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31: Obama National Security Advisor Susan Rice Talks Foreign Policy Successes and Failures
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Al and Rice discuss how immensely consequential decisions are made in real time. Sometimes you get it right. Sometimes you don&#39;t. And how you deal with tragic mistakes but have to keep on going.
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30: Immigration, Child Separation and Voter Suppression with Maria Teresa Kumar
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A repeat of our first show with the President of Voto Latino, Maria Teresa Kumar with a new timely intro. Al finally took a week off. Okay?!
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29: Al talks to Ambassador Peter Galbraith About Trump&#39;s Tragic Betrayal of the Kurds, and Al weighs in on the Impeachment Hearings.
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Foreign service veteran Peter Galbraith talks about his 35 year history with the Kurds and how Trump&#39;s rash decision to sell them out in Syria will undermine America&#39;s standing and security in the world for years to come.
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28: Al Talks To Executive Director of Foster America Sherry Lachman About The State of Foster Care And Al Gets Verklempt
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Al talks to his former senior education counsel Sherry Lachman about her great organization, Foster America. She helped with a piece of legislation that is one of Al&#39;s greatest achievements as Senator. In the process of getting it passed, Sherry broke a cardinal rule of the Senate and got in a heated conversation with a sitting Senator, much to Al&#39;s delight. 




Plus, Al has some thoughts on t...
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27: Whoever Wins the Popular Vote Should Be President. The New Yorker&#39;s Hendrik Hertzberg and Al Discuss Why
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The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is a compact to award member states&#39; electors to the candidate who receives the most votes nationwide It will take effect when states with 270 electors adopt it.So far, 14 states and DC (representing 187 electoral votes) have compact. Colorado&#39;s legislature and governor have approved it (9 more electors) and nervous Conservatives have put it on the b...
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26: Where There&#39;s Fire, There&#39;s Fire.&quot; Jeffrey Toobin and Dahlia Lithwick Discuss The Legal Issues Ahead in the Impeachment of Donald Trump
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Jeffrey Toobin and Dahlia Lithwick examine the potential legal issues that may take center stage between now and the day the Senate decides whether Trump is guilty or not guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors. 
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25: Judd Apatow Discusses Comedy, Mental Health and Politics
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Writer, director, producer Judd Apatow (Knocked Up, The Larry Sanders Show, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Girls, Anchorman, Trainwreck) discusses comedy, mental health and politics. Al laughs and gets depressed. 
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24: Al Talks with one of his Heroes, Harlem Children&#39;s Zone Founder Geoffrey Canada
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One of Al&#39;s heroes, Geoffrey Canada, founder of the Harlem Children&#39;s Zone, talks about transforming the lives of some of our poorest, most disadvantaged kids and how we can replicate that across the country.
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23: Journalist Elizabeth Drew Explains Impeachment to Al
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Al talks impeachment with Elizabeth Drew, veteran journalist and author of Washington Journal: Reporting Watergate and Richard Nixon&#39;s Downfall. Her heralded dissection of the Nixon and Clinton sagas makes her the go-to on the pending Trump impeachment.
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22: A Conversation with Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
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Al travels to Leader Reid’s home in Henderson, Nevada, to discuss his life and career, with a special focus on their relationship during the years he and Al overlapped in Senate.  
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21: A Conversation with Chris Rock
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Mr. Rock is a well-regarded comedian, writer, and actor who is a friend of the host. They discuss a whole bunch of stuff.
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20:  Rising Democratic Star and Afghanistan Vet Jason Kander Discusses Putting The Brakes On His Political Career To Treat His PTSD
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Afghan vet and Dem Rising Star Jason Kander discusses his decision to put aside politics to treat his PTSD and his work meeting the housing and treatment needs of vets suffering from the psychological wounds of war.

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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1569348000" data-format="short_date">Sep 24, 2019</span></span>
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19: Renaissance Man Bob Kerrey Talks to Man Al Franken
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A great show for a change with Bob Kerrey, Medal of Honor recipient, Governor of Nebraska, two-term US Senator, 9/11 Commissioner, and University President, on why he can’t keep a job.  Also, China, trade, Trump and 2020. 
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1568743200" data-format="short_date">Sep 17, 2019</span></span>
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18: How Corrupt is Trump? Veteran DC Watchdog Melanie Sloan Discusses the Trump Culture of Corruption in Washington
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The least surprising episode of The Al Franken Podcast.  Veteran DC watchdog Melanie Sloan tells us Trump is very corrupt. Also Ivanka and Jared. And Don Jr. and Eric. Plus the EPA, Interior, and Commerce.  And, finally this week, the National Weather Service! 
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1568135647" data-format="short_date">Sep 10, 2019</span></span>
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17: Obama Chief Economist Austan Goolsbee Explains the Unexplainable: What The Hell Trump is Doing On Trade
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Austan Goolsbee, former Obama chief economist, explains that &quot;in a crisis, the president&#39;s credibility is all he has.&quot; So, someday soon, The New York Times headline may read, &quot;World in Crisis, Turns Its Eyes to Donald Trump.&quot; And other scary stuff.






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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1567533600" data-format="short_date">Sep 03, 2019</span></span>
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16: A Conversation with Vice President Walter Mondale
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Vice President Walter Mondale explains to Al why things have gotten so bad. And Trump is only part of it.
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1566928800" data-format="short_date">Aug 27, 2019</span></span>
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15: A Conversation with Joe Cirincione
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Nuke expert and President of the Ploughshares Fund Joe Cirincione explains why we’re now in a nuclear arms race with Russia and China. A very dark, but hilarious episode of The Al Franken Podcast.
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1566323371" data-format="short_date">Aug 20, 2019</span></span>
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14: A Conversation with Heidi Heitkamp
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The Founding Members of the Senate’s now defunct “Oh Ya! Caucus,” Former ND Sen. Heidi Heitkamp and Al discuss Heidi’s new organization, One Country. How do Democrats get more votes in rural America? 1 – show up. 2 – listen. 3 – keep coming back. 4- listen to the podcast. Heidi lost her re-elect in a state that has turned solidly red over the past ten years. Al won both of his races in a purpli...
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13: A Conversation with Andy Slavitt
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Andy Slavitt returns to discuss the health care proposals of the Democratic candidates for POTUS.  Al and Andy agree that it’s important for every contender to lay out their plans to get to universal coverage, but exhort them not to squander the enormous advantage we have over Trump and Republicans on an issue of such importance to every American.
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1565115512" data-format="short_date">Aug 06, 2019</span></span>
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12: A Conversation With Howard Fineman
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How awful do you think Mitch McConnell is? Well. He’s worse than that. Howard Fineman, who began his career at the Louisville Courier Journal, has been covering McConnell for decades. Fineman’s McConnell relishes being a big prick. When coal miners with black lung disease travel from KY to ask Congress to restore the tiny tax on coal that funds their treatment, McConnell gives them all of 30 se...
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11: A Conversation with Secretary Ernest Moniz
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Former Sec. of Energy Ernest Moniz and Al discuss putting pragmatic meat on the bones of the Green New Deal. Al coins a new Kennedy-esque slogan, “We choose to go to zero-carbon not because it is easy, but because otherwise WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!!” Moniz, who was the chairman of MIT’s physics department, negotiated the technical nuclear parts of the Iran Deal with his Iranian counterpart. Bec...
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10: A Conversation With Franklin Foer
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In the monologue, Al talks about the appointment of Pat Pizzella as the acting Secretary of Labor. If you agree that the House should hold hearings on Pizzella’s past, check out Al’s petition here: 

https://alfranken.com/read/petition




This week, author and Atlantic Monthly staff writer, Franklin Foer joins me to discuss Big Tech. Are filter bubbles dividing us? Is Facebook deliberately kee...
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Al and Dana discuss political comedy and how some of the greatest moments in SNL’s political satire were created. Al promised Dana to blow smoke up his ass during this interview, and, indeed, smoke is blown. Al opens with a monologue in which he assesses the relative talents of Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump. Hint: Reagan could read a speech.
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Veep show runner, David Mandel discusses Veep and what the hell it is that a show runner does. Why Trump’s election made a dark, cynical show even darker and more cynical. Also, how David owes his entire career to Al – a career that includes writing and producing for Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Veep, all shows that Al had nothing to do with. In his opening monologue Al calls the 2020 pr...
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1562090400" data-format="short_date">Jul 02, 2019</span></span>
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7: A Conversation with Michael Mann
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Al talks to Michael Mann, Nobel Prize-winning climatologist for his work with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).  We cover a lot of ground.  How to talk about climate change to your crazy right-wing climate-denying uncle. “Uncle Hal, sea level is rising. For two reasons. Ice is melting.  And water expands when it gets warmer.”  If Uncle Hal insists sea level is rising because...
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1561485600" data-format="short_date">Jun 25, 2019</span></span>
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6: A Conversation with Andy Slavitt
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The guy who pulled the HealthCare.Gov baby out of a burning building and then headed up Medicare and Medicaid in the Obama Administration discusses healthcare with Al. How Obamacare got so popular. (Republicans won, and their plan to repeal and replace sucked tail-pipe.)  
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1560880800" data-format="short_date">Jun 18, 2019</span></span>
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5: A Conversation with Jeffrey Toobin and Nancy Gertner
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An in-depth, but somewhat snarky, look at the Trump administration’s success in packing the courts with right-wing, Federalist Society judges. Gertner, a Harvard Law professor, and Toobin, CNN chief legal analyst, discuss some of the most cynical, activist decisions by the Roberts Court. Al calls Justice Scalia’s dissent in marriage equality, “Very gay.”
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<span><span class="js-time" data-epochtime="1560276000" data-format="short_date">Jun 11, 2019</span></span>
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Al and Michael Lewis discuss his latest bestseller, The Fifth Risk, which Al calls the best book about the Trump Administration, in no small part because there’s very little focus on Trump himself. Instead, Lewis takes us inside of three Cabinet agencies – Agriculture, Commerce, and Energy – and the incompetent, venal, and/or corrupt appointees who find their way into crucial positions within t...
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Al and Sarah discuss her evolution as a comedian, the hazards of using irony in comedy (the viral death-threat against Sarah from a Florida preacher’s sermon), and the importance of growing as an artist and a person. Alternately edgy and warm and fuzzy, you’ll leave this one smiling. 
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2: A Conversation with Dahlia Lithwick and Matt Miller
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Dahlia Lithwick, brilliant writer for Slate on all things jurisprudential, and Matt Miller, former spokesman for Attorney General Eric Holder, have a lively discussion with an impassioned Al who argues that it’s time for the House to go to an impeachment inquiry or get off the pot.
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1: A Conversation With Maria Teresa Kumar
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The president of Voto Latino, discusses voter suppression, the Wall, and immigration. At turns funny, then tragic, and angry. A fun and moving interview. 




To help support the organizations mentioned in this episode, visit:

https://annunciationhouse.org/

https://www.raicestexas.org/?rd=anp
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Al Franken Has A Podcast
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In this trailer episode to The Al Franken Podcast, Al sits down with Amazon&#39;s Alexa (Siri had other commitments) to review highlights of the upcoming episodes featuring:




Maria Theresa Kumar, president and CEO of Voto Latino,

Nancy Gertner, Harvard Law School professor and former U.S federal judge,

Jeffrey Toobin, legal analyst for CNN and The New Yorker,

Michael Lewis, author of The Big ...
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