The Al Franken Podcast
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Ep 7878: Tim Miller, Former GOP Operative, on Why His Cohorts Caved To Trump
In his book, Why We Did It, Miller tells why they did it.
Ep 7777: Sarah Silverman – AGAIN!!!
She's great!
Ep 7676: Dahlia Lithwick On Her Inspiring New Book – LADY JUSTICE
Lithwick profiles heroic women attorneys who stepped up to fight injustice and won!
Ep 7575: NY Times Columnist Paul Krugman
On the economy
Ep 7474: Neal Katyal – Does Garland Indict Trump?
And On What Charges?
Ep 7373: Sandy Hook Mom Nicole Hockley and Former NRA Big-Wig Ryan Busse
A Great One!
Ep 7272: Cecile Richards on Dobbs and the Midterms!
Richards Discusses Roe-vember
Ep 6969: THE MIDTERMS - John Anzalone and D. Taylor
Biden’s Pollster, John Anzalone, and Hospitality Workers Union President, D. Taylor
Ep 7171: The Authors of "His Name is George Floyd" - Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa
Heartbreaking Bio of a Loving Son & Friend & Systemic Racism
Ep 7070: Mark Leibovich on his #1 NYT bestseller, Thank You For Your Servitude
Leibovich eviscerates the GOP politicians who caved to Trump.
Ep 6868: Russia-Born Journalist Julia Ioffe Gives an Update on Ukraine
It’s depressing....
Ep 6767: Jason Kander On His Battle With PTSD
Jason and Al discuss his stunning NYT bestseller, Invisible Storm
Ep 6666: Malcolm Nance on The Coming Civil War
His new book, They Want to Kill Americans, on the clear & present threat.
Ep 6565: Dahlia Lithwick on The Horrible SCOTUS Term
Could Not be Worse. Except Maybe Next Term!
Ep 6464: MARTIN SHORT!!!
MARTIN SHORT!!! Plus Al Commentary on SCOTUS & Jan. 6.
Ep 6363: Daniel Goldman, Legal Analyst, on the Jan. 6th Hearings
Chief Counsel for the House Managers in (the 1st) Trump Impeachment Weighs In.
Ep 6262: Author Anne Nelson on the 60-year history of the vast right-wing shadow network
Nelson lays out how this all brought us to January 6th.
Ep 6161: Ali Noorani on Immigration
Former director of the National Immigration Forum on The Border, DACA, Great Replacement Theory, Ukraine and Afghan Refugees
Ep 6060: Carol Leonnig of WaPo and Ryan Reilly of NBC Preview this Week’s January 6th Hearings
Leonnig and Reilly on what to expect and possible gamechangers
Ep 5858: Patton Oswalt!
On Comedy – Seriously – But More Funnily
Ep 5757: Steve Schmidt Sounds the Alarm!
The Former GOP Operative & Lincoln Project Founder Warns of Coming Fascism
Ep 5656: Dahlia Lithwick and Joyce Vance on the Alito Draft
Why we should all be alarmed!
Ep 5555: The Atlantic Monthly’s Anne Applebaum and Arms Expert Joe Cirincione on Ukraine
What We Know and What We Don’t Know
Ep 5454: Former Firearms Exec & NRA Member, Ryan Busse, Exposes the Dark Underbelly of the Gun Industry
This Best-Of Repeat is Chilling
Ep 5353: Michael Lewis on why U.S. COVID response was so…CRAPPY. (My word)
His latest book, Premonition - a riveting story of genius & dedication against a backdrop of institutional dysfunction.
Ep 5252: Bob Odenkirk talks about Comedy, Comedy, Comedy, and Drama
My old SNL colleague talks about his weird, amazing career arc!
Ep 5151: Amy Klobuchar on Anti-Trust
A Repeat Episode (It was That Good!) with the Chair of the Anti-Trust Subcommittee
Ep 5050: Bill Walton on Basketball, The Grateful Dead, and Life
The NBA Hall of Famer & Emmy-winning broadcaster has opinions
Ep 4949: Dahlia Lithwick on the Insane Republican Awfulness in the Jackson SCOTUS Hearings
Wow, They’re Awful!
Ep 4848: Marc Lamont Hill, Anchor of Black News Tonight, Explains Basic Concepts Like Race as a Social Construct
America is built on bias. And why we care more about Ukraine than we did about Syria.
Ep 4747: Atlantic Monthly’s Franklin Foer Covers Lots of Ground on Ukraine
From Manafort to Zelensky, Foer has been covering Ukraine for years
Ep 4646: Journalist/Author Michael Weiss on Putin's Grave Miscalculation
How Biden, Western Unity, and Zelensky Have Isolated Putin
Ep 4545: The NYT’s Jeremy Peters on How the GOP Went Batshit Crazy
HINT: They Always Were
Ep 4444: Economist Austan Goolsbee on Guess What? The Economy
Historic Growth, High Inflation, & Strained Supply Chains. Oh, My!
Ep 4343: Heather McGhee on Critical Race Theory & Other Stuff
My favorite guest - (sorry, other guests)
Ep 4242: Jamie Raskin
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) talks about his son Tommy; being lead manager in the impeachment trial & the Jan. 6th Select Committee
Ep 4141: Max Bergmann Covers Europe, Ukraine, and Russia for The Center for American Progress
Guess why we have him on.
Ep 4040: Marc Elias & Ari Berman on the GOP’s Assault on Democracy
From voter suppression to the capture of the electoral administration & certification.
Ep 4040: Former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance Discusses Trump's Myriad Civil & Criminal Vulnerabilities
Federal Pridon? Rikers? NY State Prison? Georgia State Prison? Perjury?
Ep 3939: Andy Slavitt and Laurie Garrett Discuss Disturbing New COVID Realities
Turns Out This is Harder Than We Thought!
Ep 3939: Michael Harriot, Acerbic (Funny, Biting, and Funny) Black Writer Talks About (Yikes!) Race
We’re repeating this one because you should hear what Michael has to say
Ep 9393: David Letterman! Top Ten Reasons We’re Repeating This One: #1 – WE CAN!!!
Dave and Al discuss everything!
Ep 9292: Jim Gaffigan and Al Discuss Stand-up & Netflix’s Release of his 9th Hour Special, Comedy Monster
The comic, who makes Trumpers AND Liberals laugh, discusses his decision to speak out in 2020
Ep 9191: Dahlia Lithwick & Sarah Stoesz, CEO of Planned Parenthood in the Upper Midwest, on Abortion.
Dahlia on SCOTUS – Sarah on the reality on the ground. And the Future. Not pretty.
Ep 9090: David Cay Johnston on His New Book – The Big Cheat. Who’s it about? Take a guess!
A one-stop romp through the crimes of Trump and his grifter family.
Ep 8989: Sen. Tammy Duckworth and Al Laugh About Her Getting Blowed Up!
We only repeat the best ones!
Ep 8888: Atlantic Monthly Writer Frank Foer Tears Facebook a New One
A friggin’ brilliant excoriation of Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg
Ep 8787: Norm and Al look Past Build Back Better to Saving Our Democracy
Infrastructure & Build Back Better Will Transform our Nation. Can The Freedom to Vote Act Save It?
Ep 8686: Our Climate Guy – Nobel Prize Recipient Michael Mann on COP-26
What to look for coming out of COP -26
Ep 8585: Ryan Busse, Once an NRA Hero, Gives us the Dirt
Former gun exec & author of Gunfight on how the NRA turned from teaching gun safety into a pernicious threat to public safety & democracy.