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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Along the Way is also published by The Coffman Chronicle.
The Tony Michaels Podcast
The Story That Made Me a Storyteller
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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 no idea that one evening at the Flying W Ranch would shape the way I would tell stories for the rest of my life.
Looking back now, I don't think I brought that story home.
I think...
It brought me.
Today I'm building Five Minutes in America—a storytelling project dedicated to preserving the stories, character, and principles that have always made America worth passing along.
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