Griffith, Mary Frances Berry

Aired: 6/9/2009

89. Joe Scarborough, Sharon Jones

Aired: 6/10/2009

90. Larry King

Aired: 6/11/2009

91. Colson Whitehead, Della Reese

Aired: 6/12/2009

92. Karen Bass, Mary McCormack

Aired: 6/15/2009

93. Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Marina Nemat

Aired: 6/16/2009

94. Chris Noth, Ali Sethi

Aired: 6/17/2009

95. Roseanne Barr

Aired: 6/18/2009

96. Luma Mufleh, Rick Steves

Aired: 6/19/2009

97. Trita Parsi, Hilda Solis

Aired: 6/22/2009

98. Francis Ford Coppola

Aired: 6/23/2009

99. Francis Ford Coppola, Femi Kuti

Aired: 6/24/2009

100. Mary Mary

Aired: 6/25/2009

101. Katty Kay, Paul Giamatti

Aired: 6/26/2009

102. A tribute to Michael Jackson, Berry Gordy

Aired: 6/29/2009

103. Michael Eric Dyson, Dr. Cornel West

Aired: 6/30/2009

104. Shohreh Aghdashloo, Roger Cohen

Aired: 7/1/2009

105. Bill Pullman, Debo Adegbile

Aired: 7/2/2009

106. Jane Mayer, Malina Saval

Aired: 7/3/2009

107. Jeremy Renner, David Ignatius

Aired: 7/6/2009

108. Berry Gordy, the Homemade Jamz Blues Band

Aired: 7/7/2009

109. Lisa Kudrow, Mayor James Young

Aired: 7/8/2009

110. Peter Peterson, Dr. Michael Roizen

Aired: 7/9/2009

111. Dr. Olufunmilayo Olopade, Jessica Queller, Diahann Carroll

Aired: 7/10/2009

112. Jay Leno

Aired: 8/10/2009

113. Mark Johnson, Jay Leno

Aired: 8/11/2009

114. Corneille, Rep. Baron Hill

Aired: 8/12/2009

115. Biz Stone, Gloria Reuben

Aired: 8/13/2009

116. Davis Guggenheim, David Faber

Aired: 8/14/2009

117. Dylan McDermott, Warren Moon

Aired: 8/17/2009

118. Smokey Robinson

Aired: 8/18/2009

119. Howard Dean, a tribute to Don Hewitt

Aired: 8/19/2009

120. Arne Duncan, Benjamin Barber

Aired: 8/20/2009

121. Alexis Bledel, Stan Brock

Aired: 8/21/2009

122. Quentin Tarantino

Aired: 8/24/2009

123. Reba McEntire, Dean Koontz

Aired: 8/25/2009

124. Rep. John Lewis, Vernon Jordan

Aired: 8/26/2009

125. Ron Williams, Eric Sundquist

Aired: 8/27/2009

126. Josh Charles, Douglas Brinkley

Aired: 8/28/2009

127. Doug Pray, Robert Baer

Aired: 8/31/2009

128. Alex S. Jones, Mekhi Phifer

Aired: 9/1/2009

129. Ledisi, Peter Baker

Aired: 9/2/2009

130. George Foreman, Fred Kaplan

Aired: 9/3/2009

131. Terence Blanchard

Aired: 9/4/2009

132. Smokey Robinson

Aired: 9/7/2009

134. Ken Burns

Aired: 9/15/2009

135. Ted Kennedy Jr.

Aired: 9/16/2009

136. R. Dwayne Betts

Aired: 9/17/2009

137. Jenna Elfman, Matthew Weiner

Aired: 9/18/2009

139. Herb Alpert, Lani Hall

Aired: 9/22/2009

140. David Duchovny, Rep. Mike Pence

Aired: 9/23/2009

141. Dr. Yvonne Sanders-Butler, Michael Strahan, Daryl Mitchell

Aired: 9/24/2009

143. Ken Burns

Aired: 9/28/2009

144. Michael Moore

Aired: 9/29/2009

145. Tom Ridge, Adam Arkin

Aired: 9/30/2009

146. Rodrigo y Gabriela, James Brown

Aired: 10/1/2009

148. Max Blumenthal, Michael C. Hall

Aired: 10/5/2009

149. Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., George Benson

Aired: 10/6/2009

151. Dr. Cornel West

Aired: 10/8/2009

152. Karen Armstrong, Nick Hornby

Aired: 10/9/2009

153. Michael Sheen, Aaron S. Williams

Aired: 10/12/2009

154. James Ellroy, Sen. Bill Nelson

Aired: 10/13/2009

156. Pete Escovedo, Sheila E.

Aired: 10/15/2009

157. Dr. Terrence Roberts, Joshua Bell

Aired: 10/16/2009

158. Amb. Michael Oren, Michael Chabon

Aired: 10/19/2009

159. Michelle Monaghan, Vali Nasr

Aired: 10/20/2009

160. Rep. Ron Paul, Bob Herbert

Aired: 10/21/2009

161. Anthony Edwards, The RZA

Aired: 10/22/2009

162. Andy Williams

Aired: 10/23/2009

163. Malcolm Gladwell, Robin D.G. Kelley

Aired: 10/26/2009

164. Haleh Esfandiari, Nicholas Kristof

Aired: 10/27/2009

166. Dr. Ruth Simmons

Aired: 10/29/2009

167. Marcus Roberts, Edward Norton

Aired: 10/30/2009

168. Kris Kristofferson

Aired: 11/2/2009

169. Nomi Prins, the Swell Season

Aired: 11/3/2009

171. Lee Eisenberg, Susie Essman

Aired: 11/5/2009

172. Mitch Albom, Chiwetel Ejiofor

Aired: 11/6/2009

173. Andrew Ross Sorkin, Lang Lang

Aired: 11/9/2009

174. Max Cleland, Amerie

Aired: 11/10/2009

176. Bruce Feiler

Aired: 11/12/2009

177. Lance Reddick, Jason Zweig

Aired: 11/13/2009

178. Dan Senor, Gail Collins

Aired: 11/16/2009

179. Harry Connick Jr.

Aired: 11/17/2009

180. Paul Mooney

Aired: 11/18/2009

181. Andre Agassi

Aired: 11/19/2009

182. 50 Cent

Aired: 11/20/2009

183. Dave Matthews

Aired: 11/25/2009

184. Viggo Mortensen

Aired: 11/30/2009

185. Ali Eteraz, Angie Stone

Aired: 12/1/2009

186. Amy Goodman, Jason Schwartzman

Aired: 12/2/2009

187. Malcolm Gladwell, Robin D.G. Kelley

Aired: 12/3/2009

188. Dr. Ruth Simmons

Aired: 12/4/2009

189. Ann Louise Bardach, Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.

Aired: 12/7/2009

190. Yo-Yo Ma

Aired: 12/8/2009

191. Gov. David Paterson, Fred Willard

Aired: 12/9/2009

192. Morgan Freeman

Aired: 12/10/2009

194. Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeff Bridges, Sen. Bernie Sanders

Aired: 12/14/2009

195. Boyz II Men, Ann Louise Bardach

Aired: 12/15/2009

196. Gov. Ed Rendell, Shirley Caesar

Aired: 12/16/2009

197. James Cameron

Aired: 12/17/2009

198. Kenneth Wade, James Bradley

Aired: 12/18/2009

199. Mary J. Blige

Aired: 12/21/2009

200. Youth Leadership Panel with Eduardo Campos, Kate Sim, Cortlan Wickliff, Kimberly Anyadike, Galen Dodd & Rocio Ortega

Aired: 12/22/2009

201. Alan Alda, Tobey Maguire

Aired: 1/11/2010

202. Sandra Bullock

Aired: 1/12/2010

203. Joe Torre

Aired: 1/13/2010

204. Rosanne Cash

Aired: 1/14/2010

205. Bob Newhart, Dan Balz

Aired: 1/15/2010

207. Nicole Lee, Jim Wallis

Aired: 1/19/2010

208. Jason Reitman, Walter Isaacson

Aired: 1/20/2010

209. Marion Cotillard, Robert Lacey

Aired: 1/21/2010

210. Keri Russell, Paul Ingrassia

Aired: 1/22/2010