“I’ve Lost Friends on Both Sides”: Halperin & Smerconish on Political Tribalism
Michael Smerconish is joined by political journalist Mark Halperin for a wide-ranging and deeply personal conversation about the growing cost of refusing to take sides in today’s polarized America. Fr...
28 Jan 28min
Should Guns Be Allowed at Protests?
Michael unpacks today’s poll question: "Should it be unlawful to conceal carry at a demonstration?" In the wake of the fatal Minneapolis shooting this past weekend, he examines gun laws at protests, S...
28 Jan 16min
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 Jan 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 Jan 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 Jan 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 Jan 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 Jan 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 Jan 17min
