Podcast Episodes

People Aren't Having Kids. The Government Could Step In To Encourage Them To Do So!

Episode 1343

Today's poll question at Smerconish.com asks: With birth rates declining in many developed nations, should governments adopt policies that actively e…

8 months, 3 weeks ago

Elon Musk's Pronatalism View: The world will collapse without more babies:

Episode 1342

Michael talks with Dana Mattioli, technology investigations and enterprise reporter for the Wall Street Journal. She's written "The Tactics Elon Musk…

8 months, 3 weeks ago

Pope Francis' Final Act Might Be To Spare Pete Hegseth His Termination As Secretary of Defense

Episode 1341

Michael opens this episode remembering Pope Francis, who passed today at the age of 88. In an insightful commentary, he weaves into today's poll ques…

8 months, 3 weeks ago

30th Anniversary: Remembering The Oklahoma City Bombing

The bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on April 19th, 1995 remains the deadliest act of domestic terrorism i…

8 months, 4 weeks ago

Admiral Stavridis ALARM: 5 Signs That The U.S. and China Will Go To War

Episode 1340

Tensions between the United States and China are escalating. Michael learns from Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Admiral James Stavridis that wh…

8 months, 4 weeks ago

"19 Years Ago, I’d Have Said No" — Michael Smerconish Now Hopes Aliens Have Faith

Episode 1339

Religion can be a tricky subject...while it can bring a lot of good, it can also lead to conflict, and even war. Today being Good Friday, this brings…

8 months, 4 weeks ago

A Spontaneous Town Hall on the Ground-Level Realities of Labor, Immigration, and American Contradiction

Episode 1338

Michael hosts a compelling conversation centered around immigration, undocumented workers, and the everyday realities of hiring day laborers—sparked …

8 months, 4 weeks ago

Politically Speaking, Trump Has A Big Winning Hand Right Now...Until He Doesn't

Episode 1337

Today's Poll Question at Smerconish.com asks: Does Trump benefit politically from ALL of the following: 1) fighting Harvard, 2) not facilitating retu…

8 months, 4 weeks ago

Mark Halperin Divides Every Element Of The Trump Agenda Into "Big Casino" or "Not Big Casino"

Episode 1336

2WAY Editor-in-Chief and Wide World of News Publisher Mark Halperin says we are at an odd moment in the three-side relationship between the Trump age…

8 months, 4 weeks ago

Think Twice Before Defunding Harvard Over Antisemitism

Episode 1335

Today's Poll Question at Smerconish.com asks: Should federal funding be cut from universities like Harvard in response to perceived failures in addre…

8 months, 4 weeks ago