# Christopher Sebastian Parker joins Tavis Smiley

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Podcast: [Tavis Smiley](https://stenobird.com/podcast/tavis-smiley-5000046)
Published: 2026-06-02T22:00:45+00:00
Episode link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/christopher-sebastian-parker-joins-tavis-smiley--72307988
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Duration seconds: 877

## Resource

Christopher Sebastian Parker, UC Santa Barbara political science professor, author, and founder of Black Insights Research, discusses California politics and how Black male voters are not showing up at the polls. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support .

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