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34: Sara Silverman and Al Talk About Comedy and Politics

December 29, 2019

Episode 34 · December 29, 2019

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Dec 29, 2019·Ep 34

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<p>A replay of one of our favorite shows from early in 2019. Al and Sara discuss the risky comedy, politics and much more. </p>

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34: Sara Silverman and Al Talk About Comedy and Politics

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Trae Crowder Episodes Around December 29, 2019

19: Renaissance Man Bob Kerrey Talks to Man Al Franken

20: Rising Democratic Star and Afghanistan Vet Jason Kander Discusses Putting The Brakes On His Political Career To Treat His PTSD

21: A Conversation with Chris Rock

22: A Conversation with Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid

23: Journalist Elizabeth Drew Explains Impeachment to Al

24: Al Talks with one of his Heroes, Harlem Children's Zone Founder Geoffrey Canada

25: Judd Apatow Discusses Comedy, Mental Health and Politics

26: Where There's Fire, There's Fire." Jeffrey Toobin and Dahlia Lithwick Discuss The Legal Issues Ahead in the Impeachment of Donald Trump

27: Whoever Wins the Popular Vote Should Be President. The New Yorker's Hendrik Hertzberg and Al Discuss Why

28: Al Talks To Executive Director of Foster America Sherry Lachman About The State of Foster Care And Al Gets Verklempt

29: Al talks to Ambassador Peter Galbraith About Trump's Tragic Betrayal of the Kurds, and Al weighs in on the Impeachment Hearings.

30: Immigration, Child Separation and Voter Suppression with Maria Teresa Kumar

31: Obama National Security Advisor Susan Rice Talks Foreign Policy Successes and Failures

32: Guilty! Al Discusses Impeachment with Harvard Law Professor, Nancy Gertner and Max Bergmann, Not a Harvard Law Professor

33: Al Solo! - Al Rants on Impeachment, Trump, McConnell, and GOP Bad Faith.

34: Sara Silverman and Al Talk About Comedy and Politics

35: Al and Conan O’Brien

36: MSNBC's Second Most Popular Host, Lawrence O'Donnell, Is Guest

37: Paul Tough on How the College Admissions System Preserves Our Nation’s Economic and Social Disparities

38: How We Got Here. Norm Ornstein on the Erosion of Norms from Gingrich to McConnell to Trump

39: John Mayer on Playing Guitar and Singing at the Same Time

40: A Conversation with Jimmy Kimmel

41: Intelligence Expert Malcolm Nance Makes the Convincing Case that Trump is a Russian Asset

42: Is Democracy in Danger? Legal Experts Dahlia Lithwick and Ian Bassin On Trump, Barr and The Abuse of the Criminal Justice System

43: Pulitzer Prize Winner Dave Fahrenthold Catches Us Up on Trump’s Corruption

44: Documentarian Alex Gibney Tells the Cautionary Tale of the Oligarch Who Defied Putin

45: MSNBC's Andrew Zimmern Talks About Food, Immigration, Climate and Addiction

1: Andy Slavitt, Former Medicare/Medicaid Head Discusses the Pandemic

2: Austan Goolsbee on Virus Economics

3: Dr. Leana Wen Discusses the Tortuous and High Stakes Path that Dr.'s Fauci and Birx Must Navigate

49: Mental Health and Criminal Justice

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