No. 9 in America · Week of November 9, 2026
Conservative host, The Daily Wire
Michael Knowles hosts The Michael Knowles Show, a daily political podcast on The Daily Wire.
Photo: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0
Score breakdown
Nine parts, measured fresh each week. This is where Michael Knowles's points came from, and the evidence behind each one.
Debate record
Speaks on college campuses and takes questions and challenges from students who disagree with him.
Knowles grew up in Bedford Hills, New York, graduated from Yale and trained as an actor before moving into political media. He has been with The Daily Wire since 2016.
His books include Reasons to Vote for Democrats, a satirical bestseller of blank pages, and Speechless.
On the record
2026
May 5, 2026
Formal debate
Against Mehdi Hasan · Dartmouth Political Union
A formal campus debate with Zeteo's founder on whether the president has kept to constitutional norms.
2025
February 16, 2025
One against many
Against 25 LGBTQ+ activists · Jubilee, Surrounded
Knowles took the chair against a full room of LGBTQ+ activists in Jubilee's one-against-many format.
2025
October 2025
Broadcast debate
Against Adam Mockler and Cecilia Rae · The Daily Wire
Knowles debated two liberals, Adam Mockler and Cecilia Rae, on The Daily Wire's Bar Fight.
2023
2023
Formal debate
Against Brad Polumbo · University of Pittsburgh
A campus debate that went ahead with more than 250 protesters outside the venue.
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