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• CNN’s Kasie Hunt on Her Career & Trump II (Sun, Jun 29, 2025)
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• Molly Jong-Fast on her Bestselling Memoir! (Sun, Jun 22, 2025)( +0000 04:00:00, )
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• Heather McGhee on Trump’s Wars on DEI and Immigration (Sun, Jun 15, 2025)
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• YouTube Sensation David Pakman on The Big, Beautiful Bill and More! (Sun, Jun 08, 2025)
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• George Packer on Vice President JD Vance (Sun, Jun 01, 2025)
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• 225: BEST OF: Ed Shelleby on Being My Senate Communications Director (Sun, May 25, 2025)
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• 224: Michael Lewis on Amazing Government Workers (Sun, May 18, 2025)
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• 223: Dahlia Lithwick on the Courts vs. Trump (Sun, May 11, 2025)
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• 222: Mark Leibovich and Molly Jong-Fast on Trump’s 100 Days (Sun, May 04, 2025)
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• 221: Robert Reich on Fighting The Trump Autocracy (Sun, Apr 27, 2025)
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• 220: BEST OF: Tim Alberta on Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism (Sun, Apr 20, 2025)
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• 219: Atul Gawande on Musk’s Destruction of USAID (Sun, Apr 13, 2025)
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• 218: Catherine Rampell on Trump’s Tariffs and DOGE (Sun, Apr 06, 2025)
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• 217: Jessica Yellin on Our Anxiety Producing News Cycle (Sun, Mar 30, 2025)
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• 216: Norm Ornstein on Another Terrible Week in D.C. (Sun, Mar 23, 2025)
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• 215: BEST OF: Trae Crowder on Comedy and The Liberal Redneck (Sun, Mar 16, 2025)
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• 214: Mark Leibovich on the Week in Washington (Sun, Mar 09, 2025)
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• 213: War Correspondent Tim Mak on Russia and Ukraine (Sun, Mar 02, 2025)
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• 212: Sarah Longwell on Voter Reactions to Trump's First Month (Sun, Feb 23, 2025)
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• 211: SPECIAL: Al on SNL's 50th (Sun, Feb 16, 2025)
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• 210: Molly O’Toole on Immigration (Sun, Feb 09, 2025)
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• 209: Peter Beinart on Israel and Gaza (Sun, Feb 02, 2025)
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• 208: Molly Jong-Fast on Trump’s First Week (Sun, Jan 26, 2025)
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• 207: Ian Bassin on Saving Our Democracy (Sun, Jan 19, 2025)
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• 206: Dana Milbank on The Nutcase Republican House (Sun, Jan 12, 2025)
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• 205: BEST OF: Scott Galloway (Sun, Jan 05, 2025)
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• 204: BEST OF: SNL's Jim Downey (Sun, Dec 29, 2024)
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• 203: The Atlantic's George Packer on the End of Democratic Delusions (Sun, Dec 22, 2024)
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• 202: Anne Applebaum & Frank Foer on Syria, The Middle East, and Ukraine (Sun, Dec 15, 2024)
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• 201: WaPo's Aaron Blake on The Transition (Sun, Dec 08, 2024)
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• 200: BEST OF: Anne Applebaum on her book Autocracy, Inc. (Sun, Dec 01, 2024)
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• 199: David Axelrod on The Trump Transition (Sun, Nov 24, 2024)
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• 198: David Weigel - Political Writer for Semafor (Sun, Nov 17, 2024)
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• 197: Norm Ornstein on the Coming Hellscape (Sun, Nov 10, 2024)
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• 196: ELECTION PREVIEW with Molly Jong-Fast, Mark Leibovich, Jessica Taylor, & Jeremy Peters (Sun, Nov 03, 2024)
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• 194: WaPo’s Catherine Rampell on how the Economy is Helping Harris (A Little) (Sun, Oct 27, 2024)
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• 193: Laura Bassett of The Cut and Sarah Zhang of The Atlantic (Sun, Oct 20, 2024)
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• 192: Frank Foer and David Rothkopf on Israel’s Wars in Gaza and Lebanon…and Nobel Climate Scientist Michael Mann on the Hurricanes (Sun, Oct 13, 2024)
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• 191: Tim Miller and Aaron Blake on the VP Debate and Jack Smith's Filing (Sun, Oct 06, 2024)
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• 190: Jamelle Bouie - Columnist for the New York Times (Sun, Sep 29, 2024)
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• 189: Dems Top Election Lawyer Marc Elias on the Legal Battles Ahead (Sun, Sep 22, 2024)
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• 188: NYT’s Jeremy Peters on Trump’s Bad Debate (Sun, Sep 15, 2024)
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• 187: Author and Journalist Joe Conason (Sun, Sep 08, 2024)
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• 186: Martin Short: A “BEST OF” (Sun, Sep 01, 2024)
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• 185: Molly Jong-Fast and Mark Leibovich on The Democratic Convention (Sun, Aug 25, 2024)
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• 184: YouTuber Brian Tyler Cohen on his new book Shameless (Sun, Aug 18, 2024)
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• 183: Scott Galloway - Professor, Podcast Host, Author (Sun, Aug 11, 2024)
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• 182: Pulitzer Prize Winning Author Anne Applebaum on Autocracies and Comedian Trae Crowder on JD Vance (Sun, Aug 04, 2024)
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• 181: The Atlantic's Frank Foer and Elaina Plott Calabro on Harris and Biden (Sun, Jul 28, 2024)
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• 180: Molly Jong-Fast and Mark Leibovich on the RNC (Sun, Jul 21, 2024)
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• 179: Dahlia Lithwick on SCOTUS (Sun, Jul 14, 2024)
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• 178: Best Of: Heather Cox Richardson on Our Democracy (Sun, Jul 07, 2024)
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• 177: 4th of July Special: Thomas Jefferson on the Declaration of Independence (Thu, Jul 04, 2024)
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• 176: Norm Ornstein on The Debate & SCOTUS (Sun, Jun 30, 2024)
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• 175: Never-Trumpers Sarah Longwell and Tim Miller on the Presidential Debate (Sun, Jun 23, 2024)
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• 174: WaPo Op-Ed Columnist Catherine Rampell (Sun, Jun 16, 2024)
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• 173: In Remembrance of Howard Fineman (Fri, Jun 14, 2024)
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• 172: Frank Foer of The Atlantic and David Rothkopf of The Daily Beast (Sun, Jun 09, 2024)
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• 171: Dan Balz - Washington Post Chief Correspondent and Former US Attorney Harry Litman (Sun, Jun 02, 2024)
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• 170: In Remembrance of My Friend Bill Walton (Tue, May 28, 2024)
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• 169: Harry Litman on the Trump Trial (Sun, May 26, 2024)
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• 168: Comedian Trae Crowder – The Liberal Redneck (Sun, May 19, 2024)
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• 167: Judd Legum on How Elon Musk is Helping Trump (Sun, May 12, 2024)
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• 166: Molly Jong Fast, Host of the Fast Politics Podcast (Sun, May 05, 2024)
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• 165: Ari Berman on His New Book, Minority Rule (Sun, Apr 28, 2024)
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• 164: Melissa Murray & Andrew Weissmann on the “Hush Money Trial” (Sun, Apr 21, 2024)
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• 163: Battleground States: Wisconsin: Ben Wikler – Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair (Sun, Apr 14, 2024)
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• 162: Democratic Strategists Rachel Bitecofer and Justin Barasky on Democratic Messaging (Sun, Apr 07, 2024)
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• 161: Pulitzer Prize Winning Historian Anne Applebaum of The Atlantic (Sun, Mar 31, 2024)
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• 160: NPR's Senior Political Correspondent Domenico Montanaro (Sun, Mar 24, 2024)
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• 159: Tim Miller – New Host of The Bulwark Podcast (Sun, Mar 17, 2024)
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• 158: Frank Foer – The End of the Golden Age of American Jews (Sun, Mar 10, 2024)
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• 157: Mini Timmaraju, President & CEO of Reproductive Freedom for All (Sun, Mar 03, 2024)
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• 156: Tim Alberta on Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism (Sun, Feb 25, 2024)
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• 155: The Atlantic’s David Frum on GOP Dysfunction (Sun, Feb 18, 2024)
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• 154: Olivia Nuzzi - Washington Correspondent for New York Magazine (Sun, Feb 11, 2024)
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• 153: Dahlia Lithwick on the Trump Trials (Sun, Feb 04, 2024)
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• 152: Michael Steele (Sun, Jan 28, 2024)
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• 151: Saturday Night Live Writer & Producer Jim Downey (Sun, Jan 21, 2024)
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• 150: Adam Serwer of The Atlantic on What Trump Would Do the The Courts in a Second Term (Sun, Jan 14, 2024)
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• 149: Heather Cox Richardson on Her Book Democracy Awakening (Sun, Jan 07, 2024)
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• 147: Best Of: Patton Oswalt is Great! (Sun, Dec 31, 2023)
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• 148: Best Of: Jim Gaffigan, The Master! (Sun, Dec 24, 2023)
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• 146: Year in Review: Molly Jong-Fast & Mark Leibovich Look Back at the Year in Politics (Sun, Dec 17, 2023)
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• 145: Year in Review: Anne Applebaum & Frank Foer on Foreign Affairs (Sun, Dec 10, 2023)
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• 144: In Remembrance of My Friend Norman Lear (Wed, Dec 06, 2023)
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• 143: Year in Review: Joyce Vance and Barbara McQuade Review ALL the Cases Against Trump (Sun, Dec 03, 2023)
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• 142: Ian Bassin On The Steps Trump Would Take to Unravel Our Democracy (Sun, Nov 26, 2023)
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• 141: David Fahrenthold on The Trump Organization’s Long History of Corruption (Sun, Nov 19, 2023)
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• 140: David Axelrod (Sun, Nov 12, 2023)
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• 139: Norm Ornstein on the Israel-Hamas War (Sun, Nov 05, 2023)
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• 138: WaPo Columnist Dana Milbank on the Super-MAGA House (Sun, Oct 29, 2023)
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• 137: Aaron David Miller on the Israel-Hamas War (Sun, Oct 22, 2023)
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• 136: BEST OF! QAnon – Weirder Than You Know!!! Author Will Sommer (Sun, Oct 15, 2023)
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• 135: Climatologist Michael Mann on How to Talk to Climate Deniers (Sun, Oct 08, 2023)
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• 134: Norm Ornstein on the Shutdown (Sun, Oct 01, 2023)
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• 133: Harry Litman and George Conway! (Sun, Sep 24, 2023)
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• 132: Anne Applebaum on the War in Ukraine (Sun, Sep 17, 2023)
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• 131: Franklin Foer’s New Book on Biden: The Last Politician (Sun, Sep 10, 2023)
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• 130: The Case for Universal Voting. Like in Australia! (Sun, Sep 03, 2023)
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• 129: Molly Jong-Fast and Mark Leibovich on the GOP Debate (Sun, Aug 27, 2023)
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• 128: Tim Miller and Charlie Cook on the First GOP Debate (Sun, Aug 20, 2023)(:00:00 +0000, )
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• 127: Stuart Stevens is Ashamed (Sun, Aug 13, 2023)
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• 126: Neal Katyal on Jack Smith’s Very Smart Case (Sun, Aug 06, 2023)
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• 125: Best Of: Sarah Silverman! (Sun, Jul 30, 2023)
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• 124: Inside the Race to Go Viral with Ben Smith (Sun, Jul 23, 2023)
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• 123: Marc Elias and Ari Berman (Sun, Jul 16, 2023)
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• 122: Dahlia Lithwick on the Awful SCOTUS Term (Sun, Jul 09, 2023)
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• 121: Best Of: John Mayer on Playing with The Dead (Sun, Jul 02, 2023)
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• 120: Comedian Alex Edelman on Heading to Broadway! (Sun, Jun 25, 2023)
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• 119: Ukraine Update with The Atlantic’s Frank Foer (Sun, Jun 18, 2023)
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• 118: Mark Leibovich on the Documents Indictment (Sun, Jun 11, 2023)
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• 117: Our Immigration System: It's Broken! (Sun, Jun 04, 2023)
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• 116: QAnon – Weirder Than You Know!!! Author Will Sommer (Sun, May 28, 2023)
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• 115: Molly Jong-Fast and Al Discuss The Week’s Events (Sun, May 21, 2023)
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• 114: Dahlia Lithwick is BACK! (Sun, May 14, 2023)
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• 113: NYT Columnist Paul Krugman on The Debt Ceiling (Sun, May 07, 2023)
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• 112: Dan Balz, WaPo’s Chief Correspondent, Explains It All! (Sun, Apr 30, 2023)
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• 111: Rep. Katie Porter - On Her New Book & Jeremy Peters On Dominion (Sun, Apr 23, 2023)
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• 110: Heather McGhee - My Favorite Is Back (Sun, Apr 16, 2023)
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• 109: Harry Litman – A Panorama of Trump’s Massive Legal Problems (Sun, Apr 09, 2023)
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• 108: Israel Expert Aaron David Miller on Netanyahu’s Anti-democratic Judicial “Reforms” (Sun, Apr 02, 2023)
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• 107: Adam Schiff on Lots of Stuff! (Sun, Mar 26, 2023)
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• 106: WaPo Economics Columnist Catherine Rampell (Sun, Mar 19, 2023)
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• 105: Best Of: Chris Rock (Sun, Mar 12, 2023)
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• 104: Andy Slavitt & Laurie Garrett on “The End of the Covid Emergency?” (Sun, Mar 05, 2023)
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• 103: NYT’s Jeremy Peters on Dominion v. FOX (Sun, Feb 26, 2023)
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• 102: Shoshana Zuboff & Roger McNamee on Surveillance Capitalism (Sun, Feb 19, 2023)
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• 101: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse on The Right’s 50-Year Scheme to Capture SCOTUS (Sun, Feb 12, 2023)
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• 100: Julia Ioffe - Update on The War in Ukraine (Sun, Feb 05, 2023)
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• 99: Joyce Vance & Barbara McQuade on The Latest from Fulton County (Sun, Jan 29, 2023)
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• 98: WaPo’s Dana Milbank On How Only 2/3 of GOP House Members Are Crazy (Sun, Jan 22, 2023)
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• 97: Norm Ornstein on The Radical Right Takeover of the House (Sun, Jan 15, 2023)
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• 96: Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report (Sun, Jan 08, 2023)
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• 95: BEST OF - Neal Katyal On How Trump Would Be Prosecuted (Sun, Jan 01, 2023)
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• 94: BEST OF: The Day the President Laughed! (Sun, Dec 25, 2022)
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• 88: BEST OF: Anne Nelson on the Right Wing Shadow Network (Sun, Dec 18, 2022)
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• 87: Alexander Vindman on Ukraine (Sun, Dec 11, 2022)
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• 50: Rob Delaney – On the Loss of His 2-Year-Old, Henry (Sun, Dec 04, 2022)
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• 86: Jeremy Peters Traces the GOP’s Descent to Trump (Sun, Nov 27, 2022)
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• 85: Sen. Heidi Heitkamp on The Midterms (Sun, Nov 20, 2022)
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• 84: BONUS EPISODE: My Genius Hearing Parody on WHAT THE HACK! (Fri, Nov 18, 2022)
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• 83: Norm Ornstein on The Wave That Didn’t Happen (Sun, Nov 13, 2022)
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• 82: Cecile Richards and David Axelrod on The Midterms (Sun, Nov 06, 2022)
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• 81: Laboratories of Autocracy – David Pepper – It’s the States, Stupid! (Sun, Oct 30, 2022)
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• 80: MI Sec. of State Jocelyn Benson and Journalist Ari Berman (Sun, Oct 23, 2022)
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• 79: Author Will Bunch – The Cost of College as The Source of Our Division (Sun, Oct 16, 2022)
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• 78: Tim Miller, Former GOP Operative, on Why His Cohorts Caved To Trump (Sun, Oct 09, 2022)
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• 77: Sarah Silverman – AGAIN!!! (Sun, Oct 02, 2022)
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• 76: Dahlia Lithwick On Her Inspiring New Book – LADY JUSTICE (Sun, Sep 25, 2022)
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• 75: NY Times Columnist Paul Krugman (Sun, Sep 18, 2022)
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• 74: Neal Katyal – Does Garland Indict Trump? (Sun, Sep 11, 2022)
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• 73: Sandy Hook Mom Nicole Hockley and Former NRA Big-Wig Ryan Busse (Sun, Sep 04, 2022)
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• 72: Cecile Richards on Dobbs and the Midterms! (Sun, Aug 28, 2022)
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• 69: THE MIDTERMS - John Anzalone and D. Taylor (Sun, Aug 21, 2022)
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• 71: The Authors of "His Name is George Floyd" - Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa (Sun, Aug 14, 2022)
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• 70: Mark Leibovich on his #1 NYT bestseller, Thank You For Your Servitude (Sun, Aug 07, 2022)
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• 68: Russia-Born Journalist Julia Ioffe Gives an Update on Ukraine (Sun, Jul 31, 2022)
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• 67: Jason Kander On His Battle With PTSD (Sun, Jul 24, 2022)
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• 66: Malcolm Nance on The Coming Civil War (Sun, Jul 17, 2022)
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• 65: Dahlia Lithwick on The Horrible SCOTUS Term (Sun, Jul 10, 2022)
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• 64: MARTIN SHORT!!! (Sun, Jul 03, 2022)
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• 63: Daniel Goldman, Legal Analyst, on the Jan. 6th Hearings (Sun, Jun 26, 2022)
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• 62: Author Anne Nelson on the 60-year history of the vast right-wing shadow network (Sun, Jun 19, 2022)
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• 61: Ali Noorani on Immigration (Sun, Jun 12, 2022)
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• 60: Carol Leonnig of WaPo and Ryan Reilly of NBC Preview this Week’s January 6th Hearings (Sun, Jun 05, 2022)
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• 58: Patton Oswalt! (Sun, 29, )(May 04:00:00 2022, +0000)
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• 57: Steve Schmidt Sounds the Alarm! (Sun, May 22, 2022)
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• 56: Dahlia Lithwick and Joyce Vance on the Alito Draft (Sun, May 15, 2022)
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• 55: The Atlantic Monthly’s Anne Applebaum and Arms Expert Joe Cirincione on Ukraine (Sun, May 08, 2022)
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• 54: Former Firearms Exec & NRA Member, Ryan Busse, Exposes the Dark Underbelly of the Gun Industry (Sun, May 01, 2022)
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• 53: Michael Lewis on why U.S. COVID response was so…CRAPPY. (My word) (Sun, Apr 24, 2022)
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• 52: Bob Odenkirk talks about Comedy, Comedy, Comedy, and Drama (Sun, Apr 17, 2022)
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• 51: Amy Klobuchar on Anti-Trust (Sun, Apr 10, 2022)
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• 50: Bill Walton on Basketball, The Grateful Dead, and Life (Sun, Apr 03, 2022)
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• 49: Dahlia Lithwick on the Insane Republican Awfulness in the Jackson SCOTUS Hearings (Sun, Mar 27, 2022)
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• 48: 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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• 47: Atlantic Monthly’s Franklin Foer Covers Lots of Ground on Ukraine (Sun, Mar 13, 2022)
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• 46: Journalist/Author Michael Weiss on Putin's Grave Miscalculation (Sun, Mar 06, 2022)
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• 45: The NYT’s Jeremy Peters on How the GOP Went Batshit Crazy (Sun, Feb 27, 2022)
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• 44: Economist Austan Goolsbee on Guess What? The Economy (Sun, Feb 20, 2022)
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• 43: Heather McGhee on Critical Race Theory & Other Stuff (Sun, Feb 13, 2022)
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• 42: Jamie Raskin (Sun, Feb 06, 2022)
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• 41: Max Bergmann Covers Europe, Ukraine, and Russia for The Center for American Progress (Sun, Jan 30, 2022)
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• 40: Marc Elias & Ari Berman on the GOP’s Assault on Democracy (Sun, Jan 23, 2022)
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• 40: Former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance Discusses Trump's Myriad Civil & Criminal Vulnerabilities (Sun, Jan 16, 2022)
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• 39: Andy Slavitt and Laurie Garrett Discuss Disturbing New COVID Realities (Sun, Jan 09, 2022)
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• 39: Michael Harriot, Acerbic (Funny, Biting, and Funny) Black Writer Talks About (Yikes!) Race (Sun, Jan 02, 2022)
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• 93: David Letterman! Top Ten Reasons We’re Repeating This One: #1 – WE CAN!!! (Sun, Dec 26, 2021)
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• 92: 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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• 91: Dahlia Lithwick & Sarah Stoesz, CEO of Planned Parenthood in the Upper Midwest, on Abortion. (Sun, Dec 12, 2021)
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• 90: 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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• 89: Sen. Tammy Duckworth and Al Laugh About Her Getting Blowed Up! (Sun, Nov 28, 2021)
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• 88: Atlantic Monthly Writer Frank Foer Tears Facebook a New One (Sun, Nov 21, 2021)
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• 87: Norm and Al look Past Build Back Better to Saving Our Democracy (Sun, Nov 14, 2021)
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• 86: Our Climate Guy – Nobel Prize Recipient Michael Mann on COP-26 (Sun, Nov 07, 2021)
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• 85: Ryan Busse, Once an NRA Hero, Gives us the Dirt (Sun, Oct 31, 2021)
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• 84: Adam Schiff on The Curious Case of Donald Trump and His Goons (Sun, Oct 24, 2021)
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• 83: Economist Austan Goolsbee on Build Back Better (Sun, Oct 17, 2021)
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• 82: Author Jackie Calmes Did the Investigation on Brett Kavanaugh the FBI Should Have Done (Sun, Oct 10, 2021)
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• 81: The Brilliant Dahlia Lithwick – Slate’s (and Al’s) Expert on SCOTUS (Sun, Oct 03, 2021)
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• 80: Lead Dem Election Lawyer Marc Elias on the Epic Battle for Our Democracy (Sun, Sep 26, 2021)
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• 79: Alex Gibney Talks Opioids & His Doc “The Crime of the Century” (Sun, Sep 19, 2021)
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• 78: R.I. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse on the Corporate Capture of the Courts (Sun, Sep 12, 2021)
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• 77: Author Michael Wolff Discusses Trump’s Disastrous Last Year as POTUS (Sun, Sep 05, 2021)
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• 76: Ben Rhodes, Obama’s Deputy National Security Advisor, on Afghanistan & Our Foreign Policy Reset (Sun, Aug 29, 2021)
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• 75: Laurie Garrett and Andy Slavitt – Where We Are NOW on COVID-19 (Sun, Aug 22, 2021)
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• 74: 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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• 73: Bryan Fogel, Producer of The Dissident, on the Brutal Murder of Jamal Khashoggi (Sun, Aug 08, 2021)
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• 72: 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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• 71: Norman Lear Discusses His 99-Years on the Planet (Sun, Jul 25, 2021)
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• 70: Heather McGhee - An Encore of My Best Podcast Ever! (Sun, Jul 18, 2021)
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• 69: Al Solo! (Sun, Jul 11, 2021)
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• 68: Andy Slavitt On His New COVID Book - Preventable (Sun, Jul 04, 2021)
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• 38: Thomas Jefferson Explains Inconsistencies in the Declaration of Independence (Fri, Jul 02, 2021)
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• 67: George Packer on How It Got So Bad in America & How it Could Get Slightly Better (Sun, Jun 27, 2021)
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• 66: Michael Harriot: Senior Writer for TheRoot.com, the Nation’s Largest Black Online Newspaper (Sun, Jun 20, 2021)
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• 65: Norm Ornstein & Tom Mann - Who Called the GOP a Sham Years Ago! (Sun, Jun 13, 2021)
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• 64: 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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• 63: Louis King – The Real Deal (Sun, May 30, 2021)
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• 62: Amy Klobuchar & Al Discuss Anti-Trust & The Ted "Carnival" Cruz Joke (Sun, May 23, 2021)
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• 61: Howard Fineman on Republican Nihilism (Sun, May 16, 2021)
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• 60: Sen. Tammy Duckworth Tells Her Story (Sun, May 09, 2021)
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• 59: Neo-Con Bill Kristol on How Trump Made Him Do Some Re-Thinking (Sun, May 02, 2021)
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• 37: Replay of My Conversation with Judge Steve Leifman and Norm Ornstein (Thu, Apr 29, 2021)
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• 58: Malcolm Nance on Russia and Jan. 6th (Sun, Apr 25, 2021)
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• 36: Replay of My Conversation with Vice President Walter Mondale (Tue, Apr 20, 2021)
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• 57: Marc Elias and Ari Berman on Georgia and Worse (Sun, Apr 18, 2021)
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• 35: Mini-Podcast: Peter Bergen on Afghanistan and Bin Laden (Wed, Apr 14, 2021)
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• 56: Uncle Sam (Roger McNamee) & Auntie Trust (Zephyr Teachout) Talk Facebook, Google, Amazon & Democracy (Sun, Apr 11, 2021)
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• 55: Our Southern Border - National Immigration Forum Executive Director Ali Noorani (Sun, Apr 04, 2021)
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• 54: David Letterman! (Sun, Mar 28, 2021)
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• 53: Andy Slavitt (Again!) But Now He’s a Big Shot! (Sun, Mar 21, 2021)
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• 52: Heather McGhee – On What Racism Costs Everyone (Sun, Mar 14, 2021)
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• 51: WaPo Columnist Catherine Rampell Wonks Out w/Al on Economics, Race, Healthcare – You Name It! (Sun, Mar 07, 2021)
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• 50: Nobel Climate Scientist Michael Mann on Denier Tactics and Idiocy (Sun, Feb 28, 2021)
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• 49: Dr. Anthony Fauci Answers the Questions You’ve Been Wanting to Ask (Sun, Feb 21, 2021)
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• 34: Al Recreates McConnell’s Post-Acquittal Impeachment Speech (Wed, Feb 17, 2021)(00 +0000, )
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• 48: 3 Heroes in the DC Public Schools (One’s My Daughter) (Sun, Feb 14, 2021)
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• 33: Al Gives His Closing Argument for the Impeachment Trial (Tue, Feb 09, 2021)
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• 47: Adam Schiff on (You Guessed It) Impeachment (Sun, Feb 07, 2021)
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• 46: Super Bowl Edition: Journalist/Author Reid Forgrave on Football and Concussions (Sun, Jan 31, 2021)
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• 45: Norm Ornstein & Al (Again!) (Sun, Jan 24, 2021)
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• 44: 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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• 43: Rick Wilson, Co-Founder of The Lincoln Project (Sun, Jan 10, 2021)
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• 32: Al Explains the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact to Tommy (Wed, Jan 06, 2021)
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• 42: Top Dem. Election Lawyer Marc Elias Reviews Trump Legal Team's 59 Post-Election Losses (Sun, Jan 03, 2021)
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• 41: A Holiday Repeat of Conan O'Brien with a Brand New Timely Intro! (Sun, Dec 27, 2020)
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• 40: The Ground Game in Georgia! (Sun, Dec 20, 2020)
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• 39: Maria Teresa Kumar of Voto Latino on the Key Role Latinos Played in Electing Joe Biden (Sun, Dec 13, 2020)
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• 38: Joe Biden’s Closest Ally in the Senate, Chris Coons (Sun, Dec 06, 2020)
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• 37: Fmr. Facebook Exec Tim Kendall on How Social Media is Destroying the World (Sun, Nov 29, 2020)
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• 36: Laurie Garrett & Andy Slavitt on the Covid Spike, the Vaccines, & Trump's Negligent Homicide (Sun, Nov 22, 2020)
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• 35: Al On The Election & Lincoln Project’s Stuart Stevens On What The GOP Has Become (Sun, Nov 15, 2020)
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• 34: SuperPundit Norm Ornstein on the Election (Sun, Nov 08, 2020)
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• 33: Dick Gephardt and Ian Bassin – Can Trump Steal this Election? (Sun, Nov 01, 2020)
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• 32: Montana Sen. Jon Tester on How Dems Win Back Rural America (Sun, Oct 25, 2020)
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• 31: A Preview of the Final Trump-Biden Debate (Wed, Oct 21, 2020)
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• 31: Al Rails About Coney Barrett Hearing w/ Brian Fallon of Demand Justice (Sun, Oct 18, 2020)
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• 30: Al’s Questions for Amy Coney Barrett (Tue, Oct 13, 2020)
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• 29: Maria Teresa Kumar of Voto Latino and Marc Elias, Dems' Election Lawyer, on Voter Suppression (Sun, Oct 11, 2020)
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• 28: 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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• 27: Dahlia Lithwick and The Day the President Laughed (Sun, Sep 27, 2020)
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• 26: Debate Prep Vets James Carville and Phillipe Reines on the Upcoming Debate (Sun, Sep 20, 2020)
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• 25: 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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• 24: 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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• 23: David Axelrod on the Election. Spoiler Alert: He's for Biden (Sun, Aug 30, 2020)
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• 21: Repeating My Conversation with Chris Rock Because It's So Damn Great! (Sun, Aug 23, 2020)
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• 19: Author Susan Nieman on Germans/Holocaust vs. Americans/Slavery – Germans Win (Sun, Aug 16, 2020)
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• 20: Paul Begala on How to Beat Trump (Sun, Aug 09, 2020)
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• 22: Andrew Yang and Al Discuss Each Other (Sun, Aug 02, 2020)
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• 18: Fmr. DC and Philly Police Chief Charles Ramsey Talks Police Reform (Sun, Jul 26, 2020)
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• 17: 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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• 16: Epidemiologist Abdul El-Sayed Blames the Latest Covid Spikes on Guess Who? (Sun, Jul 12, 2020)
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• 15: 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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• 1: A Fourth of July Conversation with Thomas Jefferson (Sat, Jul 04, 2020)
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• 14: 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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• 13: Frm. Obama Speechwriter David Litt Explains How the GOP Has Systematically Undermined Democracy. (Sun, Jun 21, 2020)
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• 12: 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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• 11: Donna Edwards and Al Discuss Race, Cops, and Photo Ops (Sun, Jun 07, 2020)
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• 10: NEA President Lily Eskelsen García on Teaching During a Pandemic and a DeVos (Sun, May 31, 2020)
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• 1: COVID-19 Trailer (Wed, May 27, 2020)
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• 9: Paul Krugman on Arguing with Republican Zombies (Sun, May 24, 2020)
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• 8: Steve Schmidt Tears Trump and the Republican Party A New One (Sun, May 17, 2020)
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• 7: Epidemiologist Larry Brilliant on Where We Go From Here (Sun, May 10, 2020)
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• 6: Chief Democratic Election Lawyer Marc Elias Talks Elections During A Pandemic (Sun, May 03, 2020)
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• 5: Billy and Debbie Shore, Founders of No Kid Hungry, on Hunger in America During this Pandemic (Sun, Apr 26, 2020)
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• 4: 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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• 49: Mental Health and Criminal Justice (Sun, Apr 12, 2020)
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• 3: 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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• 2: Austan Goolsbee on Virus Economics (Sun, Mar 29, 2020)
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• 1: Andy Slavitt, Former Medicare/Medicaid Head Discusses the Pandemic (Sun, Mar 22, 2020)
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• 45: MSNBC's Andrew Zimmern Talks About Food, Immigration, Climate and Addiction (Sun, Mar 15, 2020)
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• 44: Documentarian Alex Gibney Tells the Cautionary Tale of the Oligarch Who Defied Putin (Sun, Mar 08, 2020)
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• 43: Pulitzer Prize Winner Dave Fahrenthold Catches Us Up on Trump’s Corruption (Sun, Mar 01, 2020)
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• 42: 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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• 41: Intelligence Expert Malcolm Nance Makes the Convincing Case that Trump is a Russian Asset (Sun, Feb 16, 2020)
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• 40: A Conversation with Jimmy Kimmel (Sun, Feb 09, 2020)
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• 39: John Mayer on Playing Guitar and Singing at the Same Time (Sun, Feb 02, 2020)
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• 38: 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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• 37: Paul Tough on How the College Admissions System Preserves Our Nation’s Economic and Social Disparities (Sun, Jan 19, 2020)
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• 36: MSNBC's Second Most Popular Host, Lawrence O'Donnell, Is Guest (Sun, Jan 12, 2020)
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• 35: Al and Conan O’Brien (Sun, Jan 05, 2020)
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• 34: Sara Silverman and Al Talk About Comedy and Politics (Sun, Dec 29, 2019)
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• 33: Al Solo! - Al Rants on Impeachment, Trump, McConnell, and GOP Bad Faith. (Sun, Dec 22, 2019)
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• 32: 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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• 31: Obama National Security Advisor Susan Rice Talks Foreign Policy Successes and Failures (Sun, Dec 08, 2019)
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• 30: Immigration, Child Separation and Voter Suppression with Maria Teresa Kumar (Sun, Dec 01, 2019)
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• 29: 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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• 28: 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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• 27: 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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• 26: 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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• 25: Judd Apatow Discusses Comedy, Mental Health and Politics (Sun, Oct 27, 2019)
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• 24: Al Talks with one of his Heroes, Harlem Children's Zone Founder Geoffrey Canada (Sun, Oct 20, 2019)
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• 23: Journalist Elizabeth Drew Explains Impeachment to Al (Sun, Oct 13, 2019)
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• 22: A Conversation with Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Sun, Oct 06, 2019)
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• 21: A Conversation with Chris Rock (Sun, Sep 29, 2019)
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• 20: 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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• 19: Renaissance Man Bob Kerrey Talks to Man Al Franken (Tue, Sep 17, 2019)
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• 18: 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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• 17: Obama Chief Economist Austan Goolsbee Explains the Unexplainable: What The Hell Trump is Doing On Trade (Tue, Sep 03, 2019)
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• 16: A Conversation with Vice President Walter Mondale (Tue, Aug 27, 2019)
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• 15: A Conversation with Joe Cirincione (Tue, Aug 20, 2019)
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• 14: A Conversation with Heidi Heitkamp (Tue, Aug 13, 2019)
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• 13: A Conversation with Andy Slavitt (Tue, Aug 06, 2019)
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• 12: A Conversation With Howard Fineman (Tue, Jul 30, 2019)
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• 11: A Conversation with Secretary Ernest Moniz (Tue, Jul 23, 2019)
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• 10: A Conversation With Franklin Foer (Tue, Jul 16, 2019)
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• 9: A Conversation with Dana Carvey (Tue, Jul 09, 2019)
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• 8: A Conversation with David Mandel (Tue, Jul 02, 2019)
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• 7: A Conversation with Michael Mann (Tue, Jun 25, 2019)
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• 6: A Conversation with Andy Slavitt (Tue, Jun 18, 2019)
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• 5: A Conversation with Jeffrey Toobin and Nancy Gertner (Tue, Jun 11, 2019)
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• 4: A Conversation with Michael Lewis (Tue, Jun 04, 2019)
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• 3: A Conversation With Sarah Silverman (Tue, May 28, 2019)
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• 2: A Conversation with Dahlia Lithwick and Matt Miller (Tue, May 21, 2019)
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• 1: 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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