Meet Pulitzer Prize Winning Cartoonist Jack Ohman, now drawing for The Newsletter
Pulitzer Prize winning political cartoonist Jack Ohman worked for The Sacramento Bee until he and two other cartoonists were fired by McClatchy, the paper's owner, when they announced they were ceasin...
2 Aug 202316min
A rare Civil War-era Lincoln letter sells for $85,000, and Michael touches it
Michael has the unique opportunity to see a previously unpublished letter sent by President Abraham Lincoln early in the Civil War when rare documents dealer Nathan Raab of the Raab Collection brings ...
1 Aug 202319min
The World's Most Frequent Flyer: Tom Stuker has flown over 23 million miles
Meet a world traveler - thousands of times over. Tom Stuker has flown over 23 million miles. Michael hears his amazing story here. Original air date 7 July 2023. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz compa...
31 Jul 202316min
On the plane to China with Joe and Hunter Biden in 2013
Mark Landler is London Bureau Chief for the New York Times, where he's worked for over three decades. In 2013, he served as the paper's White House Correspondent, and went on a trip to China with then...
28 Jul 202320min
Harvard's Dr. Avi Loeb on the need for the US Government to allow scientists to access data on extraterrestrial activity
Michael welcomes Dr. Avi Loeb, the Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science, and Director, Institute for Theory & Computation at Harvard University, to talk about the hearing on extraterrestrials in th...
27 Jul 202322min
Mark Halperin on the Politics of the Day
Political Analyst Mark Halperin joins to talk big ticket politics of the day, from Hunter Biden's looming charges to the likeliness of Trump showing up to the August debate. Original air date 26 July ...
26 Jul 202325min
5 Touchy Subjects
Michael takes on on five subjects in the news today that are all ... touchy. Israel, Aging, Families, Slavery, Jason Aldean. Original air date 25 July 2023. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. S...
25 Jul 202328min
No one will win a U.S. presidential election by a landslide ever again
Michael asks at Smerconish.com today, "Putting aside the constitutional requirements, could anyone now on earth win a landslide American presidential election?" Due to polarization and redistricting, ...
24 Jul 202329min
