The Al Franken Podcast
The Al Franken Podcast
A five-time Emmy winning SNL comedy writer/producer, joins a four-time #1 NYT bestselling author, a three-time highest-rated national progressive radio host, a two-time Grammy winning artist, and a former US Senator. So, it gets a little crowded in the booth when Al talks public policy and sometimes political comedy with notable guests. Think “The Daily” without the resources of the NYTimes.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Nov 7, 2021 • 52min
86: Our Climate Guy – Nobel Prize Recipient Michael Mann on COP-26
What to look for coming out of COP -26
Oct 31, 2021 • 54min
85: Ryan Busse, Once an NRA Hero, Gives us the Dirt
Former gun exec & author of Gunfight on how the NRA turned from teaching gun safety into a pernicious threat to public safety & democracy.
Oct 24, 2021 • 46min
84: Adam Schiff on The Curious Case of Donald Trump and His Goons
Ripping Yarns of Collusion, Mendacity, and Treason from the Chairman’s New Bestseller: Midnight in Washington.
Oct 17, 2021 • 1h 6min
83: Economist Austan Goolsbee on Build Back Better
Goolsbee breaks down BBB into its incredibly popular provisions.
Oct 10, 2021 • 49min
82: Author Jackie Calmes Did the Investigation on Brett Kavanaugh the FBI Should Have Done
The FBI sent the tips from the Kavanaugh Tip Line to White House Counsel Don McGahn, who tossed them in the waste basket. Calmes tracked them down. Not pretty!
Oct 3, 2021 • 1h 1min
81: The Brilliant Dahlia Lithwick – Slate’s (and Al’s) Expert on SCOTUS
Lithwick brings her depth and breadth of knowledge, plus her wit.
Sep 26, 2021 • 53min
80: Lead Dem Election Lawyer Marc Elias on the Epic Battle for Our Democracy
Democrats have a limited time to prevent America from becoming an authoritarian state.
Sep 19, 2021 • 54min
79: Alex Gibney Talks Opioids & His Doc “The Crime of the Century”
Gibney traces the opioid epidemic & the criminal culpability of bad actors like Purdue Pharma, federal regulators, & doctors. It’s ugly.
Sep 12, 2021 • 1h 4min
78: R.I. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse on the Corporate Capture of the Courts
A great discussion on how the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence isn’t conservative. It’s corporatist.
Sep 5, 2021 • 49min
77: Author Michael Wolff Discusses Trump’s Disastrous Last Year as POTUS
The chilling, yet hilarious saga of a deeply insane President
