The Al Franken Podcast

Latest Episodes:

47: Atlantic Monthly’s Franklin Foer Covers Lots of Ground on Ukraine Mar 13, 2022

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From Manafort to Zelensky, Foer has been covering Ukraine for years

46: Journalist/Author Michael Weiss on Putin's Grave Miscalculation Mar 06, 2022

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How Biden, Western Unity, and Zelensky Have Isolated Putin

45: The NYT’s Jeremy Peters on How the GOP Went Batshit Crazy Feb 27, 2022

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HINT: They Always Were

44: Economist Austan Goolsbee on Guess What? The Economy Feb 20, 2022

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Historic Growth, High Inflation, & Strained Supply Chains. Oh, My!

43: Heather McGhee on Critical Race Theory & Other Stuff Feb 13, 2022

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My favorite guest - (sorry, other guests)

42: Jamie Raskin Feb 06, 2022

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Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) talks about his son Tommy; being lead manager in the impeachment trial & the Jan. 6th Select Committee

41: Max Bergmann Covers Europe, Ukraine, and Russia for The Center for American Progress Jan 30, 2022

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Guess why we have him on.

40: Marc Elias & Ari Berman on the GOP’s Assault on Democracy Jan 23, 2022

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From voter suppression to the capture of the electoral administration & certification.

40: Former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance Discusses Trump's Myriad Civil & Criminal Vulnerabilities Jan 16, 2022

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Federal Pridon? Rikers? NY State Prison? Georgia State Prison? Perjury?

39: Andy Slavitt and Laurie Garrett Discuss Disturbing New COVID Realities Jan 09, 2022

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Turns Out This is Harder Than We Thought!