The Smerconish Podcast
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Having Second Thoughts About the Death Penalty
Oct 8, 202634 min
Today's Poll Question: As the media has gotten more diverse, has the bias of the “Dominant Media” against Trump worsened?
Oct 8, 202610 min
Mark Halperin: The Media Is Trying to Destroy Trump
Oct 7, 202632 min
Today's Poll Question: Who should remain anonymous in a rape accusation case, prior to a verdict?
Oct 7, 202617 min
Did Russia Just Have a Plague Lab Leak? Annie Jacobsen Sounds the Alarm
Oct 6, 202624 min
Today's Poll Question: Should NY AG Letitia James be the person to investigate the Cornell rape case?
Oct 6, 202611 min
Too Drunk to Consent? The Law Complicating the Cornell Rape Case
Oct 5, 202633 min
Today's Poll Question: Is America over-policed or under-policed?
Oct 5, 202614 min
The Midterm Map Is Shifting
Oct 2, 202621 min
Today's Poll Question: Will the renewed investigation at Cornell result in any criminal convictions?
Oct 2, 202615 min
Cornell Rape Case: You Can’t Unring the Bell
Oct 1, 202621 min
Today's Poll Question: Should AI designers consider religion when programming morality?
Oct 1, 202613 min
How Biased Is Michael Smerconish? The Numbers Are In
Sep 30, 202631 min
Today's Poll Question: Should Billionaires Pay a Wealth Tax—or Only Taxes on Income?
Sep 30, 202611 min
The Cornell Rape Case Is Reopened. Can Prosecutors Actually Win?
Sep 29, 202637 min
Today's Poll Question: After President Trump leaves office, will presidential power go back to what it was before?
Sep 29, 202623 min
Is Trump About to Cost Republicans Congress?
Sep 28, 202633 min
Today's Poll Question: Should Stay-at-Home Parents Get the Same Federal Child Care Aid as Daycare Users?
Sep 28, 202614 min
Can the Dignity Index Fix America’s Toxic Politics?
Sep 25, 202623 min
Today's Poll Question: Would A Bernie/AOC Ticket Be Viable In 2028?
Sep 25, 202612 min
Should Parents Choose the Best School—or Try to Fix a Failing One?
Sep 24, 202636 min
Today's Poll Question: Which Is More Likely: AI Ends Humanity or AI Cures Cancer?
Sep 24, 202616 min
Bernie and AOC in 2028? Mark Halperin Floats a Stunning Ticket
Sep 23, 202631 min
Today's Poll Question: What was the most consequential U.S. presidential election of the last 50 years?
Sep 23, 202614 min
America Wanted a Fight. Trump and Mamdani Didn’t Give One...And That's OK.
Sep 22, 202633 min
Today's Poll Question: Trump and Mamdani are working together. Who's getting played?
Sep 22, 202611 min
AI Could Destroy Us—or Save Us
Sep 21, 202629 min
Today's Poll Question: Is a candidate's civility toward opponents a factor in your vote?
Sep 21, 202610 min
How Bucks County Became Ground Zero for America’s Political Divide
Sep 18, 202625 min
Today's Poll Question: Should Robert Kraft Have Pressured Ed Sheeran to Remove Macklemore From His Tour?
Sep 18, 202613 min
Is the American Age Over?
Sep 17, 202630 min
Today's Poll Question: Was the Boston Globe right to name the Clancy holdout juror?
Sep 17, 202612 min
Mark Halperin on 2028—and the AI Issue Nobody Can Ignore
Sep 16, 202632 min
Today's Poll Question: Who should regulate artificial intelligence?
Sep 16, 202616 min
9/11 Death Investigator: Stop Calling Them "Jumpers"
Sep 15, 202627 min
Today's Poll Question: Is the Democratic Party's future democratic socialism?
Sep 15, 202615 min
AI Could Kill Us All? The People Building It Are Warning Us
Sep 14, 202635 min
Today's Poll Question: Who REALLY Runs The American Economy?
Sep 14, 202611 min
Bonus Content: Everything That Didn't Fit In Our 9/11 25th Anniversary Tribute
Sep 11, 20262h 14m
Never Forget: 25th Anniversary of September 11th, 2001
Sep 11, 20262h 18m
The Sam Bankman-Fried Case Isn’t What You Think
Sep 10, 202630 min
Today's Poll Question: Will Trump’s $5,000 Dividend Help Republicans—or Backfire?
Sep 10, 202611 min
"The Chaos Is The Point": Chris Coons Sounds Alarm on Trump’s Mail-In Voting Plan
Sep 9, 202625 min
Today's Poll Question: Who Wins The House In November?
Sep 9, 202611 min
Lindsay Clancy: Why Yale Law School's Jed Rubenfeld Predicts a Plea Deal
Sep 8, 202630 min
Today's Poll Question: "Would America be better off as two countries?"
Sep 8, 202615 min
What Your College Major Says About Your Politics
Sep 3, 202631 min
The Government Took His $95,000 Plane Over a Six-Pack of Beer
Sep 2, 202630 min
Josh Shapiro Says “Hell No” to Data Centers — The Developer Responds
Sep 1, 202641 min
America Is Divided. Except at Costco.
Aug 31, 202630 min