Book Club with Michael Smerconish
Hosted by Michael Smerconish · SiriusXM
4.5from 103 ratings
- 575
- Episodes
- 60
- Transcribed
- 103
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About Book Club with Michael Smerconish
Reading for Independent Minds. Unlike many author interviews, if Michael didn't actually read the book, you won't hear about it. If he read it, you'll hear it and you'll love it. Insights into a wide range of topics, including many titles you've probably never heard of. The perfect book is just one listen away.
- Publisher
- SiriusXM
- Category
- arts · news · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 24 Jun 2021
- Latest episode
- 26 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
60 of 575 episodes have a transcript.
26 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Joel Stein: "In Defense Of Elitism"
22 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Gabe Bullard: "Against Convenience"
19 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Dr. Peter Gray: "Restoring Childhood"
Inside a recent episode
Joel Stein: "In Defense Of Elitism"
Published 26 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I do remember. Yeah. And then I realized, oh, right, we're in a battle of elites. What this, you know, this Italian fascist economist, Vilfredo Pareto, said in 1900 was the circulation of the elites, which is what you know. It's what George Orwell writes about an animal farm, which is, you know, the pig becomes the man, the man becomes the pig. There's always this fight. Or the who said when they said, meet the new boss, the same as the old boss. So we're in this fight now between the people who care about ideas and the people who care about money, the people who think that expertise is important and people who think you can operate from the gut. and no more than the generals. […]
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- Joel Stein
- Gabe Bullard
- Dr Peter Gray
- Michael Rey
- Oriana Zill
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 88 ratings
- Spotify
- 3.7 / 5
- 15 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 61 / 100
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- Quality
- 82
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 98
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