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.
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The Tony Michaels Podcast
America Was Supposed to Hate These Strangers | TMP #1077
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There’s a story America keeps telling itself.
That we’re angry.
That we’re divided.
That we’ve forgotten how to welcome people who come from somewhere else.
Then a soccer team from Algeria arrived in Lawrence, Kansas.
And ruined the whole story.
In this Opening Argument, Tony Michaels tells the remarkable true story of how a Midwestern college town embraced visitors from North Africa during the 2026 World Cup. From marching bands learning a foreign national anthem to strangers exchanging jerseys and hugs, Lawrence reminded the country what community looks like.
This isn’t a story about politics.
It’s a story about people.
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