The Al Franken Show
"The Al Franken Show" -- presented every weeknight at 11:30 pm -- is a one-hour version of Al's radio show on Air America. Tune in as Mr. Franken makes short work of the headlines and welcomes a who's who of the political world.
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Al Franken Show: Calvin Trillin (10/07/05)
Verse Columnist for The Nation, Trillin shares a few of his latest poems about the pomposity of politics.
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Al Franken Show: Anthony Shadid (9/9/05)
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Anthony Shadid talks about what average Iraqi's think of the American military presense and the continuing violence. His new book is "Night Draws Near: Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War."
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Al Franken Show: Norm Ornstein (8/8/05)
Franken regular and independent minded Republican, Norm Orstein shares the latest "Official Al Franken Show Poll" numbers.
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Al Franken Show: Larry Johnson (7/21/05)
Former CIA classmate of Valarie Plame, the woman at the heart of the Kar Rove scandal. Johnson lays out just how important Plame's covert status was, and his disdain for those who have dubbed her a "desk jockey."
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Al Franken Show: Chris Fabricant (8/9/05)
Lawyer and author Chris Fabricant talks to Al and Katherine about his new book, Busted: Drug War Survival Skills from the Buy to the Bust to Begging for Mercy.
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Al Franken Show: Bill Clinton (7/22/05)
From Nairobi, former President Bill Clinton talks with Al and Katherine about America's special reponsiblity to help Africa.
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Al Franken Show: Noah Feldman (7/18/05)
NYU professor of law Noah Feldman talks about his new book, Divided By God: America's Church-State Problem - And What We Should Do About It.
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Al Franken Show: Howard Dean (7/21/05)
Democratic National Chairman Howard Dean talks to Al about the health of the Democrat's message, and the contagion of lies surrounding Karl Rove.
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Al Franken Show: Joe Wilson
Former Ambassador Joe Wilson talks about his wife, Karl Rove and the real reason the Administration wants the present controversy to go away.
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Al Franken Show: Rebecca Traister
Journalist Rebecca Traister talks about her Salon.com interveiw with Ed Klein, the controversial author of The Truth About Hillary Clinton.
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Al Franken Show: Ed Klein
Author Ed Klein spars with Al over a few mistakes in his new book, The Truth About Hillary Clinton.
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Al Franken Show: Robert Redford
Robert Redford talks about playing Bob Woodward in ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN and the hard work that drove Woodward and Bernstein's heroic coverage of the Watergate Scandal.
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Al Franken Show: Jonathan Alter
Newsweek contributor Jonathan Alter boldy suggests that if Watergate happened today it would have been "a one day story" and Nixon would have served out a second term. Alter talks about the forces that brought down the Nixon presidency.
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Al Franken Show: Josh Marshall
Blogger Josh Marshall talks about journalism after Deep Throat while Al tries to keep Simon the toy poodle from barking.
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Al Franken Show: Al Fuentes
New York City Fireman Alfredo Fuentes talks about Septemeber 11th on the eve of the 3 year anniversary.
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Al Franken Show: Pete Peterson
Former Secretary of Commerce Pete Peterson talks about his new book, "Running On Empty: How The Democratic and Republican Parties Are Bankrupting Our Future and What Americans Can Do About It."
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Al Franken Show: Tim Meadows
Fellow SNL alum Tim Meadows stops in to talk about being the "only elected African-American Republican not to speak in prime time during the Republican National Convention."
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Al Franken Show: Joe Scarborough
Former GOP Congressman Joe Scarborough discusses his latest book, "Rome Wasn't Burnt in a Day: The Real Deal on How Politicians, Bureaucrats, and Other Washington Barbarians are Bankrupting America."
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Al Franken Show: Bebe Newirth
Actress Bebe Neuwirth joins Al to talk about how the Left wing never shuts up.
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Al Franken Show: Barak Obama
Al talks to Illinois Senator Barak Obama about what it means to be the rising star in the Democratic Party.
The Al Franken Show
