Podcast Episodes

If you have teenage sons, this conversation needs to make it to your family dinner table

Episode 1283

The FBI is warning that sexual extorsion schemes, or "sextortion", targeting underage boys are leading to an alarming increase in suicides of teenage…

1 year, 3 months ago

Trump’s Opposition: Who’s Got the Chops to Take Him Down?

Episode 1282

Today's Poll Question at Smerconish.com: Pick the person best suited to be the face of opposition to Donald Trump right now, of the following choices…

1 year, 3 months ago

Bob Costas: President Trump can't get Pete Rose into the MLB Hall of Fame

Episode 1281

Michael welcomes legendary sportscaster Bob Costas back for a conversation on the late baseball player Pete Rose's legacy and chances of getting into…

1 year, 3 months ago

Let's be for Inclusion, but not at the expense of Fairness: Smerconish on Gavin Newsom's take on trans athletes

Episode 1280

Today's Poll Question at Smerconish.com: Do you agree with Gavin Newsom that the participation of trans athletes in women’s sports is “deeply unfair”…

1 year, 3 months ago

There is a connection between 70,000 people losing their jobs at the VA, and violent extremism

Episode 1279

As the news of President Trump's plan to fire 70,000 employees from the Department of Veterans Affairs lands, Michael talks to Robert Pape, political…

1 year, 3 months ago

Let's Get Ready For The End of NATO!

Episode 1278

Today's Poll Question at Smerconish.com: Are we witnessing the final days of NATO? Listen here to Michael's take, then vote at Smerconish.com, and pl…

1 year, 3 months ago

Mark Halperin's 10 things that Donald Trump and Bill Clinton have in common

Episode 1277

Mark Halperin says "the sources of strength and power of the 'Maven of Mar-a-Lago', for all he is discussed, have been insufficiently examined or und…

1 year, 3 months ago

Why most who watched President Trump's speech agreed with it

Episode 1276

Michael offers an in-depth analysis of President Trump's address to a joint session of Congress last night. He also touches on today's Daily Poll Que…

1 year, 3 months ago

Admiral James Stavridis on why we should oppose Vladimir Putin

Episode 1275

Who should we support: Russia, Ukraine, or Neither? Michael discusses question with Admiral James Stavridis, a retired four-star Navy officer who onc…

1 year, 3 months ago

The text from a transgender military pilot read: "I'll be discharged in 30 days."

Jo has served 15 years in the Virginia Army National Guard. Her current rank and job title is Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2) – UH60 Black Hawk Pilot. …

1 year, 3 months ago