The Al Franken Podcast

78: Tim Miller, Former GOP Operative, on Why His Cohorts Caved To Trump 09.10.2022 1:04:33 ↓

In his book, Why We Did It, Miller tells why they did it.

77: Sarah Silverman – AGAIN!!! 02.10.2022 1:20:00 ↓

She's great!

76: Dahlia Lithwick On Her Inspiring New Book – LADY JUSTICE 25.09.2022 59:34 ↓

Lithwick profiles heroic women attorneys who stepped up to fight injustice and won!

75: NY Times Columnist Paul Krugman 18.09.2022 56:56 ↓

On the economy

74: Neal Katyal – Does Garland Indict Trump? 11.09.2022 44:17 ↓

And On What Charges?

73: Sandy Hook Mom Nicole Hockley and Former NRA Big-Wig Ryan Busse 04.09.2022 55:24 ↓

A Great One!

72: Cecile Richards on Dobbs and the Midterms! 28.08.2022 48:46 ↓

Richards Discusses Roe-vember

69: THE MIDTERMS - John Anzalone and D. Taylor 21.08.2022 1:05:03 ↓

Biden’s Pollster, John Anzalone, and Hospitality Workers Union President, D. Taylor

71: The Authors of "His Name is George Floyd" - Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa 14.08.2022 50:29 ↓

Heartbreaking Bio of a Loving Son & Friend & Systemic Racism

70: Mark Leibovich on his #1 NYT bestseller, Thank You For Your Servitude 07.08.2022 56:59 ↓

Leibovich eviscerates the GOP politicians who caved to Trump.

68: Russia-Born Journalist Julia Ioffe Gives an Update on Ukraine 31.07.2022 43:29 ↓

It’s depressing....

67: Jason Kander On His Battle With PTSD 24.07.2022 40:39 ↓

Jason and Al discuss his stunning NYT bestseller,  Invisible Storm

66: Malcolm Nance on The Coming Civil War 17.07.2022 39:20 ↓

His new book, They Want to Kill Americans, on the clear & present threat.

65: Dahlia Lithwick on The Horrible SCOTUS Term 10.07.2022 59:37 ↓

Could Not be Worse. Except Maybe Next Term!

64: MARTIN SHORT!!! 03.07.2022 51:49 ↓

MARTIN SHORT!!! Plus Al Commentary on SCOTUS & Jan. 6.

63: Daniel Goldman, Legal Analyst, on the Jan. 6th Hearings 26.06.2022 43:52 ↓

Chief Counsel for the House Managers in (the 1st) Trump Impeachment Weighs In.

62: Author Anne Nelson on the 60-year history of the vast right-wing shadow network 19.06.2022 47:54 ↓

Nelson lays out how this all brought us to January 6th.

61: Ali Noorani on Immigration 12.06.2022 52:33 ↓

Former director of the National Immigration Forum on The Border, DACA, Great Replacement Theory, Ukraine and Afghan Refugees

60: Carol Leonnig of WaPo and Ryan Reilly of NBC Preview this Week’s January 6th Hearings 05.06.2022 52:23 ↓

Leonnig and Reilly on what to expect and possible gamechangers

58: Patton Oswalt! 29.05.2022 1:01:23 ↓

On Comedy – Seriously – But More Funnily

57: Steve Schmidt Sounds the Alarm! 22.05.2022 53:48 ↓

The Former GOP Operative & Lincoln Project Founder Warns of Coming Fascism

56: Dahlia Lithwick and Joyce Vance on the Alito Draft 15.05.2022 58:25 ↓

Why we should all be alarmed!

55: The Atlantic Monthly’s Anne Applebaum and Arms Expert Joe Cirincione on Ukraine 08.05.2022 52:19 ↓

What We Know and What We Don’t Know

54: Former Firearms Exec & NRA Member, Ryan Busse, Exposes the Dark Underbelly of the Gun Industry 01.05.2022 47:13 ↓

This Best-Of Repeat is Chilling

53: Michael Lewis on why U.S. COVID response was so…CRAPPY. (My word) 24.04.2022 59:25 ↓

His latest book,  Premonition  - a riveting story of genius & dedication against a backdrop of institutional dysfunction.