Al On The Election & Lincoln Project’s Stuart Stevens On What The GOP Has Become
Al heaps scorn and ridicule upon Trump & his team. And former GOP political operative Stuart Stevens on his mea culpa – It Was All A Lie.
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Dick Gephardt and Ian Bassin – Can Trump Steal this Election?
The former House Majority Leader and the founder of Protect Democracy discuss the perils of the 2020 election and its immediate aftermath.
Montana Sen. Jon Tester on How Dems Win Back Rural America
Tester discusses his new book, Grounded. Covering everything from how he lost three fingers in a meat grinder at 9 to the meat grinder in DC.
A Preview of the Final Trump-Biden Debate
President Donald Trump (Anthony Atamanuik) and Vice President Joe Biden (Dana Carvey) face off in a preview of the final debate of 2020.
Al Rails about the Amy Coney Barrett Hearing with Brian Fallon of Demand Justice
Fallon & Al weren’t happy with any part of the damn thing.
Maria Teresa Kumar of Voto Latino and Marc Elias, Dems’ Election Lawyer, on Voter Suppression
Voto Latino is on its way to registering 500,000 new voters this cycle. Elias is fighting to make sure their votes will be counted.
Norm Ornstein on the Sh*tsh*w in Cleveland. Franklin Foer and Natasha Bertrand on Russian Interference
Norm was at the debate in Cleveland and gives us all the dirt. Frank and Natasha tell us all the dirt in the 900+ page Senate Intel Report. Hint: LOTS of collusion!
Dahlia Lithwick and The Day the President Laughed
The great Dahlia Lithwick discusses RBG, SCOTUS, the Election. Depressing? Yes. But then the exciting world premiere of The Day the President Laughed!
Debate Prep Vets James Carville and Philippe Reines on the Upcoming Debate + Al on RGB
Carville and Reines (who played Trump in Hillary’s debate prep) game out the Most Important Event in the History of the World. Plus Al shares some thoughts on the great Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Subscribe to The Al Franken Podcast on Apple, Spotify, Google Play, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. Signup for the Al Franken Newsletter here.
Laurie Garrett and Andy Slavitt on the (most likely) Premature Introduction of a Coronavirus Vaccine.
Garrett and Slavitt examine the erosion of trust in our public health institutions – The Federal Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control, and the Department of Health and Human Services under Donald Trump. And the tragic consequences now and in the future.
Douglas Boin Discusses the Uncanny Parallels Between Trump’s America and 410 AD Rome
Hatred of immigrants, religious intolerance, systemic racism. Asshole emperor. Sound familiar? Al and Douglas Boin tells the story of Alaric, the Goth who led the sacking of Rome. Also, Al establishes once and for all that the Romans killed Christ, not the Jews!