Michael Medved

About Michael Medved

Michael Medved (born October 3, 1948) is an American radio host, conservative political commentator, film critic, and author. His nationally-syndicated radio program, The Michael Medved Show, airs throughout the United States on Salem Radio Network. Michael Medved is a controversial talk show host due to his debate style format and his stated inclusion of disagreeing calls. As a film critic he sets himself apart from other critics by stating suitability for family viewing. Michael Medved airs holiday shows which define the history of the holiday and seeks to explore the myths about most holidays. He is outspokenly for John McCain in the 2008 presidential campaign and is often confronted by liberal callers who take issue with his stance in the Iraq war.

Michael Medved was born into a Jewish family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was raised in San Diego, California, where his scientist father worked for the defense contractor Convair and later for NASA. Medved attended Palisades High School when the family moved to Los Angeles. He entered Yale University as a sixteen-year-old undergraduate, and graduated with honors in 1969, and then entered Yale Law School, where he became a personal acquaintance of Hillary Rodham.

After his first year of law school, he left to work as a head speech writer for a Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, and then for four years as a speech writer and political consultant. After political campaign work, including a position as an aide to Congressman Ron Dellums, Medved worked in advertising, and coordinated a campaign to recruit more African Americans and Hispanics to the police departments of the California cities of San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley.