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Al’s Questions for Amy Coney Barrett
Episode 30
Al wishes he was still there. Here's what he would have asked if he still was.
5 years, 4 months ago
Maria Teresa Kumar of Voto Latino and Marc Elias, Dems' Election Lawyer, on Voter Suppression
Episode 29
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.
5 years, 4 months ago
Norm Ornstein on the Sh*tsh*w in Cleveland. Franklin Foer and Natasha Bertrand on Russian Interference.
Episode 28
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: LOT…
5 years, 4 months ago
Dahlia Lithwick and The Day the President Laughed
Episode 27
The great Dahlia Lithwick discusses RBG, SCOTUS, and the Election. Depressing? Yes. But then the exciting world premiere of The Day the President Lau…
5 years, 5 months ago
Debate Prep Vets James Carville and Phillipe Reines on the Upcoming Debate
Episode 26
Carville and Reines (who played Trump in Hillary's debate prep) game out the Most Important Event in the History of the World. And Al on RBG.
5 years, 5 months ago
Laurie Garrett, Pulitzer Prize Winner for her Writing on Pandemics and Andy Slavitt, Obama's Head of Medicare and Medicaid on the (Most Likely) Premature Introduction of a Coronavirus Vaccine
Episode 25
Garrett and Slavitt examine the erosion of trust in our public health institutions - The Federal Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control…
5 years, 5 months ago
Douglas Boin, Author of Alaric the Goth – An Outsider’s History of the Fall of Rome, Discusses the Uncanny Parallels Between Trump’s America and 410 AD Rome,
Episode 24
Hatred of immigrants, religious intolerance, systemic racism. Asshole emperor. Sound familiar? Al and Douglas Boin tells the story of Alaric, the Got…
5 years, 5 months ago
David Axelrod on the Election. Spoiler Alert: He's for Biden
Episode 23
The political consultant who consulted Barack Obama all the way to the White House discusses how we get Biden there.
5 years, 6 months ago
Repeating My Conversation with Chris Rock Because It's So Damn Great!
Episode 21
Chris discusses being a comedian, being black, being a black comedian, being bussed for nine years as a kid, and a whole bunch of other stuff.
5 years, 6 months ago
Author Susan Nieman on Germans/Holocaust vs. Americans/Slavery – Germans Win
Episode 19
Nieman contrasts how Germans have come to terms with The Third Reich and how Americans have processed slavery, the Civil War, Jim Crow, lynching, and…
5 years, 6 months ago