Susan Says with Susan Silver

Susan Says with Susan Silver

One of the first female TV sitcom writers (with credits that include The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Maude, and The Bob Newhart Show), Susan Silver has also written a popular dating column and has reinvented herself many times. Her memoir, Hot Pants in Hollywood, is available at Amazon.com. Her opinions are lively, sometimes controversial, but always fun to hear.

Episodes

January 29, 2026 3 mins

Susan discusses the national outrage over the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by ICE agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Saturday, Jan. 24.

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Susan recaps the week's headlines, including Trump's disastrous appearance at Davos.

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January 9, 2026 2 mins

Susan recaps the major news stories of the first week of 2026.

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December 19, 2025 3 mins

Susan discusses last week's shootings at Brown University and at Bondi Beach in Australia, the stabbing of several young Jewish men on a subway in New York, and the tragic murders of Rob and Michele Reiner. 

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December 5, 2025 2 mins

Susan reflects on how she marked her birthday earlier this week. 

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November 21, 2025 3 mins

Susan recaps Trump's antics over the past two weeks.

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November 7, 2025 2 mins

Susan recaps the various elections that took place this week across the country, including the passage of Proposition 50 in California and the election of Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York. 

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October 24, 2025 2 mins

Susan discusses all of the No Kings protests that took place throughout the U.S. last weekend, and how she would have participated in the one in New York City were it not for an untimely episode.

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October 10, 2025 2 mins

Hopeful news this week about the Middle East.

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October 3, 2025 2 mins

Susan discusses the government shutdown and the embarrassing display that Trump and Hegseth put on earlier this week in front of our military leaders.

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September 19, 2025 2 mins

Susan discusses Jimmy Kimmel's suspension from ABC and the Trump Administration's continued attack on free speech.

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September 12, 2025 2 mins

Susan reviews the series finale of Downton Abbey, plus she takes another look at the Beatles' film debut, A Hard's Day Night.

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August 29, 2025 3 mins

Susan recaps some of the main news stories of the week, including the school shooting in Minnesota, the update on Bruce Willis' battle with frontotemporal dementia, and Taylor Swift's engagement to Travis Kelce.

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August 22, 2025 2 mins

Susan talks about being "catfished" several times over the past few weeks.

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August 15, 2025 2 mins

Susan's recent trip to Maine to visit someone famous.

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August 8, 2025 3 mins

Susan recaps some of this week's news stories, including the mass shooting at an Army base in Fort Stewart, Georgia.

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August 1, 2025 2 mins

Susan discusses the mass shooting that took place in Midtown Manhattan earlier this week---a tragedy that hit too close to home for her.

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July 25, 2025 2 mins

Susan recaps the week's headlines, including the revelation by the Wall Street Journal that Trump was informed in May that his name is in the Epstein files. 

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July 18, 2025 3 mins

Susan recounts the news of the past week, including the ongoing fallout in Trump World over Epstein-gate.

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July 4, 2025 4 mins

Susan recounts all the mishaps of her hellish trip back from the Aspen Ideas Festival last week.

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