Rupert's Revelations: Michael's Take
Michael offers thoughts on the revelations in a public legal filing that Fox Corporation Chairman Rupert Murdoch acknowledged that Fox News hosts endorsed false stolen election claims in the 2020 pre...
28 Feb 202326min
Scott Adams Faces "The Muzzle Meter"
"Dilbert" comic strip creator Scott Adams recently described black people as members of “a hate group” from which white people should “get away.” Should newspapers stop publishing his famous comic str...
27 Feb 202332min
Despite What Americans Think, Gallup Finds Russians Are Optimistic About Their Economy
Gallup Editor-in-Chief Mohamed Younis joins Michael on their latest polling in Russia, summarized in their piece "Sanctions Fail to Sour Russians' Outlook on Economy." Original air date 24 February 20...
24 Feb 202327min
The Dangers of A.I. Come to Light: The engineer fired by Google for saying its A.I. was "sentient" checks in
Michael talks to Blake Lemoine, an engineer who was fired by Google in July 2022 for saying publicly that the company's "LaMDA" A.I. was "sentient." Michael asks him about a piece written in the New Y...
23 Feb 202318min
President Biden vs President Putin: "A Tale Of Two Speeches," Admira l James Stavridis Says
Retired Admiral James Stavridis, now Vice Chair, Global Affairs and Managing Director of The Carlyle Group, and Chair of Rockefeller Foundation Board of Directors, joins Michael today with his thought...
22 Feb 202319min
Placing Bets and Winning Money on Political Outcomes: A Conversation with PredictIt founder John Aristotle
Does the market know better than the pundit class? Should we be able to wager on elections in America, just like we wager on sports? Michael talks with the founder of PredictIt, John Aristotle. Origin...
21 Feb 202330min
President's Day Special: Michael's Interviews With Past Commander-in-Chiefs
Michael has interviewed several US presidents during his career. In this episode, he goes back and listens to his conversations with Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barac...
20 Feb 202345min
He Lost His Wife On 9/11, But Now Says It's Time For Plea Deals For Defendants At Guantanamo
Michael talks to former US Solicitor General Ted Olson, who's wife was killed in the September 11th, 2001 Attacks, about his call for the cases of the Guantanamo detainees to be resolved, in an op-ed ...
17 Feb 202325min
