The Tony Michaels Podcast
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.
The Tony Michaels Podcast
Latest Episodes
Introducing Five Minutes in America | Follow the New Show
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...
The Busyness of It All
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 diff...
It Is Impossible to Fail
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.co...
The Chicken Story That Sold Bathrooms
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 was...
Find Your If: The Greatest Advice My Art Teacher Ever Gave Me
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 ...
