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
Find Your If: The Greatest Advice My Art Teacher Ever Gave Me
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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 where this show truly begins: inside the notebook.
We spend a lot of our lives aiming at what we desire—money, recognition, applause, success. But a desire is not a task.
You cannot do fame.
You can return to the page. You can shape the cup. You can tell the story.
Find the work that—if you keep doing it—will carry you toward the life you desire.
Find your if.
What is the work you keep returning to? Tell me in the comments.
Along the Way with Tony Michaels is a weekly journal about the challenges, discoveries, and lessons found while doing the work. New episodes every Sunday.
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