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Spirited discussions of government, politics, and current events without predictable left/right bias. The Smerconish Podcast is for Independent Minds. The Michael Smerconish Program airs live on SiriusXM's POTUS Channel 9AM-12PM ET and replays 9PM-12AM East, Monday-Friday.
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Can We Agree: Has Trump Changed Presidency Forever?
October 20, 2026
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- Can We Agree: Has Trump Changed Presidency Forever?
- Today's Poll Question: Smartphones vs. School Pressure...What's Really Making Kids Anxious?
- Can We Agree: Lindsay Clancy Trial Holdout Juror
- Today's Poll Question: Could a Democratic Congress rein in President Trump?
- Can We Agree: Regulating AI
- Today's Poll Question: Which is the bigger midterm prize, the House or the Senate?
- GOP Midterm Disaster? Mark Halperin Warns It Could Be Worse Than Anyone Thinks
- Who Cut Ukraine’s Starlink - Trump, Musk, Both, or a Glitch?
- Can We Agree: Democratic Socialism
- 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: Will Elon Musk’s $276 million in donations keep the Senate in Republican hands?
- Today's Poll Question: Who should regulate artificial intelligence?
- 9/11 Death Investigator: Stop Calling Them "Jumpers"
- Today's Poll Question: Is the Democratic Party's future democratic socialism?
- AI Could Kill Us All? The People Building It Are Warning Us
- Today's Poll Question: Who REALLY Runs The American Economy?
- Bonus Content: Everything That Didn't Fit In Our 9/11 25th Anniversary Tribute
- Never Forget: 25th Anniversary of September 11th, 2001
- The Sam Bankman-Fried Case Isn’t What You Think
- "The Chaos Is The Point": Chris Coons Sounds Alarm on Trump’s Mail-In Voting Plan
- Today's Poll Question: Who Wins The House In November?
- Lindsay Clancy: Why Yale Law School's Jed Rubenfeld Predicts a Plea Deal
- Today's Poll Question: "Would America be better off as two countries?"
- What Your College Major Says About Your Politics
- The Government Took His $95,000 Plane Over a Six-Pack of Beer
- Josh Shapiro Says “Hell No” to Data Centers — The Developer Responds
- America Is Divided. Except at Costco.
- The Truth About Trump’s Tariffs on Canada: Former Ambassador David L. Cohen Explains
- Today's Poll Question: Would You Let A Child Of Yours Play Tackle Football?
- Meta’s $18 Billion Reckoning: Are We All Addicted?
- Today's Poll Question: Are the U.S. and Canada still allies?
- Was Dolly Parton the Last Person America Agreed On?
- Why America’s $40 Trillion Debt Matters to Your Wallet
- Today's Poll Question: When a Party Can’t Win, Should It Get Out of the Way For A Strong Independent Candidate?
- Charles Barkley Unfiltered: Politics, the WNBA & 2028
- Inside Trump’s Mysterious Air Force One Security Move
- Today's Poll Question: Is the Natalie Harp story Much Ado About Nothing?
- Today's Poll Question: Should the U.S. grow or shrink its footprint in the Middle East?
- Today's Poll Question: Is the Jason Arday tragedy a story of affirmative action gone too far, or a racist witch hunt?
- Luigi Mangione Pleads Guilty — But Where Was the Remorse?
- Today's Poll Question: The White House East Wing has already been demolished. Should the Trump Ballroom now be built?
- The New Vaccine Rules Have Parents Asking: Who Can We Trust?
- Today's Poll Question: Should Grades Still Matter?
- Trump’s Vaccine Changes Put Parental Choice to the Test
- Trump, Air Force One & the Democratic Party’s Socialist Future
- Today's Poll Question: Is It Fair To Blame President Trump For The AF1 Decoy Operation, A Security Decision He Says Was Made By The Secret Service?
- Trump’s Air Force One Deception: Necessary Security or Dangerous Decoy?
- Why Everyone Is Suddenly Fighting About the WNBA
- Today's Poll Question: Will The Strait of Hormuz Be Open On (Midterm) Election Day?
- Inside the Unsolved Disappearance of Nancy Guthrie
- Today's Poll Question: Does Donald Trump Really Believe The 2020 Election Was Stolen From Him?
- Nick Saban, Bipolar Disorder and the Mental Health Crisis in College Sports
- Today's Poll Question: Are Democrats having their own MAGA moment?
- Mark Halperin’s New 2028 Rankings: Shapiro Surges to No. 1
- Today's Poll Question: Is the AI-driven economy a house of cards?
- The 2026 Midterms: Blue Wave Incoming?
- Today's Poll Question: Can Sanders-style Progressive Democrats Win General Elections In Swing States Like Michigan?
- The Hidden Story Behind Todd Blanche's DOJ Confirmation
- Today's Poll Question: Of These Threats, Which Worries You Most?
- Inside the Fight Over AI Regulation, China, and America's Future
- Today's Poll Question: Should your state pause construction of new data centers?
- Fauci Takes the Fifth: What Is He Hiding?
- Today's Poll Question: On balance, did Dr. Anthony Fauci do more good or more harm?
- Mark Kelly Could Be the Democrats’ 2028 Wild Card (...or Not.)
- Today's Poll Question: How much longer will the war with Iran last?
- Small Plane, Big (Independent) Political Idea: Michael’s West Virginia Weekend
- Why Is Trump Less Risk-Averse in His Second Term?
- 6,600 Noncitizens Registered, Nearly 400 Voted: What Happened in New Jersey?
- Today's Poll Question: Can Federal Prosecutors Force Journalists to Reveal Their Sources?
- Who Should Vote First in 2028? Michael’s Democratic Primary Strategy Game
- Today's Poll Question: Is New Jersey's mistakenly registering 6,600 non-citizens to vote an aberration, or the norm?
- Trump’s Election Integrity Opening? Mark Halperin on New Jersey, the SAVE Act & the 2026 Midterms
- Today's Poll Question: Is Continuing the War With Iran Worse Than Cutting Off Funding For It?
- The Sharpest Election Forecaster That You're Not Reading Enough Of
- Today's Poll Question: Should Media Outlets Air Every Presidential Address Live?
- Robert Costa On Why Congress Keeps Giving Away Its Power To The President
- Air President Trump's Speech Live. Then Debate It.
- Today's Poll Question: Are the benefits of AI, or your privacy, more valuable to you?
- Today's Poll Question: Do schools need less technology and more pencils and books?
- Norway is Better: The Youth Sports Secret America Refuses to Copy
- Today's Poll Question: Should ICE end all vehicle stops?
- Halperin Breaks Down Trump's Latest Foreign Policy Reversal
- Today's Poll Question: If Not England-Argentina, What Is the Greatest Sports Rivalry Ever?
- We're Not as Polarized as You Think
- Today's Poll Question: The next 'Sister Souljah Moment'...Should Democrats take on the Socialist wing?
- America Is Getting Lindsey Graham Wrong
- Today's Poll Question: Is Soccer Here To Stay?
- Today's Poll Question: What do you fear more — AI, or the government that would regulate it?
- Graham Platner Turns Himself Into The Victim
- Today's What Gets Iran to Yield: Talks, Blockade, Boots, or Bombs?
- The Death of Reading Could Change Democracy Forever
- Today's Poll Question: Which is more politically potent...democratic socialism or charges of "communism"?
- America's World Cup Loss Might Be Good for America
- Today's Poll Question: Should Graham Platner's Nazi tattoo have been the end of his campaign?
- America Isn't Failing—So Why Do We Think It Is?
- Today's Poll Question: Should Trump have called FIFA to review the Balogun suspension?
- Today's Poll Question: Should U.S. citizenship require allegiance - or just being born here?
- Can Democrats and Republicans Still Be Friends? Fetterman & McCormick Say Yes
- Today's Poll Question: Do you agree with Mark Halperin, that only those on the left care that Trump got richer in office?
- Mark Halperin on Trump Cashing In On The Presidency
- Today's Poll Question: Should a candidate's mental illness be judged the same as a physical illness?
- Would You Pay $1,000 to Stop Iran From Getting a Nuclear Weapon?
- Today's Poll Question: Should ballots postmarked by Election Day should count even if they arrive later?
- Today's Poll Question: Which ONE word would you use to describe the U.S.?
- Is the Democratic Establishment Losing Control?
- Today's Poll Question: Agree/Disagree: Donald Trump Is A Symptom of America's Anger, Not The Cause.
- The Data Behind America's Political Anger
- Today's Poll Question: Is The Left's Israel Litmus Test Driven More By Policy or Antisemitism?
- Mark Halperin's Shock Prediction: Bernie 2028 Isn't Dead
- Today's Poll Question: Will the Nancy Guthrie case ever be solved?
- Is the iPhone the Most Effective Birth Control Ever Invented?
- Today's Poll Question: Algae at The Reflecting Pool...Act of God, Construction, or Vandalism?
- "It Was Already Over": Doug Sosnik's Brutal 2024 Election Analysis
- Today's Poll Question: Will democratic socialism be the future of the Democratic party?
- Today's Poll Question: Should Athletes Be Judged for Visiting the White House?
- Rabbi David Wolpe on Iran, Israel, and the Rise of Antisemitism
- Today's Poll Question: How long will the Iran ceasefire hold?
- Epstein, Iran, and 2028: Mark Halperin’s Weekly Reality Check
- Today's Poll Question: Was 2024 already lost for Democrats before Biden dropped out?
- Michael Took Pew's Political Quiz—and the Results Surprised Him
- Today's Poll Question: Is Trump retreating too soon on Iran?
- America Turns 250—But Americans Aren't Celebrating
- Daily Poll Question: Genes or money - which shapes a child's brain more?
- From Fight Night to Loneliness: Dana White, Trump, and America’s Isolation Crisis
- Today's Poll Question: UFC...Sport or Spectacle?
- The World Cup Is Here—Is America Ready? Andrew Giuliani Makes A Bold Prediction
- Today's Poll Question: When attacked, should the U.S. respond proportionally or overwhelmingly?
- Scott Pelley, CBS News, and Trump's Iran Crisis: Halperin Unfiltered
- Today's Poll Question: Would you rather watch Baseball or Soccer?
- Trump vs. Netanyahu? Admiral Stavridis Explains the Growing Rift
- Today's Poll Question: Are America's Best Days Ahead Or Behind?
- Can Sharing a Meal Heal America's Divide?
- Today's Poll Question: Should Scott Pelley Have Been Fired?
- "He Has No Intelligence Background": Richard Clarke Reacts to Trump's DNI Pick
- Today's Poll Question: Should Tom Kean Jr.'s three-month unexplained absence disqualify him from re-election?
- Trump's Attorneys Defend the $1.8 Billion January 6 Compensation Plan
- Today's Poll Question: Does limiting Trump's Iran war powers help America, or Tehran?
- "This Is a Turning Point": Mark Halperin on Trump's Growing GOP Problem
- Today's Poll Question: Is The GOP Revolt Against Trump's Slush Fund A One-Off or A Turning Point?
- The Death of the White Picket Fence—and What It Says About America
- Mark Halperin Ranks 2028 Democrats: Newsom #1, Shapiro Rising, AOC Slips?
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