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Paul Begala on How to Beat Trump
Episode 20
The stable half of the consultant team that elected Bill Clinton tells us how to beat this psychopath – on the podcast and in his new book, You’re Fi…
5 years, 6 months ago
Andrew Yang and Al Discuss Each Other
Episode 22
Yang and Al Discuss, Among Other Things – Yang’s Past, the Future of Work, and the Present.
5 years, 7 months ago
Fmr. DC and Philly Police Chief Charles Ramsey Talks Police Reform
Episode 18
Al in conversation with the co-chair of Obama’s police reform commission.
5 years, 7 months ago
Dahlia Lithwick on SCOTUS 2019-20 Term and Trump's Commutation of Roger Stone's 40-Month Sentence
Episode 17
Al and Dahlia discuss the Court's top decisions, including Bostock, which held that federal law prohibits employment discrimination agains LGBT worke…
5 years, 7 months ago
Epidemiologist Abdul El-Sayed Blames the Latest Covid Spikes on Guess Who?
Episode 16
Al and Former Detroit Public Health Commissioner on the Mistakes Trump Keeps Making.
5 years, 7 months ago
Democratic Election Lawyer Marc Elias Talks to Two Texas Teenagers About Winning Them the Right to Vote By Mail in November
Episode 15
Recent high school graduate Rajit Gulhati contacted Al for guidance on how he and his friends could vote by mail. So, Al brought in Democratic super …
5 years, 7 months ago
A Fourth of July Conversation with Thomas Jefferson
Episode 1
Al sits down with the author of the Declaration of Independence on the anniversary of our nation's birth
5 years, 7 months ago
Melvin Carter Talks About Being St. Paul’s First Black Mayor and the Son of a Cop
Episode 14
St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter Discusses the Aftermath of George Floyd’s Murder
5 years, 8 months ago
Frm. Obama Speechwriter David Litt Explains How the GOP Has Systematically Undermined Democracy.
Episode 13
In his new book: Democracy: In One Book or Less fmr. Obama speechwriter and NY Times bestselling author brings fascinating and often startling detail…
5 years, 8 months ago
Atlantic Writer George Packer on How the Pandemic and George Floyd’s Murder have Laid Bare America’s Weaknesses
Episode 12
Packer and Al discuss the how a corrupt political class, a heartless economy, systemic racism, and Donald Trump have led to the failures Americans ha…
5 years, 8 months ago