Podcast Episodes

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…

1 year, 2 months 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…

1 year, 2 months 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…

1 year, 2 months 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…

1 year, 2 months 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…

1 year, 2 months 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 …

1 year, 2 months 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…

1 year, 2 months 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…

1 year, 2 months 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…

1 year, 2 months ago

Wealthy Europeans Are Healthier Than Wealthy Americans: Why?

Episode 1334

London School of Economics Professor Irene Papanicolas joins Michael to discuss a study that finds wealthy Americans have similar death rates to poor…

1 year, 2 months ago