• Jeremy Peters Traces the GOP’s Descent to Trump (Sun, Nov 27, 2022)
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• Sen. Heidi Heitkamp on The Midterms (Sun, Nov 20, 2022)
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• BONUS EPISODE: My Genius Hearing Parody on WHAT THE HACK! (Fri, Nov 18, 2022)
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• Norm Ornstein on The Wave That Didn’t Happen (Sun, Nov 13, 2022)
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• Cecile Richards and David Axelrod on The Midterms (Sun, Nov 06, 2022)
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• Laboratories of Autocracy – David Pepper – It’s the States, Stupid! (Sun, Oct 30, 2022)
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• MI Sec. of State Jocelyn Benson and Journalist Ari Berman (Sun, Oct 23, 2022)
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• Author Will Bunch – The Cost of College as The Source of Our Division (Sun, Oct 16, 2022)
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• Tim Miller, Former GOP Operative, on Why His Cohorts Caved To Trump (Sun, Oct 09, 2022)
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• Sarah Silverman – AGAIN!!! (Sun, Oct 02, 2022)
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• Dahlia Lithwick On Her Inspiring New Book – LADY JUSTICE (Sun, Sep 25, 2022)
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• NY Times Columnist Paul Krugman (Sun, Sep 18, 2022)
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• Neal Katyal – Does Garland Indict Trump? (Sun, Sep 11, 2022)
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• Sandy Hook Mom Nicole Hockley and Former NRA Big-Wig Ryan Busse (Sun, Sep 04, 2022)
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• Cecile Richards on Dobbs and the Midterms! (Sun, Aug 28, 2022)
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• THE MIDTERMS - John Anzalone and D. Taylor (Sun, Aug 21, 2022)
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• The Authors of "His Name is George Floyd" - Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa (Sun, Aug 14, 2022)
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• Mark Leibovich on his #1 NYT bestseller, Thank You For Your Servitude (Sun, Aug 07, 2022)
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• Russia-Born Journalist Julia Ioffe Gives an Update on Ukraine (Sun, Jul 31, 2022)
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• Jason Kander On His Battle With PTSD (Sun, Jul 24, 2022)
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• Malcolm Nance on The Coming Civil War (Sun, Jul 17, 2022)
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• Dahlia Lithwick on The Horrible SCOTUS Term (Sun, Jul 10, 2022)
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• MARTIN SHORT!!! (Sun, Jul 03, 2022)
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• Daniel Goldman, Legal Analyst, on the Jan. 6th Hearings (Sun, Jun 26, 2022)
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• Author Anne Nelson on the 60-year history of the vast right-wing shadow network (Sun, Jun 19, 2022)
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• Ali Noorani on Immigration (Sun, Jun 12, 2022)
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• Carol Leonnig of WaPo and Ryan Reilly of NBC Preview this Week’s January 6th Hearings (Sun, Jun 05, 2022)
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• Patton Oswalt! (Sun, May 29, 2022)
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• Steve Schmidt Sounds the Alarm! (Sun, May 22, 2022)
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• Dahlia Lithwick and Joyce Vance on the Alito Draft (Sun, May 15, 2022)
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• The Atlantic Monthly’s Anne Applebaum and Arms Expert Joe Cirincione on Ukraine (Sun, May 08, 2022)
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• Former Firearms Exec & NRA Member, Ryan Busse, Exposes the Dark Underbelly of the Gun Industry (Sun, May 01, 2022)
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• Michael Lewis on why U.S. COVID response was so…CRAPPY. (My word) (Sun, Apr 24, 2022)
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• Bob Odenkirk talks about Comedy, Comedy, Comedy, and Drama (Sun, Apr 17, 2022)
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• Amy Klobuchar on Anti-Trust (Sun, Apr 10, 2022)
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• Bill Walton on Basketball, The Grateful Dead, and Life (Sun, Apr 03, 2022)
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• Dahlia Lithwick on the Insane Republican Awfulness in the Jackson SCOTUS Hearings (Sun, Mar 27, 2022)
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• Marc Lamont Hill, Anchor of Black News Tonight, Explains Basic Concepts Like Race as a Social Construct (Sun, Mar 20, 2022)
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• Atlantic Monthly’s Franklin Foer Covers Lots of Ground on Ukraine (Sun, Mar 13, 2022)
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• Journalist/Author Michael Weiss on Putin's Grave Miscalculation (Sun, Mar 06, 2022)
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• The NYT’s Jeremy Peters on How the GOP Went Batshit Crazy (Sun, Feb 27, 2022)
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• Economist Austan Goolsbee on Guess What? The Economy (Sun, Feb 20, 2022)
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• Heather McGhee on Critical Race Theory & Other Stuff (Sun, Feb 13, 2022)
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• Jamie Raskin (Sun, Feb 06, 2022)
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• Max Bergmann Covers Europe, Ukraine, and Russia for The Center for American Progress (Sun, Jan 30, 2022)
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• Marc Elias & Ari Berman on the GOP’s Assault on Democracy (Sun, Jan 23, 2022)
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• Former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance Discusses Trump's Myriad Civil & Criminal Vulnerabilities (Sun, Jan 16, 2022)
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• Andy Slavitt and Laurie Garrett Discuss Disturbing New COVID Realities (Sun, Jan 09, 2022)
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• Michael Harriot, Acerbic (Funny, Biting, and Funny) Black Writer Talks About (Yikes!) Race (Sun, Jan 02, 2022)
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• David Letterman! Top Ten Reasons We’re Repeating This One: #1 – WE CAN!!! (Sun, Dec 26, 2021)
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• Jim Gaffigan and Al Discuss Stand-up & Netflix’s Release of his 9th Hour Special, Comedy Monster (Sun, Dec 19, 2021)
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• Dahlia Lithwick & Sarah Stoesz, CEO of Planned Parenthood in the Upper Midwest, on Abortion. (Sun, Dec 12, 2021)
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• David Cay Johnston on His New Book – The Big Cheat. Who’s it about? Take a guess! (Sun, Dec 05, 2021)
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• Sen. Tammy Duckworth and Al Laugh About Her Getting Blowed Up! (Sun, Nov 28, 2021)
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• Atlantic Monthly Writer Frank Foer Tears Facebook a New One (Sun, Nov 21, 2021)
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• Norm and Al look Past Build Back Better to Saving Our Democracy (Sun, Nov 14, 2021)
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• Our Climate Guy – Nobel Prize Recipient Michael Mann on COP-26 (Sun, Nov 07, 2021)
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• Ryan Busse, Once an NRA Hero, Gives us the Dirt (Sun, Oct 31, 2021)
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• Adam Schiff on The Curious Case of Donald Trump and His Goons (Sun, Oct 24, 2021)
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• Economist Austan Goolsbee on Build Back Better (Sun, Oct 17, 2021)
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• Author Jackie Calmes Did the Investigation on Brett Kavanaugh the FBI Should Have Done (Sun, Oct 10, 2021)
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• The Brilliant Dahlia Lithwick – Slate’s (and Al’s) Expert on SCOTUS (Sun, Oct 03, 2021)
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• Lead Dem Election Lawyer Marc Elias on the Epic Battle for Our Democracy (Sun, Sep 26, 2021)
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• Alex Gibney Talks Opioids & His Doc “The Crime of the Century” (Sun, Sep 19, 2021)
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• R.I. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse on the Corporate Capture of the Courts (Sun, Sep 12, 2021)
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• Author Michael Wolff Discusses Trump’s Disastrous Last Year as POTUS (Sun, Sep 05, 2021)
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• Ben Rhodes, Obama’s Deputy National Security Advisor, on Afghanistan & Our Foreign Policy Reset (Sun, Aug 29, 2021)
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• Laurie Garrett and Andy Slavitt – Where We Are NOW on COVID-19 (Sun, Aug 22, 2021)
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• Atlantic Monthly’s Adam Serwer on his book about the Trump Administration: The Cruelty is the Point (Sun, Aug 15, 2021)
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• Bryan Fogel, Producer of The Dissident, on the Brutal Murder of Jamal Khashoggi (Sun, Aug 08, 2021)
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• Atlantic Monthly Journalist Edward-Isaac Dovere's Fascinating New Book, 'Battle For The Soul’, Chronicles the Democrats Fight for the 2020 Nomination. (Sun, Aug 01, 2021)
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• Norman Lear Discusses His 99-Years on the Planet (Sun, Jul 25, 2021)
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• Heather McGhee - An Encore of My Best Podcast Ever! (Sun, Jul 18, 2021)
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• Al Solo! (Sun, Jul 11, 2021)
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• Andy Slavitt On His New COVID Book - Preventable (Sun, Jul 04, 2021)
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• Thomas Jefferson Explains Inconsistencies in the Declaration of Independence (Fri, Jul 02, 2021)
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• George Packer on How It Got So Bad in America & How it Could Get Slightly Better (Sun, Jun 27, 2021)
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• Michael Harriot: Senior Writer for TheRoot.com, the Nation’s Largest Black Online Newspaper (Sun, Jun 20, 2021)
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• Norm Ornstein & Tom Mann - Who Called the GOP a Sham Years Ago! (Sun, Jun 13, 2021)
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• Ed Shelleby - My Communications Director–On Working for a Different Kind of Senator. Plus, a Rant on Voting Rights (Sun, Jun 06, 2021)
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• Louis King – The Real Deal (Sun, May 30, 2021)
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• Amy Klobuchar & Al Discuss Anti-Trust & The Ted "Carnival" Cruz Joke (Sun, May 23, 2021)
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• Howard Fineman on Republican Nihilism (Sun, May 16, 2021)
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• Sen. Tammy Duckworth Tells Her Story (Sun, May 09, 2021)
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• Neo-Con Bill Kristol on How Trump Made Him Do Some Re-Thinking (Sun, May 02, 2021)
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• Replay of My Conversation with Judge Steve Leifman and Norm Ornstein (Thu, Apr 29, 2021)
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• Malcolm Nance on Russia and Jan. 6th (Sun, Apr 25, 2021)
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• Replay of My Conversation with Vice President Walter Mondale (Tue, Apr 20, 2021)
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• Marc Elias and Ari Berman on Georgia and Worse (Sun, Apr 18, 2021)
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• Mini-Podcast: Peter Bergen on Afghanistan and Bin Laden (Wed, Apr 14, 2021)
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• Uncle Sam (Roger McNamee) & Auntie Trust (Zephyr Teachout) Talk Facebook, Google, Amazon & Democracy (Sun, Apr 11, 2021)
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• Our Southern Border - National Immigration Forum Executive Director Ali Noorani (Sun, Apr 04, 2021)
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• David Letterman! (Sun, Mar 28, 2021)
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• Andy Slavitt (Again!) But Now He’s a Big Shot! (Sun, Mar 21, 2021)
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• Heather McGhee – On What Racism Costs Everyone (Sun, Mar 14, 2021)
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• WaPo Columnist Catherine Rampell Wonks Out w/Al on Economics, Race, Healthcare – You Name It! (Sun, Mar 07, 2021)
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• Nobel Climate Scientist Michael Mann on Denier Tactics and Idiocy (Sun, Feb 28, 2021)
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• Dr. Anthony Fauci Answers the Questions You’ve Been Wanting to Ask (Sun, Feb 21, 2021)
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• Al Recreates McConnell’s Post-Acquittal Impeachment Speech (Wed, Feb 17, 2021)
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• 3 Heroes in the DC Public Schools (One’s My Daughter) (Sun, Feb 14, 2021)
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• Al Gives His Closing Argument for the Impeachment Trial (Tue, Feb 09, 2021)
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• Adam Schiff on (You Guessed It) Impeachment (Sun, Feb 07, 2021)
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• Super Bowl Edition: Journalist/Author Reid Forgrave on Football and Concussions (Sun, Jan 31, 2021)
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• Norm Ornstein & Al (Again!) (Sun, Jan 24, 2021)
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• Former U.S. Attorneys Joyce Vance and Preet Bharara Discuss Legal Problems Ahead for Trump, the Rioters, and Cruz and Hawley (Sun, Jan 17, 2021)
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• Rick Wilson, Co-Founder of The Lincoln Project (Sun, Jan 10, 2021)
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• Al Explains the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact to Tommy (Wed, Jan 06, 2021)
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• Top Dem. Election Lawyer Marc Elias Reviews Trump Legal Team's 59 Post-Election Losses (Sun, Jan 03, 2021)
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• A Holiday Repeat of Conan O'Brien with a Brand New Timely Intro! (Sun, Dec 27, 2020)
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• The Ground Game in Georgia! (Sun, Dec 20, 2020)
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• Maria Teresa Kumar of Voto Latino on the Key Role Latinos Played in Electing Joe Biden (Sun, Dec 13, 2020)
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• Joe Biden’s Closest Ally in the Senate, Chris Coons (Sun, Dec 06, 2020)
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• Fmr. Facebook Exec Tim Kendall on How Social Media is Destroying the World (Sun, Nov 29, 2020)
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• Laurie Garrett & Andy Slavitt on the Covid Spike, the Vaccines, & Trump's Negligent Homicide (Sun, Nov 22, 2020)
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• Al On The Election & Lincoln Project’s Stuart Stevens On What The GOP Has Become (Sun, Nov 15, 2020)
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• SuperPundit Norm Ornstein on the Election (Sun, Nov 08, 2020)
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• Dick Gephardt and Ian Bassin – Can Trump Steal this Election? (Sun, Nov 01, 2020)
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• Montana Sen. Jon Tester on How Dems Win Back Rural America (Sun, Oct 25, 2020)
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• A Preview of the Final Trump-Biden Debate (Wed, Oct 21, 2020)
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• Al Rails About Coney Barrett Hearing w/ Brian Fallon of Demand Justice (Sun, Oct 18, 2020)
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• Al’s Questions for Amy Coney Barrett (Tue, Oct 13, 2020)
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• Maria Teresa Kumar of Voto Latino and Marc Elias, Dems' Election Lawyer, on Voter Suppression (Sun, Oct 11, 2020)
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• Norm Ornstein on the Sh*tsh*w in Cleveland. Franklin Foer and Natasha Bertrand on Russian Interference. (Sun, Oct 04, 2020)
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• Dahlia Lithwick and The Day the President Laughed (Sun, Sep 27, 2020)
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• Debate Prep Vets James Carville and Phillipe Reines on the Upcoming Debate (Sun, Sep 20, 2020)
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• 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 (Sun, Sep 13, 2020)
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• 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, (Sun, Sep 06, 2020)
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• David Axelrod on the Election. Spoiler Alert: He's for Biden (Sun, Aug 30, 2020)
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• Repeating My Conversation with Chris Rock Because It's So Damn Great! (Sun, Aug 23, 2020)
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• Author Susan Nieman on Germans/Holocaust vs. Americans/Slavery – Germans Win (Sun, Aug 16, 2020)
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• Paul Begala on How to Beat Trump (Sun, Aug 09, 2020)
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• Andrew Yang and Al Discuss Each Other (Sun, Aug 02, 2020)
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• Fmr. DC and Philly Police Chief Charles Ramsey Talks Police Reform (Sun, Jul 26, 2020)
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• Dahlia Lithwick on SCOTUS 2019-20 Term and Trump's Commutation of Roger Stone's 40-Month Sentence (Sun, Jul 19, 2020)
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• Epidemiologist Abdul El-Sayed Blames the Latest Covid Spikes on Guess Who? (Sun, Jul 12, 2020)
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• Democratic Election Lawyer Marc Elias Talks to Two Texas Teenagers About Winning Them the Right to Vote By Mail in November (Sun, Jul 05, 2020)
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• A Fourth of July Conversation with Thomas Jefferson (Sat, Jul 04, 2020)
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• Melvin Carter Talks About Being St. Paul’s First Black Mayor and the Son of a Cop (Sun, Jun 28, 2020)
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• Frm. Obama Speechwriter David Litt Explains How the GOP Has Systematically Undermined Democracy. (Sun, Jun 21, 2020)
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• Atlantic Writer George Packer on How the Pandemic and George Floyd’s Murder have Laid Bare America’s Weaknesses (Sun, Jun 14, 2020)
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• Donna Edwards and Al Discuss Race, Cops, and Photo Ops (Sun, Jun 07, 2020)
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• NEA President Lily Eskelsen García on Teaching During a Pandemic and a DeVos (Sun, May 31, 2020)
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• COVID-19 Trailer (Wed, May 27, 2020)
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• Paul Krugman on Arguing with Republican Zombies (Sun, May 24, 2020)
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• Steve Schmidt Tears Trump and the Republican Party A New One (Sun, May 17, 2020)
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• Epidemiologist Larry Brilliant on Where We Go From Here (Sun, May 10, 2020)
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• Chief Democratic Election Lawyer Marc Elias Talks Elections During A Pandemic (Sun, May 03, 2020)
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• Billy and Debbie Shore, Founders of No Kid Hungry, on Hunger in America During this Pandemic (Sun, Apr 26, 2020)
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• Michael Lewis On How Trump’s Handling of Covid-19 Has Proven His Book, The Fifth Risk, Tragically Prophetic. (Sun, Apr 19, 2020)
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• Mental Health and Criminal Justice (Sun, Apr 12, 2020)
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• Dr. Leana Wen Discusses the Tortuous and High Stakes Path that Dr.'s Fauci and Birx Must Navigate (Sun, Apr 05, 2020)
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• Austan Goolsbee on Virus Economics (Sun, Mar 29, 2020)
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• Andy Slavitt, Former Medicare/Medicaid Head Discusses the Pandemic (Sun, Mar 22, 2020)
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• MSNBC's Andrew Zimmern Talks About Food, Immigration, Climate and Addiction (Sun, Mar 15, 2020)
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• Documentarian Alex Gibney Tells the Cautionary Tale of the Oligarch Who Defied Putin (Sun, Mar 08, 2020)
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• Pulitzer Prize Winner Dave Fahrenthold Catches Us Up on Trump’s Corruption (Sun, Mar 01, 2020)
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• Is Democracy in Danger? Legal Experts Dahlia Lithwick and Ian Bassin On Trump, Barr and The Abuse of the Criminal Justice System (Sun, Feb 23, 2020)
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• Intelligence Expert Malcolm Nance Makes the Convincing Case that Trump is a Russian Asset (Sun, Feb 16, 2020)
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• A Conversation with Jimmy Kimmel (Sun, Feb 09, 2020)
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• John Mayer on Playing Guitar and Singing at the Same Time (Sun, Feb 02, 2020)
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• How We Got Here. Norm Ornstein on the Erosion of Norms from Gingrich to McConnell to Trump (Sun, Jan 26, 2020)
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• Paul Tough on How the College Admissions System Preserves Our Nation’s Economic and Social Disparities (Sun, Jan 19, 2020)
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• MSNBC's Second Most Popular Host, Lawrence O'Donnell, Is Guest (Sun, Jan 12, 2020)
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• Al and Conan O’Brien (Sun, Jan 05, 2020)
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• Sara Silverman and Al Talk About Comedy and Politics (Sun, Dec 29, 2019)
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• Al Solo! - Al Rants on Impeachment, Trump, McConnell, and GOP Bad Faith. (Sun, Dec 22, 2019)
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• Guilty! Al Discusses Impeachment with Harvard Law Professor, Nancy Gertner and Max Bergmann, Not a Harvard Law Professor (Sun, Dec 15, 2019)
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• Obama National Security Advisor Susan Rice Talks Foreign Policy Successes and Failures (Sun, Dec 08, 2019)
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• Immigration, Child Separation and Voter Suppression with Maria Teresa Kumar (Sun, Dec 01, 2019)
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• Al talks to Ambassador Peter Galbraith About Trump's Tragic Betrayal of the Kurds, and Al weighs in on the Impeachment Hearings. (Sun, Nov 24, 2019)
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• Al Talks To Executive Director of Foster America Sherry Lachman About The State of Foster Care And Al Gets Verklempt (Sun, Nov 17, 2019)
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• Whoever Wins the Popular Vote Should Be President. The New Yorker's Hendrik Hertzberg and Al Discuss Why (Sun, Nov 10, 2019)
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• Where There's Fire, There's Fire." Jeffrey Toobin and Dahlia Lithwick Discuss The Legal Issues Ahead in the Impeachment of Donald Trump (Sun, Nov 03, 2019)
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• Judd Apatow Discusses Comedy, Mental Health and Politics (Sun, Oct 27, 2019)
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• Al Talks with one of his Heroes, Harlem Children's Zone Founder Geoffrey Canada (Sun, Oct 20, 2019)
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• Journalist Elizabeth Drew Explains Impeachment to Al (Sun, Oct 13, 2019)
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• A Conversation with Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Sun, Oct 06, 2019)
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• A Conversation with Chris Rock (Sun, Sep 29, 2019)
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• Rising Democratic Star and Afghanistan Vet Jason Kander Discusses Putting The Brakes On His Political Career To Treat His PTSD (Tue, Sep 24, 2019)
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• Renaissance Man Bob Kerrey Talks to Man Al Franken (Tue, Sep 17, 2019)
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• How Corrupt is Trump? Veteran DC Watchdog Melanie Sloan Discusses the Trump Culture of Corruption in Washington (Tue, Sep 10, 2019)
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• Obama Chief Economist Austan Goolsbee Explains the Unexplainable: What The Hell Trump is Doing On Trade (Tue, Sep 03, 2019)
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• A Conversation with Vice President Walter Mondale (Tue, Aug 27, 2019)
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• A Conversation with Joe Cirincione (Tue, Aug 20, 2019)
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• A Conversation with Heidi Heitkamp (Tue, Aug 13, 2019)
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• A Conversation with Andy Slavitt (Tue, Aug 06, 2019)
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• A Conversation With Howard Fineman (Tue, Jul 30, 2019)
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• A Conversation with Secretary Ernest Moniz (Tue, Jul 23, 2019)
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• A Conversation With Franklin Foer (Tue, Jul 16, 2019)
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• A Conversation with Dana Carvey (Tue, Jul 09, 2019)
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• A Conversation with David Mandel (Tue, Jul 02, 2019)
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• A Conversation with Michael Mann (Tue, Jun 25, 2019)
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• A Conversation with Andy Slavitt (Tue, Jun 18, 2019)
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• A Conversation with Jeffrey Toobin and Nancy Gertner (Tue, Jun 11, 2019)
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• A Conversation with Michael Lewis (Tue, Jun 04, 2019)
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• A Conversation With Sarah Silverman (Tue, May 28, 2019)
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• A Conversation with Dahlia Lithwick and Matt Miller (Tue, May 21, 2019)
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• A Conversation With Maria Teresa Kumar (Tue, May 14, 2019)
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• Al Franken Has A Podcast (Wed, May 01, 2019)
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