
Reasonable Fear or Excessive Force? A Deep Dive Into the Alex Pretti Shooting
Michael takes a careful look at the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, pushing past slogans and snap judgments to examine what the law actually requires. Analyzing video evidence, use-of-force standards, ...
27 Tammi 25min

Should Big Tech Pay for the Damage to Kids’ Mental Health?
What happens when social media design meets the courtroom? As a landmark trial begins in Los Angeles, Michael breaks down the case that could hold Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube legally resp...
27 Tammi 15min

If the 2024 Election Happened Again Tomorrow, Would Trump Still Win?
What if the 2024 presidential election were rerun today? Michael revisits a familiar—but newly relevant—poll question, weighing Kamala Harris’s post-election momentum against Donald Trump’s declining ...
26 Tammi 12min

NATO, Trump, and a Fracturing West—What Comes Next?
Admiral James Stavridis, former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, joins Michael to tackle the biggest global questions of the moment: Will NATO survive the Trump era? Why Greenland has become a strate...
23 Tammi 21min

Gun Rights or Property Rights — You Decide
Which matters more: gun rights or property rights? Michael Smerconish breaks down today’s Smerconish.com poll question through the lens of a major Supreme Court case challenging Hawaii’s concealed-car...
23 Tammi 10min

Trump 2.0 at One Year: Why Democrats May Take Back the House in 2026
One year into President Trump's second term, all eyes are on the 2026 midterm elections. Michael Smerconish is joined by David Wasserman, senior editor and elections analyst at the Cook Political Repo...
22 Tammi 17min

Melting Ice, Rising Stakes: The Climate Reality Behind Trump’s Greenland Push
As global temperatures rise, Greenland is becoming one of the most strategically important places on Earth—but will President Trump ever acknowledge why? Michael Smerconish explores the growing geopol...
22 Tammi 12min

Mark Halperin on Trump’s Greenland Strategy, NATO Tensions, and Global Power
Michael Smerconish is joined by political analyst Mark Halperin for a wide-ranging conversation sparked by President Trump’s remarks at Davos. They unpack Trump’s controversial comments on Greenland, ...
21 Tammi 31min





















