The Smerconish Podcast
Hosted by Michael Smerconish · SiriusXM
4.1from 672 ratings
- 2,094
- Episodes
- 1,375
- Transcribed
- 672
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About The Smerconish Podcast
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.
- Publisher
- SiriusXM
- Category
- news · news · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 24 Jun 2021
- Latest episode
- 16 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
1,375 of 2,094 episodes have a transcript.
16 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Can We Agree: Regulating AI
16 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Today's Poll Question: Which is the bigger midterm prize, the House or the Senate?
15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
GOP Midterm Disaster? Mark Halperin Warns It Could Be Worse Than Anyone Thinks
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Can We Agree: Regulating AI
Published 16 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] You know, I heard someone else say that the Pope's encyclical is a bit like a Rorschach test in AI, as you were kind of talking about with the commercial earlier of people saw different things in the Pope's encyclical. But I do think it goes back to something that I mentioned earlier. We want to make sure that when we consider the benefits of innovation, yes, there is a benefit to progress, but the reason progress is beneficial is because of how it benefits society. And that's what I kind of take away from the quote you read. What we want to see AI doing, how we should be thinking about AI, is what does it mean for people like my friend with a medically fragile child who's able to potentially have new discoveries, but even just in their own home life, able to identify experiences his needs since he's nonverbal in ways that they wouldn't have been able to before these technologies exist. […]
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- Richard Clarke
- Jennifer Huddleston
- Mark Halperin
- Tom Suozzi
- Nina Turner
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.2 / 5
- 406 ratings
- Spotify
- 3.9 / 5
- 266 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 78 / 100
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- Quality
- 87
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 72
- Engagement
- 99
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Michael Smerconish host the show. Published by SiriusXM.
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