Podcast Episodes

A conversation 18 years in the making: Richard Louv on "Last Child In The Woods"

Episode 492

Listen to Episode #340 from 2007

Richard Louv is co-founder of the Children & Nature Network.

Published on 7 hours ago

Kevin Flynn: "102 Minutes"

Episode 491

From the Spring of 2005, Michael's conversation with Kevin Flynn, co-author of "102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers." This is the dramatic and moving account …

Published on 1 day, 10 hours ago

Stephen Starring Grant: "Mailman"

Episode 490

When the pandemic hit, Stephen Grant — a married father of two recently diagnosed with cancer — lost his corporate job and urgently needed health insurance. So he became a rural mail carrier in Appal…

Published on 1 week ago

Dr. Jean Twenge: "10 Rules for Raising Kids in a High-Tech World"

Episode 489

Listen here to Episode #27: Michael's 2017 conversation with Dr. Jean Twenge about "iGen: Why Today's Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy--and Completely Un…

Published on 1 week, 1 day ago

Barton Gellman: "Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance State"

Episode 488

From the archives, Michael’s conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Barton Gellman, on his book “Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance State.” In 2013, Edward Snowden’s m…

Published on 2 weeks, 3 days ago

Michael Bamberger: "The Man Who Heard Voices"

Episode 487

Michael's conversation with longtime sportswriter and bestselling author Michael Bamberger, author of "The Man Who Heard Voices: Or, How M. Night Shyamalan Risked His Career on a Fairy Tale." In his …

Published on 3 weeks, 1 day ago

Gerry Spence: "Bloodthirsty Bitches and Pious Pimps of Power"

Episode 486

Upon hearing of Gerry Spence's passing away at 96 years old this week, we remembered this conversation from deep in the archives, with the trial attorney and bestselling author on his book "Bloodthir…

Published on 3 weeks, 3 days ago

Ray Didinger: "Finished Business"

Episode 485

Michael spoke with longtime Philadelphia sports journalist Ray Didinger in a Free Library of Philadelphia event about Didinger's memoir, “Finished Business: My Fifty Years of Headlines, Heroes, and H…

Published on 3 weeks, 6 days ago

Terry McAuliffe: "Beyond Charlottesville"

Episode 484

Michael's conversation from five years ago this month with Former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe’s, about his instant bestseller "Beyond Charlottesville: Taking a Stand Against White Nationalism."…

Published on 1 month ago

Garrett Graff: "The Devil Reached Toward the Sky"

Episode 483

Michael Smerconish is joined by journalist and bestselling author Garrett Graff to discuss his powerful new oral history, "The Devil Reached Toward the Sky: An Oral History of the Making and Unleashi…

Published on 1 month ago