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54: David Letterman!
76 min
311/20/20252
11: Donna Edwards and Al Discuss Race, Cops, and Photo Ops
54 min
311/20/20253
Harry Litman on Important Legal Stuff.
50 min
311/20/20254
John Fugelsang on Jesus’s ACTUAL Politics
45 min
311/20/20255
BBC's The Global Story
6 min
311/20/20256
Barbara McQuade and Daniel Richman on Trump’s Politicization of the DOJ
53 min
311/20/20257
199: David Axelrod on The Trump Transition
40 min
311/20/20258
198: David Weigel - Political Writer for Semafor
54 min
311/20/20259
197: Norm Ornstein on the Coming Hellscape
50 min
311/20/202510
196: ELECTION PREVIEW with Molly Jong-Fast, Mark Leibovich, Jessica Taylor, & Jeremy Peters
77 min
311/20/202511
194: WaPo’s Catherine Rampell on how the Economy is Helping Harris (A Little)
44 min
311/20/202512
193: Laura Bassett of The Cut and Sarah Zhang of The Atlantic
40 min
311/20/202513
192: Frank Foer and David Rothkopf on Israel’s Wars in Gaza and Lebanon…and Nobel Climate Scientist Michael Mann on the Hurricanes
48 min
311/20/202514
191: Tim Miller and Aaron Blake on the VP Debate and Jack Smith's Filing
37 min
311/20/202515
146: Year in Review: Molly Jong-Fast & Mark Leibovich Look Back at the Year in Politics
45 min
311/20/202516
145: Year in Review: Anne Applebaum & Frank Foer on Foreign Affairs
47 min
311/20/202517
144: In Remembrance of My Friend Norman Lear
46 min
311/20/202518
107: Adam Schiff on Lots of Stuff!
42 min
311/20/202519
106: WaPo Economics Columnist Catherine Rampell
75 min
311/20/202520
79: Author Will Bunch – The Cost of College as The Source of Our Division
54 min
311/20/202521
74: Neal Katyal – Does Garland Indict Trump?
44 min
311/20/202522
45: The NYT’s Jeremy Peters on How the GOP Went Batshit Crazy
55 min
311/20/202523
42: Jamie Raskin
60 min
311/20/202524
74: Atlantic Monthly’s Adam Serwer on his book about the Trump Administration: The Cruelty is the Point
55 min
311/20/202525
34: Al Recreates McConnell’s Post-Acquittal Impeachment Speech
9 min
311/20/202526
48: 3 Heroes in the DC Public Schools (One’s My Daughter)
45 min
311/20/202527
33: Al Gives His Closing Argument for the Impeachment Trial
17 min
311/20/202528
46: Super Bowl Edition: Journalist/Author Reid Forgrave on Football and Concussions
42 min
311/20/202529
38: Joe Biden’s Closest Ally in the Senate, Chris Coons
47 min
311/20/202530
37: Fmr. Facebook Exec Tim Kendall on How Social Media is Destroying the World
52 min
311/20/202531
9: Paul Krugman on Arguing with Republican Zombies
53 min
311/20/202532
30: Immigration, Child Separation and Voter Suppression with Maria Teresa Kumar
36 min
311/20/202533
8: A Conversation with David Mandel
48 min
311/20/202534
7: A Conversation with Michael Mann
48 min
311/20/202535
Molly Jong-Fast on her Bestselling Memoir!
47 min
311/20/202536
Catherine Rampell on The End of The Shutdown
48 min
311/20/202537
Molly Jong-Fast on The 2025 Elections!
38 min
311/20/202538
Political Reporter David Weigel on The Shutdown
47 min
311/20/202539
Heather McGhee on Trump’s Wars on DEI and Immigration
47 min
311/20/202540
YouTube Sensation David Pakman on The Big, Beautiful Bill and More!
40 min
311/20/202541
George Packer on Vice President JD Vance
33 min
311/20/202542
225: BEST OF: Ed Shelleby on Being My Senate Communications Director
49 min
311/20/202543
224: Michael Lewis on Amazing Government Workers
32 min
311/20/202544
216: Norm Ornstein on Another Terrible Week in D.C.
34 min
311/20/202545
215: BEST OF: Trae Crowder on Comedy and The Liberal Redneck
42 min
311/20/202546
214: Mark Leibovich on the Week in Washington
39 min
311/20/202547
213: War Correspondent Tim Mak on Russia and Ukraine
50 min
311/20/202548
212: Sarah Longwell on Voter Reactions to Trump's First Month
49 min
311/20/202549
201: WaPo's Aaron Blake on The Transition
36 min
311/20/202550
200: BEST OF: Anne Applebaum on her book Autocracy, Inc.
34 min
311/20/202551
150: Adam Serwer of The Atlantic on What Trump Would Do the The Courts in a Second Term
40 min
311/20/202552
149: Heather Cox Richardson on Her Book Democracy Awakening
57 min
311/20/202553
147: Best Of: Patton Oswalt is Great!
54 min
311/20/202554
148: Best Of: Jim Gaffigan, The Master!
58 min
311/20/202555
187: Author and Journalist Joe Conason
56 min
311/20/202556
170: In Remembrance of My Friend Bill Walton
40 min
311/20/202557
169: Harry Litman on the Trump Trial
37 min
311/20/202558
168: Comedian Trae Crowder – The Liberal Redneck
42 min
311/20/202559
167: Judd Legum on How Elon Musk is Helping Trump
41 min
311/20/202560
166: Molly Jong Fast, Host of the Fast Politics Podcast
45 min
311/20/202561
165: Ari Berman on His New Book, Minority Rule
53 min
311/20/202562
164: Melissa Murray & Andrew Weissmann on the “Hush Money Trial”
44 min
311/20/202563
163: Battleground States: Wisconsin: Ben Wikler – Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair
36 min
311/20/202564
161: Pulitzer Prize Winning Historian Anne Applebaum of The Atlantic
42 min
311/20/202565
160: NPR's Senior Political Correspondent Domenico Montanaro
51 min
311/20/202566
159: Tim Miller – New Host of The Bulwark Podcast
45 min
311/20/202567
158: Frank Foer – The End of the Golden Age of American Jews
56 min
311/20/202568
157: Mini Timmaraju, President & CEO of Reproductive Freedom for All
47 min
311/20/202569
156: Tim Alberta on Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
57 min
311/20/202570
115: Molly Jong-Fast and Al Discuss The Week’s Events
42 min
311/20/202571
114: Dahlia Lithwick is BACK!
56 min
311/20/202572
113: NYT Columnist Paul Krugman on The Debt Ceiling
50 min
311/20/202573
112: Dan Balz, WaPo’s Chief Correspondent, Explains It All!
41 min
311/20/202574
100: Julia Ioffe - Update on The War in Ukraine
49 min
311/20/202575
99: Joyce Vance & Barbara McQuade on The Latest from Fulton County
55 min
311/20/202576
98: WaPo’s Dana Milbank On How Only 2/3 of GOP House Members Are Crazy
43 min
311/20/202577
97: Norm Ornstein on The Radical Right Takeover of the House
43 min
311/20/202578
96: Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report
53 min
311/20/202579
95: BEST OF - Neal Katyal On How Trump Would Be Prosecuted
38 min
311/20/202580
84: BONUS EPISODE: My Genius Hearing Parody on WHAT THE HACK!
21 min
311/20/202581
50: Bill Walton on Basketball, The Grateful Dead, and Life
42 min
311/20/202582
49: Dahlia Lithwick on the Insane Republican Awfulness in the Jackson SCOTUS Hearings
44 min
311/20/202583
48: Marc Lamont Hill, Anchor of Black News Tonight, Explains Basic Concepts Like Race as a Social Construct
42 min
311/20/202584
47: Atlantic Monthly’s Franklin Foer Covers Lots of Ground on Ukraine
51 min
311/20/202585
46: Journalist/Author Michael Weiss on Putin's Grave Miscalculation
40 min
311/20/202586
44: Economist Austan Goolsbee on Guess What? The Economy
63 min
311/20/202587
43: Heather McGhee on Critical Race Theory & Other Stuff
60 min
311/20/202588
56: Uncle Sam (Roger McNamee) & Auntie Trust (Zephyr Teachout) Talk Facebook, Google, Amazon & Democracy
74 min
311/20/202589
80: Lead Dem Election Lawyer Marc Elias on the Epic Battle for Our Democracy
52 min
311/20/202590
66: Michael Harriot: Senior Writer for TheRoot.com, the Nation’s Largest Black Online Newspaper
53 min
311/20/202591
65: Norm Ornstein & Tom Mann - Who Called the GOP a Sham Years Ago!
65 min
311/20/202592
64: Ed Shelleby - My Communications Director–On Working for a Different Kind of Senator. Plus, a Rant on Voting Rights
64 min
311/20/202593
63: Louis King – The Real Deal
53 min
311/20/202594
55: Our Southern Border - National Immigration Forum Executive Director Ali Noorani
61 min
311/20/202595
53: Andy Slavitt (Again!) But Now He’s a Big Shot!
56 min
311/20/202596
52: Heather McGhee – On What Racism Costs Everyone
62 min
311/20/202597
51: WaPo Columnist Catherine Rampell Wonks Out w/Al on Economics, Race, Healthcare – You Name It!
60 min
311/20/202598
50: Nobel Climate Scientist Michael Mann on Denier Tactics and Idiocy
64 min
311/20/202599
49: Dr. Anthony Fauci Answers the Questions You’ve Been Wanting to Ask
42 min
311/20/2025100
47: Adam Schiff on (You Guessed It) Impeachment
56 min
311/20/2025101
10: NEA President Lily Eskelsen García on Teaching During a Pandemic and a DeVos
52 min
311/20/2025102
1: COVID-19 Trailer
5 min
311/20/2025103
17: Dahlia Lithwick on SCOTUS 2019-20 Term and Trump's Commutation of Roger Stone's 40-Month Sentence
55 min
311/20/2025104
16: Epidemiologist Abdul El-Sayed Blames the Latest Covid Spikes on Guess Who?
56 min
311/20/2025105
David Hogg on Electing Young Progressive Dems
48 min
311/20/2025106
Norm Ornstein on Another Chaotic Week in DC
48 min
311/20/2025107
Dr. Tom Frieden and Brandy Zadrozny on RFK Jr. and the CDC
43 min
311/20/2025108
Randi Weingarten on Defending Our Public Education
44 min
311/20/2025109
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott on Reducing Violent Crime
39 min
311/20/2025110
War Correspondent Tim Mak on the War in Ukraine
46 min
311/20/2025111
BEST OF: Bob Odenkirk on Comedy (and Drama)!
51 min
311/20/2025112
Ari Berman on the GOP’s Gerrymandering Plot
49 min
311/20/2025113
Franklin Foer on the Famine in Gaza
50 min
311/20/2025114
Jonathan Alter on Trump’s Authoritarian Police State
45 min
311/20/2025115
Kevin Nealon on His Career in Comedy!
63 min
311/20/2025116
Catherine Rampell on Trump’s Economic Policies
39 min
311/20/2025117
Dahlia Lithwick on The Godawful SCOTUS Term
48 min
311/20/2025118
Marc Elias on Trump’s Authoritarian Second Term
46 min
311/20/2025119
CNN’s Kasie Hunt on Her Career & Trump II
50 min
311/20/2025120
223: Dahlia Lithwick on the Courts vs. Trump
44 min
311/20/2025121
222: Mark Leibovich and Molly Jong-Fast on Trump’s 100 Days
46 min
311/20/2025122
221: Robert Reich on Fighting The Trump Autocracy
45 min
311/20/2025123
220: BEST OF: Tim Alberta on Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
59 min
311/20/2025124
219: Atul Gawande on Musk’s Destruction of USAID
43 min
311/20/2025125
218: Catherine Rampell on Trump’s Tariffs and DOGE
53 min
311/20/2025126
217: Jessica Yellin on Our Anxiety Producing News Cycle
37 min
311/20/2025127
211: SPECIAL: Al on SNL's 50th
63 min
311/20/2025128
210: Molly O’Toole on Immigration
42 min
311/20/2025129
209: Peter Beinart on Israel and Gaza
37 min
311/20/2025130
208: Molly Jong-Fast on Trump’s First Week
42 min
311/20/2025131
207: Ian Bassin on Saving Our Democracy
44 min
311/20/2025132
206: Dana Milbank on The Nutcase Republican House
42 min
311/20/2025133
205: BEST OF: Scott Galloway
36 min
311/20/2025134
204: BEST OF: SNL's Jim Downey
67 min
311/20/2025135
203: The Atlantic's George Packer on the End of Democratic Delusions
41 min
311/20/2025136
202: Anne Applebaum & Frank Foer on Syria, The Middle East, and Ukraine
44 min
311/20/2025137
190: Jamelle Bouie - Columnist for the New York Times
41 min
311/20/2025138
189: Dems Top Election Lawyer Marc Elias on the Legal Battles Ahead
44 min
311/20/2025139
188: NYT’s Jeremy Peters on Trump’s Bad Debate
35 min
311/20/2025140
186: Martin Short: A “BEST OF”
42 min
311/20/2025141
185: Molly Jong-Fast and Mark Leibovich on The Democratic Convention
33 min
311/20/2025142
184: YouTuber Brian Tyler Cohen on his new book Shameless
36 min
311/20/2025143
183: Scott Galloway - Professor, Podcast Host, Author
37 min
311/20/2025144
182: Pulitzer Prize Winning Author Anne Applebaum on Autocracies and Comedian Trae Crowder on JD Vance
52 min
311/20/2025145
181: The Atlantic's Frank Foer and Elaina Plott Calabro on Harris and Biden
39 min
311/20/2025146
180: Molly Jong-Fast and Mark Leibovich on the RNC
43 min
311/20/2025147
179: Dahlia Lithwick on SCOTUS
52 min
311/20/2025148
178: Best Of: Heather Cox Richardson on Our Democracy
56 min
311/20/2025149
177: 4th of July Special: Thomas Jefferson on the Declaration of Independence
7 min
311/20/2025150
176: Norm Ornstein on The Debate & SCOTUS
42 min
311/20/2025151
175: Never-Trumpers Sarah Longwell and Tim Miller on the Presidential Debate
37 min
311/20/2025152
174: WaPo Op-Ed Columnist Catherine Rampell
39 min
311/20/2025153
173: In Remembrance of Howard Fineman
54 min
311/20/2025154
172: Frank Foer of The Atlantic and David Rothkopf of The Daily Beast
51 min
311/20/2025155
171: Dan Balz - Washington Post Chief Correspondent and Former US Attorney Harry Litman
53 min
311/20/2025156
162: Democratic Strategists Rachel Bitecofer and Justin Barasky on Democratic Messaging
48 min
311/20/2025157
155: The Atlantic’s David Frum on GOP Dysfunction
39 min
311/20/2025158
154: Olivia Nuzzi - Washington Correspondent for New York Magazine
38 min
311/20/2025159
153: Dahlia Lithwick on the Trump Trials
46 min
311/20/2025160
152: Michael Steele
44 min
311/20/2025161
151: Saturday Night Live Writer & Producer Jim Downey
69 min
311/20/2025162
143: Year in Review: Joyce Vance and Barbara McQuade Review ALL the Cases Against Trump
44 min
311/20/2025163
142: Ian Bassin On The Steps Trump Would Take to Unravel Our Democracy
46 min
311/20/2025164
141: David Fahrenthold on The Trump Organization’s Long History of Corruption
27 min
311/20/2025165
140: David Axelrod
42 min
311/20/2025166
139: Norm Ornstein on the Israel-Hamas War
36 min
311/20/2025167
138: WaPo Columnist Dana Milbank on the Super-MAGA House
31 min
311/20/2025168
2: A Conversation with Dahlia Lithwick and Matt Miller
44 min
311/20/2025169
1: A Conversation With Maria Teresa Kumar
34 min
311/20/2025170
137: Aaron David Miller on the Israel-Hamas War
41 min
311/20/2025171
136: BEST OF! QAnon – Weirder Than You Know!!! Author Will Sommer
52 min
311/20/2025172
135: Climatologist Michael Mann on How to Talk to Climate Deniers
49 min
311/20/2025173
19: Renaissance Man Bob Kerrey Talks to Man Al Franken
47 min
311/20/2025174
134: Norm Ornstein on the Shutdown
52 min
311/20/2025175
133: Harry Litman and George Conway!
47 min
311/20/2025176
132: Anne Applebaum on the War in Ukraine
47 min
311/20/2025177
131: Franklin Foer’s New Book on Biden: The Last Politician
48 min
311/20/2025178
130: The Case for Universal Voting. Like in Australia!
43 min
311/20/2025179
129: Molly Jong-Fast and Mark Leibovich on the GOP Debate
38 min
311/20/2025180
128: Tim Miller and Charlie Cook on the First GOP Debate
50 min
311/20/2025181
127: Stuart Stevens is Ashamed
48 min
311/20/2025182
126: Neal Katyal on Jack Smith’s Very Smart Case
36 min
311/20/2025183
125: Best Of: Sarah Silverman!
75 min
311/20/2025184
124: Inside the Race to Go Viral with Ben Smith
45 min
311/20/2025185
123: Marc Elias and Ari Berman
77 min
311/20/2025186
122: Dahlia Lithwick on the Awful SCOTUS Term
40 min
311/20/2025187
121: Best Of: John Mayer on Playing with The Dead
37 min
311/20/2025188
120: Comedian Alex Edelman on Heading to Broadway!
47 min
311/20/2025189
119: Ukraine Update with The Atlantic’s Frank Foer
39 min
311/20/2025190
118: Mark Leibovich on the Documents Indictment
48 min
311/20/2025191
117: Our Immigration System: It's Broken!
48 min
311/20/2025192
116: QAnon – Weirder Than You Know!!! Author Will Sommer
54 min
311/20/2025193
111: Rep. Katie Porter - On Her New Book & Jeremy Peters On Dominion
54 min
311/20/2025194
110: Heather McGhee - My Favorite Is Back
47 min
311/20/2025195
109: Harry Litman – A Panorama of Trump’s Massive Legal Problems
50 min
311/20/2025196
108: Israel Expert Aaron David Miller on Netanyahu’s Anti-democratic Judicial “Reforms”
55 min
311/20/2025197
105: Best Of: Chris Rock
54 min
311/20/2025198
104: Andy Slavitt & Laurie Garrett on “The End of the Covid Emergency?”
45 min
311/20/2025199
103: NYT’s Jeremy Peters on Dominion v. FOX
42 min
311/20/2025200
102: Shoshana Zuboff & Roger McNamee on Surveillance Capitalism
46 min
311/20/2025201
101: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse on The Right’s 50-Year Scheme to Capture SCOTUS
54 min
311/20/2025202
94: BEST OF: The Day the President Laughed!
36 min
311/20/2025203
88: BEST OF: Anne Nelson on the Right Wing Shadow Network
49 min
311/20/2025204
87: Alexander Vindman on Ukraine
47 min
311/20/2025205
50: Rob Delaney – On the Loss of His 2-Year-Old, Henry
55 min
311/20/2025206
86: Jeremy Peters Traces the GOP’s Descent to Trump
53 min
311/20/2025207
85: Sen. Heidi Heitkamp on The Midterms
60 min
311/20/2025208
83: Norm Ornstein on The Wave That Didn’t Happen
50 min
311/20/2025209
82: Cecile Richards and David Axelrod on The Midterms
70 min
311/20/2025210
81: Laboratories of Autocracy – David Pepper – It’s the States, Stupid!
55 min
311/20/2025211
80: MI Sec. of State Jocelyn Benson and Journalist Ari Berman
64 min
311/20/2025212
78: Tim Miller, Former GOP Operative, on Why His Cohorts Caved To Trump
64 min
311/20/2025213
77: Sarah Silverman – AGAIN!!!
80 min
311/20/2025214
76: Dahlia Lithwick On Her Inspiring New Book – LADY JUSTICE
59 min
311/20/2025215
75: NY Times Columnist Paul Krugman
56 min
311/20/2025216
73: Sandy Hook Mom Nicole Hockley and Former NRA Big-Wig Ryan Busse
55 min
311/20/2025217
72: Cecile Richards on Dobbs and the Midterms!
48 min
311/20/2025218
69: THE MIDTERMS - John Anzalone and D. Taylor
65 min
311/20/2025219
71: The Authors of "His Name is George Floyd" - Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa
50 min
311/20/2025220
70: Mark Leibovich on his #1 NYT bestseller, Thank You For Your Servitude
56 min
311/20/2025221
68: Russia-Born Journalist Julia Ioffe Gives an Update on Ukraine
43 min
311/20/2025222
67: Jason Kander On His Battle With PTSD
40 min
311/20/2025223
66: Malcolm Nance on The Coming Civil War
39 min
311/20/2025224
65: Dahlia Lithwick on The Horrible SCOTUS Term
59 min
311/20/2025225
64: MARTIN SHORT!!!
51 min
311/20/2025226
63: Daniel Goldman, Legal Analyst, on the Jan. 6th Hearings
43 min
311/20/2025227
62: Author Anne Nelson on the 60-year history of the vast right-wing shadow network
47 min
311/20/2025228
61: Ali Noorani on Immigration
52 min
311/20/2025229
60: Carol Leonnig of WaPo and Ryan Reilly of NBC Preview this Week’s January 6th Hearings
52 min
311/20/2025230
58: Patton Oswalt!
61 min
311/20/2025231
57: Steve Schmidt Sounds the Alarm!
53 min
311/20/2025232
56: Dahlia Lithwick and Joyce Vance on the Alito Draft
58 min
311/20/2025233
55: The Atlantic Monthly’s Anne Applebaum and Arms Expert Joe Cirincione on Ukraine
52 min
311/20/2025234
54: Former Firearms Exec & NRA Member, Ryan Busse, Exposes the Dark Underbelly of the Gun Industry
47 min
311/20/2025235
53: Michael Lewis on why U.S. COVID response was so…CRAPPY. (My word)
59 min
311/20/2025236
52: Bob Odenkirk talks about Comedy, Comedy, Comedy, and Drama
52 min
311/20/2025237
51: Amy Klobuchar on Anti-Trust
64 min
311/20/2025238
41: Max Bergmann Covers Europe, Ukraine, and Russia for The Center for American Progress
56 min
311/20/2025239
40: Marc Elias & Ari Berman on the GOP’s Assault on Democracy
48 min
311/20/2025240
40: Former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance Discusses Trump's Myriad Civil & Criminal Vulnerabilities
57 min
311/20/2025241
39: Andy Slavitt and Laurie Garrett Discuss Disturbing New COVID Realities
64 min
311/20/2025242
39: Michael Harriot, Acerbic (Funny, Biting, and Funny) Black Writer Talks About (Yikes!) Race
51 min
311/20/2025243
93: David Letterman! Top Ten Reasons We’re Repeating This One: #1 – WE CAN!!!
69 min
311/20/2025244
92: Jim Gaffigan and Al Discuss Stand-up & Netflix’s Release of his 9th Hour Special, Comedy Monster
59 min
311/20/2025245
91: Dahlia Lithwick & Sarah Stoesz, CEO of Planned Parenthood in the Upper Midwest, on Abortion.
70 min
311/20/2025246
90: David Cay Johnston on His New Book – The Big Cheat. Who’s it about? Take a guess!
53 min
311/20/2025247
45: Norm Ornstein & Al (Again!)
51 min
311/20/2025248
44: Former U.S. Attorneys Joyce Vance and Preet Bharara Discuss Legal Problems Ahead for Trump, the Rioters, and Cruz and Hawley
58 min
311/20/2025249
43: Rick Wilson, Co-Founder of The Lincoln Project
60 min
311/20/2025250
32: Al Explains the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact to Tommy
6 min
311/20/2025251
42: Top Dem. Election Lawyer Marc Elias Reviews Trump Legal Team's 59 Post-Election Losses
48 min
311/20/2025252
41: A Holiday Repeat of Conan O'Brien with a Brand New Timely Intro!
47 min
311/20/2025253
40: The Ground Game in Georgia!
35 min
311/20/2025254
39: Maria Teresa Kumar of Voto Latino on the Key Role Latinos Played in Electing Joe Biden
54 min
311/20/2025255
36: Laurie Garrett & Andy Slavitt on the Covid Spike, the Vaccines, & Trump's Negligent Homicide
62 min
311/20/2025256
35: Al On The Election & Lincoln Project’s Stuart Stevens On What The GOP Has Become
46 min
311/20/2025257
34: SuperPundit Norm Ornstein on the Election
51 min
311/20/2025258
33: Dick Gephardt and Ian Bassin – Can Trump Steal this Election?
54 min
311/20/2025259
32: Montana Sen. Jon Tester on How Dems Win Back Rural America
54 min
311/20/2025260
31: A Preview of the Final Trump-Biden Debate
9 min
311/20/2025261
89: Sen. Tammy Duckworth and Al Laugh About Her Getting Blowed Up!
43 min
311/20/2025262
88: Atlantic Monthly Writer Frank Foer Tears Facebook a New One
47 min
311/20/2025263
87: Norm and Al look Past Build Back Better to Saving Our Democracy
68 min
311/20/2025264
86: Our Climate Guy – Nobel Prize Recipient Michael Mann on COP-26
51 min
311/20/2025265
85: Ryan Busse, Once an NRA Hero, Gives us the Dirt
53 min
311/20/2025266
84: Adam Schiff on The Curious Case of Donald Trump and His Goons
45 min
311/20/2025267
83: Economist Austan Goolsbee on Build Back Better
66 min
311/20/2025268
82: Author Jackie Calmes Did the Investigation on Brett Kavanaugh the FBI Should Have Done
48 min
311/20/2025269
81: The Brilliant Dahlia Lithwick – Slate’s (and Al’s) Expert on SCOTUS
61 min
311/20/2025270
79: Alex Gibney Talks Opioids & His Doc “The Crime of the Century”
53 min
311/20/2025271
78: R.I. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse on the Corporate Capture of the Courts
64 min
311/20/2025272
77: Author Michael Wolff Discusses Trump’s Disastrous Last Year as POTUS
48 min
311/20/2025273
76: Ben Rhodes, Obama’s Deputy National Security Advisor, on Afghanistan & Our Foreign Policy Reset
47 min
311/20/2025274
75: Laurie Garrett and Andy Slavitt – Where We Are NOW on COVID-19
68 min
311/20/2025275
73: Bryan Fogel, Producer of The Dissident, on the Brutal Murder of Jamal Khashoggi
44 min
311/20/2025276
72: Atlantic Monthly Journalist Edward-Isaac Dovere's Fascinating New Book, 'Battle For The Soul’, Chronicles the Democrats Fight for the 2020 Nomination.
54 min
311/20/2025277
71: Norman Lear Discusses His 99-Years on the Planet
47 min
311/20/2025278
70: Heather McGhee - An Encore of My Best Podcast Ever!
57 min
311/20/2025279
69: Al Solo!
46 min
311/20/2025280
68: Andy Slavitt On His New COVID Book - Preventable
54 min
311/20/2025281
38: Thomas Jefferson Explains Inconsistencies in the Declaration of Independence
7 min
311/20/2025282
67: George Packer on How It Got So Bad in America & How it Could Get Slightly Better
55 min
311/20/2025283
62: Amy Klobuchar & Al Discuss Anti-Trust & The Ted "Carnival" Cruz Joke
63 min
311/20/2025284
61: Howard Fineman on Republican Nihilism
68 min
311/20/2025285
60: Sen. Tammy Duckworth Tells Her Story
46 min
311/20/2025286
59: Neo-Con Bill Kristol on How Trump Made Him Do Some Re-Thinking
57 min
311/20/2025287
37: Replay of My Conversation with Judge Steve Leifman and Norm Ornstein
38 min
311/20/2025288
58: Malcolm Nance on Russia and Jan. 6th
59 min
311/20/2025289
36: Replay of My Conversation with Vice President Walter Mondale
51 min
311/20/2025290
57: Marc Elias and Ari Berman on Georgia and Worse
53 min
311/20/2025291
35: Mini-Podcast: Peter Bergen on Afghanistan and Bin Laden
14 min
311/20/2025292
31: Al Rails About Coney Barrett Hearing w/ Brian Fallon of Demand Justice
46 min
311/20/2025293
30: Al’s Questions for Amy Coney Barrett
23 min
311/20/2025294
29: Maria Teresa Kumar of Voto Latino and Marc Elias, Dems' Election Lawyer, on Voter Suppression
62 min
311/20/2025295
28: Norm Ornstein on the Sh*tsh*w in Cleveland. Franklin Foer and Natasha Bertrand on Russian Interference.
75 min
311/20/2025296
27: Dahlia Lithwick and The Day the President Laughed
53 min
311/20/2025297
26: Debate Prep Vets James Carville and Phillipe Reines on the Upcoming Debate
59 min
311/20/2025298
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
55 min
311/20/2025299
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,
54 min
311/20/2025300
23: David Axelrod on the Election. Spoiler Alert: He's for Biden
53 min
311/20/2025301
21: Repeating My Conversation with Chris Rock Because It's So Damn Great!
50 min
311/20/2025302
19: Author Susan Nieman on Germans/Holocaust vs. Americans/Slavery – Germans Win
50 min
311/20/2025303
20: Paul Begala on How to Beat Trump
54 min
311/20/2025304
22: Andrew Yang and Al Discuss Each Other
54 min
311/20/2025305
18: Fmr. DC and Philly Police Chief Charles Ramsey Talks Police Reform
54 min
311/20/2025306
15: Democratic Election Lawyer Marc Elias Talks to Two Texas Teenagers About Winning Them the Right to Vote By Mail in November
56 min
311/20/2025307
1: A Fourth of July Conversation with Thomas Jefferson
7 min
311/20/2025308
14: Melvin Carter Talks About Being St. Paul’s First Black Mayor and the Son of a Cop
54 min
311/20/2025309
13: Frm. Obama Speechwriter David Litt Explains How the GOP Has Systematically Undermined Democracy.
53 min
311/20/2025310
12: Atlantic Writer George Packer on How the Pandemic and George Floyd’s Murder have Laid Bare America’s Weaknesses
54 min
311/20/2025311
8: Steve Schmidt Tears Trump and the Republican Party A New One
55 min
311/20/2025312
7: Epidemiologist Larry Brilliant on Where We Go From Here
53 min
311/20/2025313
6: Chief Democratic Election Lawyer Marc Elias Talks Elections During A Pandemic
59 min
311/20/2025314
5: Billy and Debbie Shore, Founders of No Kid Hungry, on Hunger in America During this Pandemic
47 min
311/20/2025315
4: Michael Lewis On How Trump’s Handling of Covid-19 Has Proven His Book, The Fifth Risk, Tragically Prophetic.
53 min
311/20/2025316
49: Mental Health and Criminal Justice
53 min
311/20/2025317
3: Dr. Leana Wen Discusses the Tortuous and High Stakes Path that Dr.'s Fauci and Birx Must Navigate
55 min
311/20/2025318
2: Austan Goolsbee on Virus Economics
72 min
311/20/2025319
1: Andy Slavitt, Former Medicare/Medicaid Head Discusses the Pandemic
53 min
311/20/2025320
45: MSNBC's Andrew Zimmern Talks About Food, Immigration, Climate and Addiction
57 min
311/20/2025321
44: Documentarian Alex Gibney Tells the Cautionary Tale of the Oligarch Who Defied Putin
54 min
311/20/2025322
43: Pulitzer Prize Winner Dave Fahrenthold Catches Us Up on Trump’s Corruption
55 min
311/20/2025323
42: Is Democracy in Danger? Legal Experts Dahlia Lithwick and Ian Bassin On Trump, Barr and The Abuse of the Criminal Justice System
58 min
311/20/2025324
41: Intelligence Expert Malcolm Nance Makes the Convincing Case that Trump is a Russian Asset
64 min
311/20/2025325
40: A Conversation with Jimmy Kimmel
53 min
311/20/2025326
39: John Mayer on Playing Guitar and Singing at the Same Time
52 min
311/20/2025327
38: How We Got Here. Norm Ornstein on the Erosion of Norms from Gingrich to McConnell to Trump
52 min
311/20/2025328
37: Paul Tough on How the College Admissions System Preserves Our Nation’s Economic and Social Disparities
51 min
311/20/2025329
36: MSNBC's Second Most Popular Host, Lawrence O'Donnell, Is Guest
55 min
311/20/2025330
35: Al and Conan O’Brien
50 min
311/20/2025331
34: Sara Silverman and Al Talk About Comedy and Politics
53 min
311/20/2025332
33: Al Solo! - Al Rants on Impeachment, Trump, McConnell, and GOP Bad Faith.
52 min
311/20/2025333
32: Guilty! Al Discusses Impeachment with Harvard Law Professor, Nancy Gertner and Max Bergmann, Not a Harvard Law Professor
56 min
311/20/2025334
31: Obama National Security Advisor Susan Rice Talks Foreign Policy Successes and Failures
55 min
311/20/2025335
29: Al talks to Ambassador Peter Galbraith About Trump's Tragic Betrayal of the Kurds, and Al weighs in on the Impeachment Hearings.
54 min
311/20/2025336
28: Al Talks To Executive Director of Foster America Sherry Lachman About The State of Foster Care And Al Gets Verklempt
51 min
311/20/2025337
27: Whoever Wins the Popular Vote Should Be President. The New Yorker's Hendrik Hertzberg and Al Discuss Why
49 min
311/20/2025338
26: Where There's Fire, There's Fire." Jeffrey Toobin and Dahlia Lithwick Discuss The Legal Issues Ahead in the Impeachment of Donald Trump
54 min
311/20/2025339
25: Judd Apatow Discusses Comedy, Mental Health and Politics
50 min
311/20/2025340
24: Al Talks with one of his Heroes, Harlem Children's Zone Founder Geoffrey Canada
53 min
311/20/2025341
23: Journalist Elizabeth Drew Explains Impeachment to Al
51 min
311/20/2025342
22: A Conversation with Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
60 min
311/20/2025343
21: A Conversation with Chris Rock
49 min
311/20/2025344
20: Rising Democratic Star and Afghanistan Vet Jason Kander Discusses Putting The Brakes On His Political Career To Treat His PTSD
45 min
311/20/2025345
18: How Corrupt is Trump? Veteran DC Watchdog Melanie Sloan Discusses the Trump Culture of Corruption in Washington
41 min
311/20/2025346
17: Obama Chief Economist Austan Goolsbee Explains the Unexplainable: What The Hell Trump is Doing On Trade
45 min
311/20/2025347
16: A Conversation with Vice President Walter Mondale
50 min
311/20/2025348
15: A Conversation with Joe Cirincione
53 min
311/20/2025349
14: A Conversation with Heidi Heitkamp
54 min
311/20/2025350
13: A Conversation with Andy Slavitt
54 min
311/20/2025351
12: A Conversation With Howard Fineman
56 min
311/20/2025352
11: A Conversation with Secretary Ernest Moniz
69 min
311/20/2025353
10: A Conversation With Franklin Foer
65 min
311/20/2025354
9: A Conversation with Dana Carvey
64 min
311/20/2025355
6: A Conversation with Andy Slavitt
74 min
311/20/2025356
5: A Conversation with Jeffrey Toobin and Nancy Gertner
43 min
311/20/2025357
4: A Conversation with Michael Lewis
48 min
311/20/2025358
3: A Conversation With Sarah Silverman
51 min
311/20/2025359
Al Franken Has A Podcast
6 min
311/20/2025