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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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