Episodes

  • Fires, Thin Mints, Mingling & More: Today's Smerconish.com Headlines

    Fires, Thin Mints, Mingling & More: Today's Smerconish.com Headlines
    Jan 9 2025
    Michael and TC take a run through today's hand-picked headlines that you'll find in the Smerconish.com Daily Newsletter. This is a podcast exclusive - Headlines didn't make it to air today as we aired the State Funeral of President Jimmy Carter on the SiriusXM radio program. 9 January 2024.
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    22 mins
  • Daily Poll: Can insurance companies drive meaningful climate change action better than politicans?

    Daily Poll: Can insurance companies drive meaningful climate change action better than politicans?
    Jan 9 2025
    Today's Poll Question: Are insurance companies better positioned than politicians to drive meaningful action on climate change? Listen here to Michael's take! The Daily Poll Question is a thought-provoking query each day at Smerconish.com on a political, social, or other human interest issue. Entirely non-scientific, it always begins a great conversation. Michael talks about it in this podcast each weekday. Listen, then vote at Smerconish.com, and please leave a rating and review of this podcast.
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    13 mins
  • Chris Matthews on working with President Jimmy Carter

    Chris Matthews on working with President Jimmy Carter
    Jan 8 2025
    Before Chris Matthews became known as the host of MSNBC's Hardball for 25 years, he was a speechwriter for former President Jimmy Carter. One day before Carter's State Funeral, Matthews joins Michael to reflect on his time working with the 39th President. Original air date 8 January 2025.
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    19 mins
  • Will Trump 2.0 be more or less chaotic than Trump 1.0? A Conversation with Mark Halperin

    Will Trump 2.0 be more or less chaotic than Trump 1.0? A Conversation with Mark Halperin
    Jan 8 2025
    2WAY Editor-in-Chief and Wide World of News political analyst Mark Halperin makes his first appearance of 2025 on the podcast, focusing on the Trump transition, with 12 days to go until Inauguration Day. Will the US acquire Greenland? How about the Panama Canal, and will the Gulf of Mexico be renamed? All things that President Trump has hinted at in recent days. Michael and Mark break it all down. Original air date 8 January 2025.
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    32 mins
  • Daily Poll: Should Meta focus more on protecting free expression or on combating misinformation?

    Daily Poll: Should Meta focus more on protecting free expression or on combating misinformation?
    Jan 8 2025
    Today's Poll Question: Should Meta focus more on protecting free expression or on combating misinformation? Listen here to Michael's take! The Daily Poll Question is a thought-provoking query each day at Smerconish.com on a political, social, or other human interest issue. Entirely non-scientific, it always begins a great conversation. Michael talks about it in this podcast each weekday. Listen, then vote at Smerconish.com, and please leave a rating and review of this podcast.
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    11 mins
  • Congestion Pricing in NYC: WABC's Frank Morano on 'clever' drivers trying to get around it

    Congestion Pricing in NYC: WABC's Frank Morano on 'clever' drivers trying to get around it
    Jan 7 2025
    A new Congestion Pricing System began in New York City this week, where it now costs a minimum of $9 to enter midtown Manhattan, depending when and where you are coming from. Michael gets the scoop from WABC "The Other Side of Midnight" host Frank Morano, who also tells us about some wild ways people are modifying their license plates to try and avoid the toll. Will this help ease congestion in the largest city in America? And, will it help pay for planned transportation infrastructure upgrades as officials have planned? Listen here. Original air date 7 January 2025.
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    30 mins
  • Daily Poll: After the passage of a few years, should the media delete past coverage of minor crimes?

    Daily Poll: After the passage of a few years, should the media delete past coverage of minor crimes?
    Jan 7 2025
    Today's Poll Question: After the passage of a few years, should the media delete past coverage of minor crimes? Listen here to Michael's take! The Daily Poll Question is a thought-provoking query each day at Smerconish.com on a political, social, or other human interest issue. Entirely non-scientific, it always begins a great conversation. Michael talks about it in this podcast each weekday. Listen, then vote at Smerconish.com, and please leave a rating and review of this podcast.
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    12 mins
  • On the 4th anniversary of January 6th, A conversation with Trump's Impeachment Attorneys

    On the 4th anniversary of January 6th, A conversation with Trump's Impeachment Attorneys
    Jan 6 2025
    Michael welcomes attorneys William J. Brennan and Michael van der Veen in studio on the 4th anniversary of the January 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. They represented President Trump in his second impeachment trial, and are currently representing several J-6 defendants. The conversation centers around Michael's poll question today on whether the Department of Justice should still prosecute non-violent January 6 participants, given Trump's pardon promises once he takes office again later this month. Original air date 6 January 2025.
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    39 mins