The Al Franken Podcast

Al and Dahlia Lithwick on The Monarchic Supreme Court

Al and Franklin Foer on Iran, Ukraine, Soccer, and The World

Al and Mark Leibovich on The Midterm Landscape

Al and Norm Ornstein on The Blueprint for Trump's Cruelty

BEST OF: Kevin Nealon on His Career in Comedy!

Catherine Rampell and Scott Lincicome on Trump's Tariffs

BEST OF: Kasie Hunt on Her Career & Trump

Rep. Rosa DeLauro on Congressional Chaos

BEST OF: David Kirkpatrick on Trump’s Shameless Profiteering

Trae Crowder and Geoffrey Asmus on Comedy and Politics

BEST OF: Al on SNL’s 50th Anniversary

Heather McGhee and Adam Serwer on the Power of Protest

Best Of: John Fugelsang on Jesus and Politics

Rep. Madeleine Dean on POTUS Pardon Corruption

BEST OF: George Packer on JD Vance

Brian Tyler Cohen on The Unpopular Iran War

2: David Rothkopf and Paul Rieckhoff on The Iran War

1: Ari Berman on Trump’s Plans to Steal the Midterms

Molly Jong-Fast on Another Week in Trump’s America

Mark Leibovich on Trump’s Chaos!

Dahlia Lithwick on Defending Our Constitution

Norm Ornstein on ICE Terrorizing Minnesota

Wendell Potter on The Healthcare Crisis

Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan on ICE in Minnesota

David Frum on Trump’s Venezuela Venture

BEST OF: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse on How Dark Money Captured SCOTUS

BEST OF: Jimmy Kimmel on His Career in Comedy!

David A. Graham on What Project 2025 Wrought

Franklin Foer & Anne Applebaum on The Globe in 2025!

Mark Leibovich on Hegseth, Trump, & More!

David Kirkpatrick on Trump’s Immense and Shameless Profiteering

Lawyer Liz Oyer on Trump’s Corrupt Pardons

Catherine Rampell on The End of The Shutdown

Molly Jong-Fast on The 2025 Elections!

Political Reporter David Weigel on The Shutdown

Harry Litman on Important Legal Stuff.

John Fugelsang on Jesus’s ACTUAL Politics

David Hogg on Electing Young Progressive Dems

Norm Ornstein on Another Chaotic Week in DC

Dr. Tom Frieden and Brandy Zadrozny on RFK Jr. and the CDC

BBC's The Global Story

Randi Weingarten on Defending Our Public Education

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott on Reducing Violent Crime

War Correspondent Tim Mak on the War in Ukraine

BEST OF: Bob Odenkirk on Comedy (and Drama)!

Barbara McQuade and Daniel Richman on Trump’s Politicization of the DOJ

Ari Berman on the GOP’s Gerrymandering Plot

Franklin Foer on the Famine in Gaza

Jonathan Alter on Trump’s Authoritarian Police State

Kevin Nealon on His Career in Comedy!