Andrew Yang and Al Discuss Each Other
Yang and Al Discuss, Among Other Things – Yang’s Past, the Future of Work, and the Present.
Former DC and Philly Police Chief Charles Ramsey Talks Police Reform
Al in conversation with the co-chair of Obama’s police reform commission.
Dahlia Lithwick on SCOTUS 2019-20 Term and Trump’s Commutation of Roger Stone’s 40-Month Sentence
Al and Dahlia discus the Court’s top decisions this term, including Alito’s spectacularly homophobic dissent in Bostock, where, by a 7-2 margin, the Court held that fed law prohibits employment discrimination against LGBTQ+ employees Subscribe to The Al Franken Podcast on Apple, Spotify, Google Play, YouTube or wherever…
Epidemiologist Abdul El-Sayed Blames the Latest Covid Spikes on Guess Who?
Al and Former Detroit Public Health Commissioner on the Mistakes Trump Keeps Making.
Democratic Election Lawyer Marc Elias Talks to Two Texas Teenagers About Winning Them the Right to Vote By Mail in November
Recent high school graduate Rajit Gulhjati contacted Al for guidance on how he and his friends could vote by mail. So, Al brought in Democratic super lawyer Marc Elias.
A Fourth of July Conversation with Thomas Jefferson
Al sits down with the author of the Declaration of Independence on the anniversary of our nation’s birth. 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.
Melvin Carter Talks About Being St. Paul’s First Black Mayor and the Son of a Cop.
St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter discusses the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder 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.
Former Obama Speechwriter David Litt Explains How the GOP Has Systematically Undermined Democracy
In his new book: Democracy: In One Book or Less former Obama speechwriter and NY Times bestselling author brings fascinating and often startling detail to all the ways the GOP thwarts democracy. Subscribe to The Al Franken Podcast on Apple, Spotify, Google Play, YouTube or wherever you get your…
Atlantic writer George Packer on How the Pandemic and George Floyd’s Murder have Laid Bare America’s Weaknesses
Atlantic writer George Packer and Al discuss the how a corrupt political class, a heartless economy, systemic racism, and Donald Trump have led to the failures Americans have been witness to and the victims of these last several months. Subscribe to The Al Franken Podcast on Apple, Spotify,…