Michael discusses both the outcome of the E. Jean Carroll-Donald Trump civil trial, where the former President was found liable for sexual abuse and defamation for $5M, and the chaos currently happening at the border - but, which story will have more impact politically? Listen to the discussion. Original air date 10 May 2023. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
May 10, 2023•25 min•Ep. 472
Michael opens reminiscing on last evening listening to Dead & Co live from Barton Hall on SiriusXM's Grateful Dead Channel 23, then focuses on a story out of Colorado that's garnering a lot of buzz: A proposed bill to ban employers from preventing employees from accepting tips on the job. A wide-ranging conversation on tipping customs and etiquette...has it gotten out of hand? Original air date 9 May 2023. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information ...
May 09, 2023•31 min•Ep. 471
Michael offers thoughts on two of the day's big stories, including former President Trump's civil trial, being brought by E. Jean Carroll, where he won't testify and closing arguments begin; plus what's next for Tucker Carlson? Should FOX sideline him and pay the rest of his contract out through 2025, or cut him loose? Original air date 8 May 2023. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
May 08, 2023•22 min•Ep. 470
Former Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT), a co-chair of No Labels, joins Michael to discuss the group's plan to possibly nominate a third party presidential candidate in 2024. They are currently working to get ballot access in all 50 states. Original air date 5 May 2023. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
May 05, 2023•31 min•Ep. 469
The former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, Admiral James Stavridis, joined Michael on the developing story that there was an assassination attempt on Russian President Vladimir Putin. True? A False Flag? Even Possible? Bogus? Hear great insight in this episode. Original air date 4 May 2023. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
May 04, 2023•30 min•Ep. 468
"Free Range Kids" author and President of Let Grow, Lenore Skenazy joins Michael to talk about Youth Mental Health, the subject of a new article "Decline in Independent Activity as a Cause of Decline in Children's Mental Wellbeing" written up in the May issue of the Journal of Pediatrics. Original air date 3 May 2023. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
May 03, 2023•20 min•Ep. 467
Investigative journalist Gerald Posner joins Michael to discuss his Substack piece "Do you know that the National Archives just released more CIA-JFK Assassination Files?" Posner is the bestselling author of "Case Closed: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK." Original air date 2 May 2023. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
May 02, 2023•21 min•Ep. 466
Should marijuana use be immaterial in security clearance reviews required for federal jobs? Michael talks to Washington, DC-based attorney Andrew Bakaj, of the Compass Rose Legal Group, about how federal agencies are having difficulty filling jobs due to candidates not getting through drug clearances, as more and more states legalize marijuana use, but federally, it is still illegal. Original air date 1 May 2023. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for informati...
May 01, 2023•30 min•Ep. 465
Longtime daytime TV talk show host, and former Cincinnati Mayor, Jerry Springer passed away at 79. Michael offers up a great interview from the archives from 2009 with Springer, giving great insight into the man best known for showcasing fights on daytime television. But, there was so much more to him. Original air date 28 April 2023. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Apr 28, 2023•19 min•Ep. 464
Michael talks with data scientist and best-selling author Seth Stephens-Davidowitz about a new study on data and decision making conducted by Oracle. Original air date 27 April 2023. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Apr 27, 2023•24 min•Ep. 463
"Call me at about 11:30. These pix are very important. I'll explain." This is how Larry Kane's email was worded to Michael with a screenshot of his TV just after Michael finished hosting CNN in prime time last night. Kane is a retired award winning newscaster from Philadelphia, and a mentor to Michael. Listen to the story of how they met. Original air date 26 April 2023. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal...
Apr 26, 2023•16 min•Ep. 462
"What about Don Lemon?" Michael's first words today as he addresses FOX News firing its #1 prime time host Tucker Carlson. Yes, Mr. Lemon was fired from his respective network, CNN, as well. But the main question today is, is firing Carlson a good business decision for FOX News? Hear Michael out. Original air date 25 April 2023. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Apr 25, 2023•22 min•Ep. 461
A new chapter in fertility options is giving some hope, and some concern - human reproduction without eggs and sperm. Michael talks to NYU Grossman School of Medicone Bioethicist Dr. Arthur Caplan about "in vitro gametogenesis", or IVG. Original air date 24 April 2023. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Apr 24, 2023•29 min•Ep. 460
Michael offers a commentary on a piece appearing in this weekend's New York Times Magazine on the horrific photos of school shooting crime scenes, like at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT in 2012. If the photos were to be released, would that change anything regarding the number of deadly mass shootings in America? Original air date 21 April 2023. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for adv...
Apr 21, 2023•25 min•Ep. 459
Should cash bail - allowing a person arrested to pay money for release before trial - be eliminated? Michael gets expertise from Brooklyn Law School Professor Jocelyn Simenson, author of the forthcoming book "Radical Acts of Justice: How Ordinary People Are Dismantling Mass Incarceration." Original air date 20 April 2023. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Apr 20, 2023•35 min•Ep. 458
Michael offers his thoughts on the record $787.5 million settlement that FOX News will pay to Dominion Voting Systems, wrapping up the defamation lawsuit before it goes to trial. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Apr 19, 2023•36 min•Ep. 457
Michael gets expertise from NBC News legal analyst Danny Cevallos on two shootings that happened in Missouri and upstate New York, where the victims both arrived at homes by mistake while searching for an address, and they were both shot by the respective homeowners. Were the shootings racially or otherwise motivated? Listen for the full story. Original air date 18 April 2023. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of pe...
Apr 18, 2023•27 min•Ep. 456
CNN Senior Reporter Edward Isaac Dovere joins Michael in discussing the 2024 presidential race and potential challengers to President Biden on the Democratic side. Original air date 17 April 2023. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Apr 17, 2023•23 min•Ep. 455
Michael began hosting "The Michael Smerconish Program" on SiriusXM's POTUS Channel 124 on "tax day" - April 15th, 2013. He celebrated on air today reminiscing on how he came to SiriusXM, and welcomed a special in studio audience. Original air date 14 April 2023. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Apr 14, 2023•45 min
As Michael read in and learned about Jack Teixeira, who was arrested on charges related to the latest classified document leak on Discord, he thought of NYU Stern School of Business Professor Scott Galloway, and his theories on how society is failing young men. Original air date 14 April 2023. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Apr 14, 2023•27 min•Ep. 454
Michael offers a commentary on the latest revelations about the recently leaked classified documents released on Discord by someone named "O.G." Original air date 13 April 2023. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Apr 13, 2023•27 min•Ep. 453
Michael welcomes expertise today from longtime First Amendment attorney Lee Levine, who has represented media companies in his career, the day before jury selection begins in the defamation lawsuit that Dominion Voting Systems has brought against FOX News in the wake of the 2020 presidential election. Original air date 12 April 2023. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Apr 12, 2023•17 min•Ep. 452
To combat gun violence, should we use harm reduction efforts like we do for other dangers that affect the population, like cars and cigarettes? Michael talks with New York Times Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Nicholas Kristof, who has written about this in his piece "A Smarter Way to Reduce Gun Deaths." Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Apr 11, 2023•20 min•Ep. 451
Michael welcomes Republican pollster and strategist Frank Luntz on his New York Times op-ed, "How To Make Trump Go Away." Original air date 10 April 2023. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Apr 10, 2023•30 min•Ep. 450
Michael offers a commentary on the expulsion of two democratic state legislators by Republicans in Tennessee. Original air date 7 April 2023. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Apr 07, 2023•18 min•Ep. 449
Michael offers a commentary on the FOX vs Dominion Voting Systems case, where a judge just ruled that 92-year old FOX Chair Rupert Murdoch must testify. Original air date 6 April 2023. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Apr 06, 2023•25 min•Ep. 448
Michael offers thoughts on the arraignment of former President Donald Trump on 34 felony charges, following District Attorney Alvin Bragg unsealing the indictment. Original air date 5 April 2023. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Apr 05, 2023•29 min•Ep. 447
Michael offers thoughts just ahead of former President Trump's arraignment in New York City, where he both wishes for cameras in the court room so we could all watch, and, with the potential of a gag order being placed on the former president, what exactly does that mean? A great explainer from former federal proseuctor Duncan Levin. Original air date 4 April 2023. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data ...
Apr 04, 2023•21 min•Ep. 446
Michael offers thoughts on new polling that has come out in the wake of the indictment of former President Donald Trump, and gets smart analysis from Anthony Coley, Former Director of the Office of Public Affairs at the Department of Justice and Former Senior Advisor to Attorney General Merrick Garland. Original air date 3 April 2023. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Apr 03, 2023•39 min•Ep. 445
Is the indictment of former President Trump by Alvin Bragg political? Michael offers thoughts, and welcomes Berkeley Law Professor John Yoo to to the conversation. Original air date 31 March 2023. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Mar 31, 2023•38 min•Ep. 444
