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The Tony Michaels Podcast is no longer publishing new episodes. Regular publication ended in July 2026, and this feed remains online as an archive of more than 1,100 episodes about American politics, constitutional accountability, concentrated power, democracy and working people.
Tony Michaels now creates Five Minutes in America, a weekday radio and podcast storytelling series, and Along the Way, a weekly program about personal growth, citizenship and building a meaningful life. Both are published by The Coffman Chronicle.
Follow Tony’s current work and listen to Five Minutes in America:
https://www.thecoffmanchronicle.com/s/five-minutes-in-america
Along the Way is also published by The Coffman Chronicle.
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102 minutes
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English
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1160 episodes
since Jan. 14, 2021
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Five Minutes in America is a new weekday audio series written and told by Tony Michaels.
Each five-minute episode tells a complete American story about ordinary people, shared responsibility, and the constitutional principles that bind us together.
The first story, “The Fence,” is …
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Perfectionism does not always look like fear.Sometimes it shows up early, carries a clipboard, and points toward one more little thing a responsible person ought to fix.In this episode of Along the Way, I look at the difference between craft and perfectionism, business and busyness…
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Success isn’t a spotless notebook. Success is refusing to surrender authorship.Help put Five Minutes in America on the radio—and hear the stories first as a paid member of The Coffman Chronicle:https://www.thecoffmanchronicle.com/If somebody asked me to sum up everything I have lea…
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I loved butchering chickens.My mother hated it.And believe it or not, that story helped me sell more than one bathroom.During my years in bathroom-remodeling sales, I learned that the best way to stop being strangers wasn’t a clever sales pitch. It was to listen.A question about so…
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My high school art teacher gave me one of the greatest pieces of advice I’ve ever received.The funny thing is—she first gave it to me twenty-five years ago.This week on Along the Way, an old art portfolio, a new sketchbook, and Rudyard Kipling’s poem “If—” helped me understand wher…
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Some stories entertain us.Some stories stay with us.This is the story that stayed with me.When I was a teenager on a family vacation to Colorado, I heard a storyteller named Scotty Vaughn perform "Rindercella," a classic story written by Archie Campbell of Hee Haw. I had …
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For years, I thought I was building a podcast.I was wrong.I was building a body of work. A community. A place where we could tell the truth, challenge power, laugh together, and try to make sense of this country.The Tony Michaels Podcast is going to take a break while we prepare fo…
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What if the biggest lesson a boy learned at a Little League game had nothing to do with baseball?
In today's Opening Argument, Tony Michaels tells the story of one father, one umpire, and one unforgettable evening that reveals the difference between being a fan and being a cit…
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The American Front Porch – Episode 1: The Fence
Somewhere in your memory... there's a fence.
Maybe it was painted white. Maybe it was barbed wire. Maybe it stood behind a Little League ball field or along a gravel road that led home.
This isn't really a story about fences…
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When the rules apply to some people but not others, trust begins to break.
Today’s Opening Argument starts on a factory floor, where one worker watches a simple safety rule become optional for someone with the right connection. But the lesson is bigger than one workplace.
A republi…
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