Erroll Southers, Associate Director of the National Homeland Security Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events at USC and William Parrish, Associate Professor, Homeland Security and Emergency Planning at the Virginia Commonwealth L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs, contextualize the recent increase in terror alerts heading into the holiday travel season.

Commentator Antonio Gonzalez weighs in on the recent U.S. apology for syphilis experimentation on Guatemalans in the 1940s.

Author Terry McMillan is back and shares her new novel, Getting to Happy.

Sports commentator George Johnson salutes the start of the baseball playoffs in his 3-minute sports drill.

Soul balladeer Will Downing details his battle back from polymyositis to performing on stage, as well as his new CD; Lust, Love and Lies (An Audio Novel)..

…All that this week on The Tavis Smiley Show.