Michael Savage

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Michael Alan Weiner (born March 31, 1942), better known by his stage name Michael Savage, is an American radio host, activist, vegetarian, centrist, conservative political commentator, and conspiracy theorist.

He is the host of The Savage Nation, a nationally syndicated talk show that aired on Talk Radio Network throughout the United States, and in 2009, he was the country's second most listened-to radio talk show with a following of over 20 million viewers on 400 stations around the country.

Cumulus Media Networks has syndicated Michael Savage since October 23, 2012.

He holds master's and medical anthropology degrees from the University of Hawaii as well as a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, in nutritional ethnomedicine.

Michael Weiner has written books on diet, herbal medicine, and homeopathy; as Michael Savage, he has written several political books that have earned the New York Times Best Seller list. Savage's political philosophy has been distilled into three words: boundaries, words, and culture.

Savage has characterized his views as conservative nationalism, while critics have characterized them as "fostering extremism." He supports the English-only movement and claims that liberalism and progressivism are degrading American history.

Despite the fact that his radio show is largely oriented towards national politics, he also covers subjects such as medicine, nutrition, poetry, literature, mathematics, philosophy, sport, ethics, and culture, as well as personal anecdotes. Since "seeking to attract others to serious criminal offences and inciting bigotry," Savage has been barred from entering the country for life.

Early life and education

Michael Alan Weiner, a Jewish immigrant from Russia, was born in Bronx, New York, one of three children of Benjamin Weiner's, a Jewish immigrant from Russia. Rae's mother, Rae, was from Montreal, Canada.

He described his childhood as difficult, with a "gruff, profane" father who would often criticize and belittle him. Jerome, his younger brother, was born with developmental difficulties and was unable to hear or speak. Jerome died in 1969. His father, the owner of an antiques store, died of a heart attack at the age of 57 in 1970, and his mother died in 2003.

Savage attended Queens College, where he obtained a bachelor's degree in biology after graduating from Jamaica High School in 1958. Savage taught high school in New York City for many years after college. His first marriage to Carol Ely in 1964 ended in divorce, and he remarried in 1967 after meeting his current wife, Janet. Savage served for well-known psychedelic drug advocate Timothy Leary as the guard of the stone gatehouse on the Hitchcock Cattle Company estate in Millbrook, New York, to which Leary had access. Since Savage did not use LSD, Leary was promoted to the position. Savage later studied at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, earning a Master of Science in botany in 1970 and a Master of Arts in anthropology in 1972. He earned a doctorate in 1978 from the University of California, Berkeley, in nutritional ethnomedicine. In Fiji, his thesis was titled Nutritional Ethnomedicine.

Personal life

When in Fiji, he became fascinated with nineteenth-century sailor Charles Savage, who was thought to be the first man to bring firearms to Fiji. Weiner's name change to Savage came as a result of the fascination.

Savage and his second wife, Janet, have two children, a daughter, and a son; Russell Weiner, his son, is the tyrant who produces the Rockstar energy drink. Janet Russell's mother, Janet, was CFO of his firm from 2007 to 2009. After Savage obtained his master's degree at the University of Hawaii, he and his family moved to Fairfax, California, in 1974. Savage also owns houses in Larkspur and Tiburon, California, an apartment in San Francisco, as well as residences in Beverly Hills, California, and West Palm Beach, Florida.

Savage attended Friday night services at a Jewish Synagogue Chabad house in Berkeley, California, during the 1980s. Savage says that although he believes in God, he attends churches of worship only once or twice a year. Savage's book Trickle Down Tyranny, 2012, said, "..." I'm not religious.

Do I believe in God?

I do it some days but not so often." "Trust in God," Savage said on his podcast on November 25, 2020. My footsteps are led by God. I have been promised that I will be on podcasts in January. A lot of things in our lives are determined by God, and you'll have to believe in Him rather than relying on fate at a certain point. Now, I've always believed that we make our own destiny. "I've never been one of these leaves-in-a-stream type of personalities."

Savage was specifically wounded in a heart attack in December 2019, but the group recovered and returned to television.

Savage has had many pet dogs throughout his life. Teddy, his beloved toy poodle, died in late 2021.

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Career as commentator

Savage was prompted to record a demo tape on a mock radio talk show examining the work's content after the publisher's rejection of his 1994 book on illegal migration and epidemics. In an effort to change careers and become a radio talk show host, he mailed this tape to 250 radio stations. Savage began his radio career on KGO (a San Francisco news/talk radio station) on March 21, 1994 as a fill-in host for liberal Ray Taliaferro's overnight show and later as a weekend host. At the time, his slogan was "To the right of Rush and to the left of God." The performance quickly became a local hit.

Capital Cities/ABC Inc., a KGO affiliate company, purchased the station KSFO and converted it to a conservative talk show format later in 1994. Savage debuted as host of The Savage Nation on January 2, 1995, the first day of KSFO's new look. Savage was the most popular afternoon drive host among all adults in San Francisco Arbitron ratings by 2000.

Talk Radio Network began syndicating portions of The Savage Nation nationally in 1999. Beginning September 21, 2000, The Savage Nation became TRN's only national show.

Savage's show at that time had 8–10 million listeners per week, making it the third most popular television show in the United States at that time. Savage has referred to his listeners as "literate callers with intelligence, wit, and vigor." His show's success has been described as one with a "hard edge mixed with humor and education." Many of those who listen to me say they get a glimpse of Plato, Henry Miller, Jack Kerouac, Moses, and Frankenstein. "In comparison to Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and Laura Schlessinger, a Bay Area-based Savage blends conservative diatribe and blunt observations with acerbic humor and the gift of gab," Mark de la Via of the San Jose Mercury News wrote about Savage.

The Savage Nation had an audience of 8 to 10 million viewers on 400 stations around the country by 2009, making it the country's second most listened-to radio talk show. Savage's audience prompted his opinion shortly before agreeing to a profile interview by Kelefa Sanneh of The New Yorker; Savage eventually accepted the offer and the New Yorker profile, "Party of One," chronicled Savage's life and personality in great detail.

KNEW (910 kHz) in Savage's home market of San Francisco said on September 10, 2009 that it was scrapping his service and replacing him with John and Ken from sister station KFI (640 kHz)—Los Angeles. In an email, KNEW's program director John Scott announced that the station would go "in a new philosophical and ideological direction, with more innovative content and more local information." According to Arbitron's monthly rankings, KNEW dropped in the rankings after Savage was let go. The KTRB, a San Francisco station, expanded the San Francisco market, receiving a ratings boost in the afternoon drive. However, the service was one of the first casualties for KTRB in September 2010, when the club was launched.

Savage revealed to his followers that a Playboy writer had contacted him via email to conduct a lengthy interview and then asked if he should accept the offer. Savage reads from personal emails between the Playboy writer and himself during the show. The writer admitted to being a listener of the Savage Country but a critic of The New Yorker's profile. The purpose of the interview, according to the writer, was to "rattle" Playboy's followers. Savage revealed on May 12, 2010 that he had been granted the interview at his house. The playboy interview was published in June 2010. He read from a pre-publication copy of the 8,000-word Playboy interview, in which the writer expressed contempt for Savage and his opinions. Savage expressed dissatisfaction with journalistic objectivity, but did not have a negative reaction towards the writer. He referred back to Kelefa Sanneh's New Yorker interview, praised Sanneh as a "true writer" who had grasped his subject.

Savage's talk show halted the airwaves on September 27, 2012, after he fought a legal battle with Talk Radio Network, his longtime employer, and his counsel said talks with new networks were ongoing. On September 30, 2012, Savage began a limited number of video webcasts via Ustream. Savage and his new syndicator Cumulus Media Networks announced on October 17, 2012, that they had signed a deal and the service, which had been off the air for several weeks, will be back on October 23, 2012. According to the radio industry's Talkers Magazine, Savage had 3.5 million weekly listeners, putting him in a six-way tie for sixth place, with six talk show hosts earning 7.5 million weekly viewers. Michael Savage's radio show, The Savage Nation, will begin in January 2014 in Cumulus Media Networks on September 26, 2013. Sean Hannity had occupied this time slot.

Savage and Westwood One had reached an agreement on a long-term contract extension for The Savage Nation in January 2015.

Savage's collaboration with Westwood One in January 2019 introduced a podcast with a mixture of live-broadcast and studio recordings.

Savage's 25th anniversary of the radio show took place on March 24, 2019.

Cumulus Media and Westwood One decommissioned The Savage Nation on January 1, 2021.

On MSNBC, Savage hosted a short political talk show beginning on March 8, 2003, and ending on July 7, 2003. Despite Savage's previous attack on the network in his book The Savage Country and the objections of NBC employees, he was hired by MSNBC president Erik Sorenson to host the one-hour program. Sorenson dubbed Savage "brash, passionate, and smart," and he promised to deliver "compelling opinion and research with a edge." Savage was fired from the show after making a public opinion outrage over allegations concerning a caller later dubbed prank caller Bob Foster.

Savage has appeared on "Stinchfield" and "The Count" as a regular guest on Newsmax television.

Savage Nation podcast was released on Tuesdays and Fridays in 2019 Savage Nation.

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