The Smerconish Podcast

Michael talks to Anthony Coley, who formerly headed up public affairs at the Department of Justice and served as Attorney General Merrick Garland's spokesperson. He shares his opinions on special counsel Robert Hur's testimony on the investigation into President Biden's handling of classified documents. Coley believes the testimony got a bit too political. Original air date 13 March 2024.

Special counsel Robert Hur testified before the House Judiciary Committee yesterday on his report into President Biden's handling of classified documents. Questions about the President's mental acuity remain - so Michael asks this Daily Poll Question of you at Smerconish.com Today: Should all recordings of special counsel Robert Hur’s interview with President Biden be released? Listen, then vote!

A very sad story out of Texas - Michael talks to Valerie Bauerline who is co-author of an in-depth piece at The Wall Street Journal about the death of a global shipping company executive: Angela Chao was stuck in her Tesla in water and drowned. Listen here for the full story. Original air date 12 March 2024.

Controversy in the UK that has spread around the world: A photo of Princess Kate and her family, released by Buckingham Palace to show she was doing okay after not being in the public eye for months following surgery, was doctored. Michael asks you this Daily Poll Question today at Smerconish.com: Should the media have withdrawn publication of a touched-up Princess Kate photograph? Original air date 12 March 2024.

Michael offers thoughts on South Carolina Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace's appearance on ABC's "This Week" with George Stephanopoulos. From the get-go, they went at it over her support of President Trump, given rape allegations and civil court rulings against him. Mace herself is a survivor of rape. Original air date 11 March 2024.

Following up on the State of the Union Address, Michael asks this Daily Poll Question at Smerconish.com today: Was it appropriate for President Biden to use the word “illegal” to describe the alleged killer of Laken Riley? Listen to him lay it out, then vote. And, please rate and leave a review of this podcast!

Michael offers a commentary on President Biden's 2024 State of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress. Original air date 8 March 2024.

Michael's Daily Poll Question at Smerconish.com - listen here for his thoughts, then vote: Agree or Disagree: If ever there were a need for a third- party presidential ticket it is now.

Political Strategist Doug Sosnik goes through his latest memo looking at the 2024 race with Michael. Sosnik is a former advisor to President Clinton and multiple Senators, Governors, and fortune 100 corporations. Original air date 7 March 2024.

President Biden delivers his State of the Union tonight. Ahead of it, your chance to vote on today's Daily Poll Question at Smerconish.com. Listen here as Michael asks: Will President Biden’s SOTU address help, hurt or have no impact on his re-election?

If you don’t believe the 2024 presidential campaign can get any more bizarre or anxiety-inducing, just wait. So says Douglas MacKinnon, a political and communications consultant. He joins Michael to talk about his opinion piece in The Hill, "What if no candidate wins 270 electoral votes?" Mr. MacKinnon was a writer for Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, and former special assistant for policy and communications at the Pentagon. Original air date 6 March 2024.

The day after Super Tuesday, Michael asks this Daily Poll Question to you at Smerconish.com: Will a strategy of "let Biden be Biden" improve the President's re-election chances? Listen here, then vote!

Michael talks about a compelling op-ed in the Washington Post by Fredrick Kunkle, titled "I’m glad I had a gun. I’m even happier I didn’t use it on an intruder." Original air date 5 March 2024.

On this Super Tuesday, Michael asks you this Daily Poll Question at Smerconish.com: Agree or Disagree, Joe Biden remains the Democrats’ best shot? Listen, then vote!

The Supreme Court made a Jan. 6 Trump trial harder — but not impossible. Michael talks to POLITICO Magazine Senior Writer Ankush Khardori, a former federal prosecutor, about his latest analysis piece "The Enormous Pressures About to Land on Judge Tanya Chutkan." Original air date 4 March 2024.

Companies around the world have tried various work models since the COVID-19 pandemic, including remote work, hybrid work, and 4-day work weeks instead of 5, to name a few. (And yes, many have successfully had non-traditional scheduling models even before 2020). So this has Michael asking you this Daily Poll Question at Smerconish.com today: Does a 4-day workweek work? Listen to this podcast, then leave a review and rating, and then vote at Smerconish.com!

Nearly 40,000 migrants have arrived in Denver, Colorado over the past year from the US-Mexico Border. For a city with a population of just over 700,000, that's quite a number. Michael gets the full story from Denver's 9News Anchor Kyle Clark, host of "Next with Kyle Clark" on what's happening in the mile high city. Original air date 1 March 2024.

Decision time is here. With Super Tuesday just days away, Michael asks you today's Daily Poll Question at Smerconish.com: Should No Labels field a third-party ticket? Listen here, vote there.

If he wins a second term, perhaps we’ll finally dispense with the myth that “this is not who we are.” The words of The Atlantic's Mark Leibovich in the January/February issue - listen to his conversation with Michael about the piece "Trump Voters Are America Too." Original air date 13 December 2023.

Talking immigration and border security today. Michael asks this Daily Poll Question at Smerconish.com: Which is a more effective way of addressing the border crisis: limiting asylum claims or mass deportation? Listen, then vote!