The Dr. Phil Podcast

Country Music Duo, Maddie & Tae, were only 15 years old when they first met. Two young women with a dream of creating music that made an impact and touched the hearts to those who listened to it. Together, as teenagers, these self-described “best-friends and sisters” took on Nashville and became a multi-platinum country duo, who at just 19 years old earned their FIRST Number 1 hit with their debut single, “Girl in a Country Song” – catapulting a successful 12-year career. Just a few months ago, Maddie and Tae made a surprising announcement shocked the country music community and their fans. Maddie and Tae announced that Tae would putting her career on hold to focus on motherhood, and Maddie for the first time since she was a teenager would be exploring a solo career.

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The chaos following the killing of CJNG leader “El Mencho” is not a distant foreign conflict. It’s a drug war being waged against American communities. Mexican cartels are trafficking fentanyl across the southern border, exploiting global supply chains, and generating billions, while overdose deaths devastate families across the United States.

This is organized criminal enterprise with deadly consequences at home. Until we confront both sides of this war dismantling cartel trafficking networks and addressing domestic demand the pipeline remains open.

And Americans keep dying.

That’s The Real Story.

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Michael Schwartz is a veteran defense attorney with over 30 years of trial experience, widely known for representing law enforcement officers in high-profile use-of-force and on-duty shooting cases throughout Southern California. Over his career he has secured full acquittals in some of the most closely watched excessive-force prosecutions, including the manslaughter trial of a Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy, federal excessive-force charges for a Pomona corporal, and other defenses in nationally publicized on-duty shootings that drew intense media attention. Schwartz gives his reaction to the fatal shooting of Minneapolis resident Renée Good by an ICE agent and the death of Alex Pretti. 

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Part 2: Bishop Robert Barron, one of the most influential Catholic voices in the world today, sits down with Dr. Phil to discuss the threats to religious liberty Americans are facing. Bishop Barron will discuss why he believes there has been an increasing rise in the practice of religion in America, especially among a younger generations, Bishop Barron will also discuss the criticism he has faced publicly by accepting to serve on President Donald Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission, a position Dr. Phil has also been appointed to share alongside him, and the other distinguished members.

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Following Former President Barack Obama’s bashing of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, I’m sitting down with immigration attorney Deron Smallcomb for a data-driven reality check. How does U.S. immigration enforcement actually compare to other democracies? If America enforced immigration the way the UK, Australia, or Japan do, arrests would move faster, deportations would happen sooner, and appeals would be far more limited.

We’re breaking down:

• Appeal rights in the U.S. vs. peer nations

• Asylum approval rates

• Enforcement timelines

• Crime outcomes in countries with stricter policies

You can debate policy. But let’s debate facts. Watch the full conversation — then decide for yourself.

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Bishop Robert Barron, one of the most influential Catholic voices in the world today, sits down with Dr. Phil to discuss the threats to religious liberty Americans are facing. Bishop Barron will discuss why he believes there has been an increasing rise in the practice of religion in America, especially among a younger generations, Bishop Barron will also discuss the criticism he has faced publicly by accepting to serve on President Donald Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission, a position Dr. Phil has also been appointed to share alongside him, and the other distinguished members.

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Piers Morgan discusses his latest book, “Woke is Dead: How Common Sense Triumphed in an Age of Total Madness."

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Yes, headlines say U.S. life expectancy has rebounded. But here’s what they don’t tell you. The United States ranks 32 out of 38 developed nations in life expectancy according to OECD data.Thirty-second. Out of thirty-eight. That places America near the bottom of the developed world behind Turkey, Estonia, the Czech Republic, and the Slovak Republic. Only six developed nations rank lower.

At the same time:

• In 2024, the 10 largest pharmaceutical companies reported more than $100 billion in profits**

• The industry spent over $5 billion on television advertising

• Prescription drug commercials account for a significant share of evening news ads

• The U.S. healthcare system remains structured around treatment, not prevention

• Ultra-processed foods dominate the American diet

The United States spends more per capita on healthcare than any other developed nation.Yet we rank near the bottom in longevity. Americans deserve the complete story — not just the comfortable headline. Source: U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions

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Dr. Phil critiques AI “grief bots,” arguing they commercialize mourning, distort authentic memories, and risk stalling the natural developmental process of grief. He warns that these bots, built from digital traces and optimized for engagement and profit, can substitute for remembrance, introduce false details, create “digital hauntings,” and entangle families in consent and control disputes. While acknowledging their short-term relief, he maintains that grief requires practicing goodbye, acceptance, and carrying loved ones forward spiritually rather than outsourcing connection to algorithms. His conclusion: love is not a product, the dead are not content, and we should honor them by living fully and showing up for the living now.

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Dr. Phil goes inside Hanukkah attack and the rise of antisemitism.

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