21: Repeating My Conversation with Chris Rock Because It's So Damn Great!
Chris discusses being a comedian, being black, being a black comedian, being bussed for nine years as a kid, and a whole bunch of other stuff.
23 Aug 202050min
19: Author Susan Nieman on Germans/Holocaust vs. Americans/Slavery – Germans Win
Nieman contrasts how Germans have come to terms with The Third Reich and how Americans have processed slavery, the Civil War, Jim Crow, lynching, and systemic racism.
16 Aug 202050min
20: Paul Begala on How to Beat Trump
The stable half of the consultant team that elected Bill Clinton tells us how to beat this psychopath – on the podcast and in his new book, You’re Fired.
9 Aug 202054min
22: Andrew Yang and Al Discuss Each Other
Yang and Al Discuss, Among Other Things – Yang’s Past, the Future of Work, and the Present.
2 Aug 202054min
18: Fmr. DC and Philly Police Chief Charles Ramsey Talks Police Reform
Al in conversation with the co-chair of Obama’s police reform commission.
26 Jul 202054min
17: Dahlia Lithwick on SCOTUS 2019-20 Term and Trump's Commutation of Roger Stone's 40-Month Sentence
Al and Dahlia discuss the Court's top decisions, including Bostock, which held that federal law prohibits employment discrimination agains LGBT workers, and whether Alito's dissent in that case was "v...
19 Jul 202055min
16: Epidemiologist Abdul El-Sayed Blames the Latest Covid Spikes on Guess Who?
Al and Former Detroit Public Health Commissioner on the Mistakes Trump Keeps Making.
12 Jul 202056min
15: Democratic Election Lawyer Marc Elias Talks to Two Texas Teenagers About Winning Them the Right to Vote By Mail in November
Recent high school graduate Rajit Gulhati contacted Al for guidance on how he and his friends could vote by mail. So, Al brought in Democratic super lawyer Marc Elias.
5 Jul 202056min
