MICHAEL MEDVED, a long-time
friend of ERC, is a nationally syndicated radio talk show host and
bestselling author. His
daily three-hour show reaches 200 stations across the country
and an audience of 4.7 million placing him, for nine years in a row,
on the Talkers Magazine list of the top ten political talks shows in
the United States.
Born in Philadelphia, Michael
attended public schools in San Diego and Los Angeles before winning
admission to Yale at age 16 as a
National Merit Scholar. He majored in American History and graduated
with honors, before attending Yale Law School, where his classmates
included Bill and Hillary Clinton.
After several years as a campaign
speechwriter and political consultant, Michael wrote his first
bestseller at age 26—WHAT
REALLY HAPPENED TO THE CLASS OF '65?, a skeptical
reconsideration of the "counterculture" of the 1960's that became a
weekly TV series on NBC. Michael's subsequent 11 books include
THE SHADOW PRESIDENTS, hailed as the definitive history of White
House chiefs of staff;
HOLLYWOOD VS. AMERICA, a stinging indictment of the
entertainment industry; and RIGHT TURNS, which tells the story of
Michael's transformation from "punk liberal activist to lovable
conservative curmudgeon." His most recent books,
THE 10 BIG LIES ABOUT AMERICA and
THE 5 BIG LIES ABOUT AMERICAN BUSINESS, confront the most common
smears against the United States and its free market system.
Michael's columns on politics and
media appear regularly in the
Wall Street Journal
and USA Today, where he is a
member of the Board of Contributors. His work as a film critic,
based on short-lived experience as a Hollywood screen writer,
featured positions at CNN
(1980-84), Great Britain's
Channel 4 Network (1984), and PBS
(1985-96) where he served as co-host of the popular weekly show
Sneak Previews. He was also Chief Film Critic of the
New York Post for five years
before launching his daily radio show in 1996.
Michael has been married for more
than a quarter of a century to clinical psychologist Dr. Diane
Medved, a bestselling author in her own right (THE CASE AGAINST
DIVORCE). They live in the Seattle area where they raised their
three children.