Daily Poll: Should pro-Palestinian groups be banned from state colleges?
Michael lays out today's Daily Poll Question at Smerconish.com: Should pro-Palestinian groups be banned from state colleges? Listen here, then vote! Original air date 30 October 2023. Hosted by Simpl...
30 Okt 20237min
A difficult but open conversation about the war in Gaza
Eric Cheyfitz is the Ernest I. White Professor of American Studies and Humane Letters at Cornell University. Michael was uncomfortable publishing an essay from Eric about the war in Gaza at Smerconis...
27 Okt 202331min
Daily Poll: Occasional mass murder is a reality of American life that will not change
In the wake of the shooting massacre in Lewiston, Maine this week, Michael asks this Daily Poll Question at Smerconish.com today: Occasional mass murder is an unfortunate reality of American life that...
27 Okt 20235min
The Politics of Getting Old: How Aging Makes You More Conservative
Michael talks to Dante Chinni, Wall Street Journal Columnist and Director of the American Communities Project at Michigan State University. They discuss his latest WSJ piece "Grand Old Party: How Agin...
26 Okt 202320min
Daily Poll: Who or what will rein in the addictive aspects of social media?
Michael lays out today's Daily Poll Question at Smerconish.com: Which has the greatest likelihood of reining in addictive aspects of social media? Platforms, Parents, Legislators, or Litigators? Origi...
26 Okt 20236min
Fake Ron Klain's Latest Advice To President Biden
Political analyst Mark Halperin at Wide World of News parses through his latest "Fake Ron Klain Memo" with Michael. Original air date 25 October 2023. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See htt...
25 Okt 202325min
Daily Poll: Should major university donors have a say in the schools' stance on geopolitical issues?
As protests are happening on college campuses across the country on what's happening in the Middle East, and some of those schools are taking stances as institutions, Michael offers today's Daily Poll...
25 Okt 20237min
Police Potheads: State Says Yes, Mayor Says No
It's a case of city versus state, and it has to do with pot. Michael talks to Steven Fulop, the Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey, who does not want officers on his police force to be able to use marij...
24 Okt 202322min
