The Al Franken Podcast

Latest Episodes:

21: Repeating My Conversation with Chris Rock Because It's So Damn Great! Aug 23, 2020

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Chris discusses being a comedian, being black, being a black comedian, being bussed for nine years as a kid, and a whole bunch of other stuff.

19: Author Susan Nieman on Germans/Holocaust vs. Americans/Slavery – Germans Win Aug 16, 2020

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Nieman contrasts how Germans have come to terms with The Third Reich and how Americans have processed slavery, the Civil War, Jim Crow, lynching, and systemic racism.

20: Paul Begala on How to Beat Trump Aug 09, 2020

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The stable half of the consultant team that elected Bill Clinton tells us how to beat this psychopath – on the podcast and in his new book, You’re Fired.

22: Andrew Yang and Al Discuss Each Other Aug 02, 2020

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Yang and Al Discuss, Among Other Things – Yang’s Past, the Future of Work, and the Present.

18: Fmr. DC and Philly Police Chief Charles Ramsey Talks Police Reform Jul 26, 2020

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Al in conversation with the co-chair of Obama’s police reform commission.

17: Dahlia Lithwick on SCOTUS 2019-20 Term and Trump's Commutation of Roger Stone's 40-Month Sentence Jul 19, 2020

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Al and Dahlia discuss the Court's top decisions, including Bostock, which held that federal law prohibits employment discrimination agains LGBT workers, and whether Alito's dissent in that case was "very gay."

16: Epidemiologist Abdul El-Sayed Blames the Latest Covid Spikes on Guess Who? Jul 12, 2020

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Al and Former Detroit Public Health Commissioner on the Mistakes Trump Keeps Making.

15: Democratic Election Lawyer Marc Elias Talks to Two Texas Teenagers About Winning Them the Right to Vote By Mail in November Jul 05, 2020

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Recent high school graduate Rajit Gulhati contacted Al for guidance on how he and his friends could vote by mail. So, Al brought in Democratic super lawyer Marc Elias.

1: A Fourth of July Conversation with Thomas Jefferson Jul 04, 2020

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Al sits down with the author of the Declaration of Independence on the anniversary of our nation's birth

14: Melvin Carter Talks About Being St. Paul’s First Black Mayor and the Son of a Cop Jun 28, 2020

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St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter Discusses the Aftermath of George Floyd’s Murder