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Michael Smerconish          

Independent Political Analyst; Host of "The Michael Smerconish Program" on SiriusXM; Host of CNN's "Smerconish;" Newspaper Columnist & Bestselling Author

Michael Smerconish is the host of "The Michael Smerconish Program," heard nationwide on SiriusXM’s POTUS channel. He is also the host of CNN’s “Smerconish,” which prides itself on its unbiased, middle-of-the-road approach to delivering the news. Using the perfect blend of analysis and humor, Smerconish delivers an engaging, thought-provoking, and balanced dialogue on today’s political arena.

He was a longtime newspaper columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News and Sunday Philadelphia Inquirer and his columns were routinely re-printed in newspapers all across the country. He is also the author of seven books. He has donated all of the proceeds for four of them to charity. One was a novel, "TALK," for which the television rights were optioned by Warner Brothers. His latest book is titled "Clowns to the Left of Me, Jokers to the Right: American Life in Columns."

His one-man, live performance, “Things I Wish Knew Before I Started Talking” is a TV special streaming on Hulu. He is of counsel at the Philadelphia law firm of Kline & Specter. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Lehigh University and the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and resides in the Philadelphia suburbs where he and his wife have raised four children.

Speech Topics


Stuck in the Middle with You: How Did We Get Where We Are (Politically), and What Will It Take to Get Out?

Michael Smerconish’s daily interaction with his listeners across the country gives him a grassroots perspective on the critical matters facing our country from the state of our economy, the budget deficit, the future of health care and immigration to the divisiveness of political partisanship and civil discourse across the country. Using the perfect blend of analysis and humor, he delivers an engaging, thought-provoking and balanced dialogue on today’s issues, the 2016 Presidential election and the possible long-term implications of the polarization in politics over the coming years.

Angry Is Over

Michael Smerconish’s daily interaction with his listeners across the country gives him a grassroots perspective on the critical matters facing our country from the state of our economy, the budget deficit, the future of health care and immigration to the divisiveness of political partisanship and civil discourse across the country. Using the perfect blend of analysis and humor, he delivers an engaging, thought-provoking and balanced dialogue on today’s issues, the 2016 Presidential election and the possible long-term implications of the polarization in politics over the coming years.

News


Michael Smerconish Debuts on CNN after Leaving MSNBC
For some time Philly radio host Michael Smerconish has been a fill-in host for Chris Matthews on MSNBC's Hardball, but he never quite fit in at the far left-wing  ...
Michael Smerconish Joins CNN – CNN Press Room - CNN.com Blogs
Michael Smerconish will join CNN as host of a new weekly program that will air live on Saturday mornings from New York, it was announced today by CNN ...

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