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
The Fence
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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.
It's a story about the ordinary places where Americans learned the habits that make self-government possible—responsibility, stewardship, neighborliness, and citizenship.
The American Front Porch is a new storytelling series exploring the objects, places, and memories that quietly shaped generations of Americans.
Because sometimes the most important lessons weren't taught in classrooms or courtrooms.
Sometimes they were learned beside an old fence.
If this story meant something to you, share it with someone who remembers a fence of their own.
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