Smiley & West
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Smiley & West is a public radio talk show and podcast co-hosted by broadcaster Tavis Smiley and scholar-activist Cornel West, focusing on politics, social justice, and African American issues.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Smiley & West canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10528343 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Smiley & West Context triple: [Tavis Smiley, notableWork, Smiley & West]
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Willie and Joe
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Min and Bill
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Dege & Skinner is a prestigious British bespoke tailoring house renowned for its traditional craftsmanship and military uniforms, based on London’s Savile Row.
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Horace and Pete is a dark, dialogue-driven web series created by Louis C.K. that blends tragicomedy with a stage-play style to explore family, politics, and mental illness in a Brooklyn bar.
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Nichols and May
Nichols and May was a groundbreaking American comedy duo of Mike Nichols and Elaine May, celebrated for their sharp, sophisticated improvisational sketches in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Smiley & West Target entity description: Smiley & West is a public radio talk show and podcast co-hosted by broadcaster Tavis Smiley and scholar-activist Cornel West, focusing on politics, social justice, and African American issues.
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A.
Willie and Joe
Willie and Joe are iconic World War II cartoon characters created by Bill Mauldin, depicting weary, cynical American infantrymen that captured the grim realities and dark humor of soldiers’ lives in combat.
-
B.
Min and Bill
Min and Bill is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film best known for its gritty waterfront setting and for earning Marie Dressler an Academy Award for Best Actress.
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C.
Dege & Skinner
Dege & Skinner is a prestigious British bespoke tailoring house renowned for its traditional craftsmanship and military uniforms, based on London’s Savile Row.
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D.
Horace and Pete
Horace and Pete is a dark, dialogue-driven web series created by Louis C.K. that blends tragicomedy with a stage-play style to explore family, politics, and mental illness in a Brooklyn bar.
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E.
Nichols and May
Nichols and May was a groundbreaking American comedy duo of Mike Nichols and Elaine May, celebrated for their sharp, sophisticated improvisational sketches in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
podcast
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radio talk show ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Tavis Smiley (media brand)
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linked to:
Tavis Smiley
|
| coHostedBy |
Cornel West
ⓘ
Tavis Smiley ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| discusses |
U.S. domestic politics
ⓘ
civil rights ⓘ economic inequality ⓘ education policy ⓘ foreign policy ⓘ race relations in the United States ⓘ |
| distributionFormat | podcast ⓘ |
| features |
commentary
ⓘ
interviews ⓘ listener call-ins ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
African American issues
ⓘ
politics ⓘ social justice ⓘ |
| genre |
political talk
ⓘ
public affairs ⓘ social justice commentary ⓘ |
| hasFormat | weekly show ⓘ |
| hasHostRole |
Cornel West
ⓘ
Tavis Smiley ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
African American experience
ⓘ
progressive ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType | audio program ⓘ |
| originalMedium | public radio ⓘ |
| platform |
online podcast
ⓘ
radio ⓘ |
| subjectArea |
African American culture
ⓘ
linked to:
African-American culture
public policy ⓘ social movements ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
African American community
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Americans
general public ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Smiley & West Description of subject: Smiley & West is a public radio talk show and podcast co-hosted by broadcaster Tavis Smiley and scholar-activist Cornel West, focusing on politics, social justice, and African American issues.
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