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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 fo... Read more

Ranked #1

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Dr. Anthony Fauci Answers the Questions You’ve Been Wanting to Ask

Dr. Anthony Fauci Answers the Questions You’ve Been Wanting to Ask

When will we be back to normal? Will we be able to find a vaccine for a contagious variant? Now that I’ve been vaccinate... Read more

21 Feb 2021

42mins

Ranked #2

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Al Explains the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact to Tommy

Al Explains the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact to Tommy

How we can move to a national popular vote without amending the Constitution?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/pri... Read more

6 Jan 2021

6mins

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Ranked #3

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The Ground Game in Georgia!

The Ground Game in Georgia!

D. Taylor – President of UNITE HERE – reports on what their 600+ canvassers are hearing at the doors. (Good News – no on... Read more

20 Dec 2020

35mins

Ranked #4

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Obama National Security Advisor Susan Rice Talks Foreign Policy Successes and Failures

Obama National Security Advisor Susan Rice Talks Foreign Policy Successes and Failures

Al and Rice discuss how immensely consequential decisions are made in real time. Sometimes you get it right. Sometimes y... Read more

8 Dec 2019

55mins

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Ranked #5

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Judd Apatow Discusses Comedy, Mental Health and Politics

Judd Apatow Discusses Comedy, Mental Health and Politics

Writer, director, producer Judd Apatow (Knocked Up, The Larry Sanders Show, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Girls, Anchorman, Tr... Read more

27 Oct 2019

50mins

Ranked #6

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Intelligence Expert Malcolm Nance Makes the Convincing Case that Trump is a Russian Asset

Intelligence Expert Malcolm Nance Makes the Convincing Case that Trump is a Russian Asset

The author, commentator, and career intelligence officer lays out Donald Trump's decades-long relationship with Putin, t... Read more

16 Feb 2020

1hr 4mins

Ranked #7

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Al Recreates McConnell’s Post-Acquittal Impeachment Speech

Al Recreates McConnell’s Post-Acquittal Impeachment Speech

In case you missed the original!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https:/... Read more

17 Feb 2021

9mins

Ranked #8

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Whoever Wins the Popular Vote Should Be President. The New Yorker's Hendrik Hertzberg and Al Discuss Why

Whoever Wins the Popular Vote Should Be President. The New Yorker's Hendrik Hertzberg and Al Discuss Why

The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is a compact to award member states' electors to the candidate who receives... Read more

10 Nov 2019

49mins

Ranked #9

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A Conversation With Sarah Silverman

A Conversation With Sarah Silverman

Al and Sarah discuss her evolution as a comedian, the hazards of using irony in comedy (the viral death-threat against S... Read more

28 May 2019

51mins

Ranked #10

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A Conversation with Jimmy Kimmel

A Conversation with Jimmy Kimmel

Al and Jimmy discuss his radio days, Jimmy Kimmel Live’s rough start, then success, bad guests, his emotional appearance... Read more

9 Feb 2020

53mins

Ranked #11

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A Conversation with Dana Carvey

A Conversation with Dana Carvey

Al and Dana discuss political comedy and how some of the greatest moments in SNL’s political satire were created. Al pro... Read more

9 Jul 2019

1hr 4mins

Ranked #12

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John Mayer on Playing Guitar and Singing at the Same Time

John Mayer on Playing Guitar and Singing at the Same Time

John Mayer talks about how he transitioned from pop star/tabloid fodder (recurrent Sexiest Man Alive) to the impossible ... Read more

2 Feb 2020

52mins

Ranked #13

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A Conversation with Chris Rock

A Conversation with Chris Rock

Mr. Rock is a well-regarded comedian, writer, and actor who is a friend of the host. They discuss a whole bunch of stuff... Read more

29 Sep 2019

49mins

Ranked #14

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How We Got Here. Norm Ornstein on the Erosion of Norms from Gingrich to McConnell to Trump

How We Got Here. Norm Ornstein on the Erosion of Norms from Gingrich to McConnell to Trump

Veteran Washington observer Norm Ornstein tracks the erosion of norms that once allowed Washington to work. From Newt Gi... Read more

26 Jan 2020

52mins

Ranked #15

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Joe Biden’s Closest Ally in the Senate, Chris Coons

Joe Biden’s Closest Ally in the Senate, Chris Coons

 Al and Sen. Coons discuss foreign policy, a COVID relief package, and fondly recall a Coons-led trip to Africa where Co... Read more

6 Dec 2020

47mins

Ranked #16

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A Conversation with Dahlia Lithwick and Matt Miller

A Conversation with Dahlia Lithwick and Matt Miller

Dahlia Lithwick, brilliant writer for Slate on all things jurisprudential, and Matt Miller, former spokesman for Attorne... Read more

21 May 2019

44mins

Ranked #17

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A Conversation With Howard Fineman

A Conversation With Howard Fineman

How awful do you think Mitch McConnell is? Well. He’s worse than that. Howard Fineman, who began his career at the Louis... Read more

30 Jul 2019

56mins

Ranked #18

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A Conversation with Michael Lewis

A Conversation with Michael Lewis

Al and Michael Lewis discuss his latest bestseller, The Fifth Risk, which Al calls the best book about the Trump Adminis... Read more

4 Jun 2019

48mins

Ranked #19

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Top Dem. Election Lawyer Marc Elias Reviews Trump Legal Team's 59 Post-Election Losses

Top Dem. Election Lawyer Marc Elias Reviews Trump Legal Team's 59 Post-Election Losses

EPIC!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-s... Read more

3 Jan 2021

48mins

Ranked #20

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Al Talks with one of his Heroes, Harlem Children's Zone Founder Geoffrey Canada

Al Talks with one of his Heroes, Harlem Children's Zone Founder Geoffrey Canada

One of Al's heroes, Geoffrey Canada, founder of the Harlem Children's Zone, talks about transforming the lives of some o... Read more

20 Oct 2019

53mins

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