with Tony Michaels
A daily five-minute radio feature built for broadcast.
Exact runtime. Clean language. Broadcast-ready. Delivered daily for stations that need strong, story-driven commentary without adding production work.
Five minutes. One story. A clear argument.
Opening Argument is a daily radio-ready commentary feature hosted by Tony Michaels. Each episode takes a major public issue and turns it into a clear, memorable five-minute story built for talk radio audiences.
The format is simple: a sharp hook, a human story, a turn, a lesson, and a clean close.
Built to fit your clock.
Opening Argument is designed for stations that need reliable daily content without adding production work.
- Runtime: exactly 5:00
- Language: clean and broadcast-ready
- Delivery: weekday audio, transcript, title, and notes
- Format: ready-to-air MP3 or WAV
- Use: daily feature, segment bridge, hour close, or online extra
- Cost: free to carry during the launch affiliate phase
Independent commentary without the cable-news noise.
Opening Argument is not built to sound like another political shouting match. It is built for radio.
The feature uses old-school storytelling, working-class perspective, constitutional accountability, and clear argumentation to give audiences something they can understand, remember, and talk about.
It can fit progressive, independent, public-interest, and conservative talk formats without feeling like party-script programming.
Listen to a sample.
Hear a recent five-minute Opening Argument exactly as it would be delivered to affiliate stations.
Sample Episode: America Was Supposed to Hate These Strangers
Runtime: 5:00
For more samples or daily delivery access, request station access.
Want Opening Argument on your station?
Approved affiliates receive access to the daily delivery page with broadcast-ready audio, transcripts, suggested intro language, and episode notes.
Request station access and tell us your market, station, role, and preferred delivery format.
Sponsorship opportunities
Opening Argument also offers sponsor placement inside a daily five-minute feature distributed across radio, podcast, email, social, and digital platforms.
For station access, sponsorship, or media inquiries, contact Tony Michaels.