This is a special encore episode of Mea Culpa with Michael Smerconish.

Michael Smerconish, the host of the TV program on CNN fittingly called Smerconish. He is also the host of The Michael Smerconish Program on SiriusXM. He’s been nationally syndicated in more than 100 markets and he has authored seven books: two New York Times best sellers, and his novel TALK! was optioned for television by Warner Brothers. When the pandemic hit in 2020, Smerconish was about to embark on a new tour called "Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started Talking," a one-man show commemorating his 30th anniversary in talk radio. A taped version of that presentation was aired worldwide as a one-hour CNN special in 2020. Smerconish is an attorney who once served in the George W. Bush administration when he was just 29 years old.