Using the perfect blend of analysis and humor, Michael Smerconish delivers an engaging, thought-provoking, and balanced dialogue on today's political arena and the long-term implications of the polarization in politics.

Michael A. Smerconish is the host of "The Michael Smerconish Program" on SiriusXM Channel 124, the host of CNN’s Smerconish on Saturday mornings, newspaper columnist and author. He has often been recognized for his radio work. Talkers magazine has consistently named him one of America’s most important talk show hosts.

He is the author of seven books, two of them New York Times’ bestsellers. His published books are: Flying Blind: How Political Correctness Continues to Compromise Airline Safety Post 9/11; Muzzled: From T-Ball to Terrorism, True Stories that Should Be Fiction (a Times bestseller); Murdered By Mumia: A Life Sentence of Loss, Pain and Injustice (a Times bestseller which he co-authored with Maureen Faulkner); Morning Drive: Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started Talking; Instinct: The Man Who Stopped the 20th Hijacker; and TALK! (his first novel). Smerconish's book Clowns to the Left of Me, Jokers to the Right: American Life in Columns garnered critical acclaim, and all author proceeds are donated to the Children's Crisis Treatment Center.

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