Dr. Cornel West's Extraordinary Conversation With Craig Ferguson : Monkey See : NPR: Last night on The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson, Dr. Cornel West, a professor at Princeton and the author of several books (he appeared on Talk Of The Nation here a couple of weeks ago with Tavis Smiley) sat down with Ferguson to mark the beginning of Black History Month. Their discussion took up the lion's share of the show, which then closed with a performance by George Clinton.