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A Conversation with David Mandel
Episode 8
Veep show runner, David Mandel discusses Veep and what the hell it is that a show runner does. Why Trump’s election made a dark, cynical show even da…
6 years, 7 months ago
A Conversation with Michael Mann
Episode 7
Al talks to Michael Mann, Nobel Prize-winning climatologist for his work with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). We cover a lot o…
6 years, 8 months ago
A Conversation with Andy Slavitt
Episode 6
The guy who pulled the HealthCare.Gov baby out of a burning building and then headed up Medicare and Medicaid in the Obama Administration discusses h…
6 years, 8 months ago
A Conversation with Jeffrey Toobin and Nancy Gertner
Episode 5
An in-depth, but somewhat snarky, look at the Trump administration’s success in packing the courts with right-wing, Federalist Society judges. Gertne…
6 years, 8 months ago
A Conversation with Michael Lewis
Episode 4
Al and Michael Lewis discuss his latest bestseller, The Fifth Risk, which Al calls the best book about the Trump Administration, in no small part bec…
6 years, 8 months ago
A Conversation With Sarah Silverman
Episode 3
Al and Sarah discuss her evolution as a comedian, the hazards of using irony in comedy (the viral death-threat against Sarah from a Florida preacher’…
6 years, 9 months ago
A Conversation with Dahlia Lithwick and Matt Miller
Episode 2
Dahlia Lithwick, brilliant writer for Slate on all things jurisprudential, and Matt Miller, former spokesman for Attorney General Eric Holder, have a…
6 years, 9 months ago
A Conversation With Maria Teresa Kumar
Episode 1
The president of Voto Latino, discusses voter suppression, the Wall, and immigration. At turns funny, then tragic, and angry. A fun and moving interv…
6 years, 9 months ago
Al Franken Has A Podcast
In this trailer episode to The Al Franken Podcast, Al sits down with Amazon's Alexa (Siri had other commitments) to review highlights of the upcoming…
6 years, 10 months ago