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May 2019
6m 30s

Al Franken Has A Podcast

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In this trailer episode to The Al Franken Podcast, Al sits down with Amazon's Alexa (Siri had other commitments) to review highlights of the upcoming episodes featuring:


Maria Theresa Kumar, president and CEO of Voto Latino,

Nancy Gertner, Harvard Law School professor and former U.S federal judge,

Jeffrey Toobin, legal analyst for CNN and The New Yorker,

Michael Lewis, author of The Big Short and Moneyball,

Andy Slavitt, former Acting Administrator of Medicare and Medicaid,

Dana Carvey, actor, comedian, and Saturday Night Live alum, and

David Frum, staff writer at The Atlantic and former speechwriter for George W. Bush.

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