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Back to SearchSalena Zito: "Butler"
Episode 473
In this episode, Michael Smerconish talks with journalist and author Salena Zito about her new book "Butler: The Untold Story of the Near Assassinati…
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Kevin Hines: "Cracked, Not Broken"
Episode 472
Kevin Hines attempted suicide in 2000 in San Francisco and fortunately lived to tell about it, and wrote a powerful memoir in 2013. In 2016, there wa…
1 year ago
David Litt: "It's Only Drowning"
Episode 471
Surfing, politics, and...finding common ground! Michael is joined by former Obama speechwriter and author David Litt to discuss his new book "It's On…
1 year ago
Sophie Gilbert: "Girl on Girl"
Episode 470
Michael Smerconish is joined by Atlantic staff writer Sophie Gilbert to discuss her new book, "Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of W…
1 year ago
Seymour Hersh: "Reporter"
Episode 469
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, best-selling author and preeminent investigative journalist of our time—a heartfelt, hugely revealing memoir of a de…
1 year, 1 month ago
David Soucie: "Why Planes Crash"
Episode 468
There is one reason why planes crash. Michael asks the question to David Soucie in this conversation about his book "Why Planes Crash: An Accident In…
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Marcus Luttrell: "Lone Survivor"
Episode 467
Follow along a Navy SEAL's firsthand account of American heroism during a secret military operation in Afghanistan in this true story of survival and…
1 year, 1 month ago
Walter Isaacson: "Einstein"
Episode 466
In 2007, Michael welcomed bestselling author Walter Isaacson to talk about "Einstein: His Life and Universe." Listen to the author of the acclaimed b…
1 year, 1 month ago
Dawn Staley: "Uncommon Favor"
Episode 465
An inspiring conversation between Michael and Dawn Staley about her book "Uncommon Favor: Basketball, North Philly, My Mother, and the Life Lessons I…
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Jocelyne & Monique Lamoureux: "Dare To Make History"
Episode 464
The Lamoureux twins—Olympic gold medalists on the historic 2018 US women’s ice hockey team—tell their story of grit and determination, from youth hoc…
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