A five-time Emmy winning SNL comedy writer/producer, joins a four-time #1 NYT bestselling author, a three-time highest-rated national progressive radio host, a two-time Grammy winning artist, and a former US Senator. So, it gets a little crowded in the booth when Al talks public policy and sometimes political comedy with notable guests. Think “The Daily” without the resources of the NYTimes.
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Pulitzer Prize winner Molly O'Toole and former ICE Investigator Jerry Robinette on our Southern Border. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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QAnon – Weirder Than You Know!!! Author Will Sommer
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Molly Jong-Fast and Al Discuss The Week’s Events
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Our SCOTUS Expert Knocks It Out of the Park See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Wondery Presents - Flipping The Bird: Elon vs Twitter
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When Elon Musk posted a video of himself arriving at Twitter HQ carrying a white sink along with the message “let that sink in!” It marked the end of a dramatic takeover. Musk had gone from Twitter critic to “Chief Twit” in the space of just a few months but his arrival didn’t put an end to questions about his motives. Musk had earned a reputation …
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NYT Columnist Paul Krugman on The Debt Ceiling
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Dan Balz, WaPo’s Chief Correspondent, Explains It All!
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Rep. Katie Porter - On Her New Book & Jeremy Peters On Dominion
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Harry Litman – A Panorama of Trump’s Massive Legal Problems
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Israel Expert Aaron David Miller on Netanyahu’s Anti-democratic Judicial “Reforms”
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Why He Got Kicked Off Intel, Trump, etc. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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WaPo Economics Columnist Catherine Rampell
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In this 2019 conversation, Chris discusses his early struggles in comedy. Until he met me! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Andy Slavitt & Laurie Garrett on “The End of the Covid Emergency?”
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Shoshana Zuboff & Roger McNamee on Surveillance Capitalism
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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse on The Right’s 50-Year Scheme to Capture SCOTUS
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Julia Ioffe - Update on The War in Ukraine
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Joyce Vance & Barbara McQuade on The Latest from Fulton County
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WaPo’s Dana Milbank On How Only 2/3 of GOP House Members Are Crazy
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Norm Ornstein on The Radical Right Takeover of the House
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BEST OF - Neal Katyal On How Trump Would Be Prosecuted
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The Trump Kids Offer a Prize to Whoever Can Make Their Father Laugh See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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BEST OF: Anne Nelson on the Right Wing Shadow Network
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Rob Delaney – On the Loss of His 2-Year-Old, Henry
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Jeremy Peters Traces the GOP’s Descent to Trump
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Sen. Heidi Heitkamp on The Midterms
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BONUS EPISODE: My Genius Hearing Parody on WHAT THE HACK!
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Norm Ornstein on The Wave That Didn’t Happen
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Cecile Richards and David Axelrod on The Midterms
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Laboratories of Autocracy – David Pepper – It’s the States, Stupid!
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MI Sec. of State Jocelyn Benson and Journalist Ari Berman
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Author Will Bunch – The Cost of College as The Source of Our Division
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Tim Miller, Former GOP Operative, on Why His Cohorts Caved To Trump
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Dahlia Lithwick On Her Inspiring New Book – LADY JUSTICE
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Sandy Hook Mom Nicole Hockley and Former NRA Big-Wig Ryan Busse
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Cecile Richards on Dobbs and the Midterms!
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THE MIDTERMS - John Anzalone and D. Taylor
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Biden’s Pollster, John Anzalone, and Hospitality Workers Union President, D. Taylor See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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The Authors of "His Name is George Floyd" - Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa
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Heartbreaking Bio of a Loving Son & Friend & Systemic Racism See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Da'Gemini introduces herself and goes on a lil rant. Ooops! Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/she-cant-say-that. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Mark Leibovich on his #1 NYT bestseller, Thank You For Your Servitude
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Russia-Born Journalist Julia Ioffe Gives an Update on Ukraine
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Jason and Al discuss his stunning NYT bestseller, Invisible Storm See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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