The Smerconish Podcast

Can We Agree: Lindsay Clancy Trial Holdout Juror

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Today's Poll Question: Could a Democratic Congress rein in President Trump?

Today's Poll Question at Smerconish.com: Could a Democratic Congress rein in President Trump? The 2026 midterm election 'concludes' two weeks from tomorrow. Michael exami

Can We Agree: Regulating AI

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Today's Poll Question: Which is the bigger midterm prize, the House or the Senate?

Today's Poll Question at Smerconish.com: Which is the bigger midterm prize, the House or the Senate? Election Day is just over two weeks away - Michael breaks down what's

GOP Midterm Disaster? Mark Halperin Warns It Could Be Worse Than Anyone Thinks

With less than three weeks until the 2026 midterm elections, are Republicans facing a much bigger defeat than anyone expects? Political analyst Mark Halperin joins Michae

Who Cut Ukraine’s Starlink - Trump, Musk, Both, or a Glitch?

Today's Poll Question at Smerconish.com: Who cut Ukraine's Starlink service this week? Was it Trump? Was it Musk? Was it both or was it a glitch? As Ukrainian forces face

Can We Agree: Democratic Socialism

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Today's Poll Question: Will the midterm election results cause the president to make significant changes to his cabinet and/or policies?

Today's Poll Question at Smerconish.com: Will the midterm election results cause the president to make significant changes to his cabinet and/or policies? With Democrats

Neil Bush on What America Has Lost Since His Father Was President

What would George H.W. Bush think of today's deeply divided America? Michael sits down with the former president's son, Neil Bush, to reflect on his father's extraordinar

Today's Poll Question: Will Elon Musk’s $276 million in donations keep the Senate in Republican hands?

Today's Poll Question at Smerconish.com: Will Elon Musk's $276 million in donations keep the Senate in Republican hands? With Republicans facing a difficult Senate map an

Is Trump About to Expand the Iran War? Admiral Stavridis Weighs In

Deadly Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia have put President Trump at a dangerous crossroads in the war with Iran. Retired four-star Admiral and former NATO Supreme Allied Co

Today's Poll Question: Is serving in public office today worth the risk of violence?

Today's Poll Question at Smerconish.com: Is serving in public office today worth the risk of violence? Death threats, assassination attempts, and escalating political hos

The Cornell Rape Case: Are We Missing the Real Problem?

What really went wrong at Cornell? Michael speaks with Hanna Stotland, an educational crisis consultant who has handled 363 campus sexual misconduct cases, about the cont

Today's Poll Question: Are you in favor of the death penalty for a person convicted of murder?

Today's Poll Question at Smerconish.com: Are you in favor of the death penalty for a person convicted of murder? As executions make headlines in Texas and Florida, Califo

Having Second Thoughts About the Death Penalty

A botched execution in Tennessee, a firing squad in Texas, record-setting executions in Florida, and a possible mass commutation of death sentences in California. America

Today's Poll Question: As the media has gotten more diverse, has the bias of the “Dominant Media” against Trump worsened?

Today's Poll Question at Smerconish.com: Do you agree with Mark Halperin that as the media has gotten more diverse, the bias of the dominant media against Trump has worse

Mark Halperin: The Media Is Trying to Destroy Trump

Is the press giving Donald Trump and Republicans a fair shake? 2WAY Political Analyst Mark Halperin joins Michael Smerconish to argue that America’s “dominant media” appl

Today's Poll Question: Who should remain anonymous in a rape accusation case, prior to a verdict?

Today's Poll Question at Smerconish.com: Prior to a verdict, who should remain anonymous in a rape accusation case? Only the accuser, both the accuser and the accused, or

Did Russia Just Have a Plague Lab Leak? Annie Jacobsen Sounds the Alarm

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Today's Poll Question: Should NY AG Letitia James be the person to investigate the Cornell rape case?

Today's Poll Question at Smerconish.com: Should New York Attorney General Letitia James be the person to investigate the Cornell rape case? Michael examines whether AG Ja