Hey everybody. The only former U.S. Senator currently on tour tour has been extended.

Our 15 city tours now become our 30 city tour. And the new cities are Santa Cruz, California,

Livermore, California, Bethlehem, PA, Terrytown, New York, Burlington, Vermont, Portland,

Maine, Huntington, New York, Glenside, Pennsylvania, Santa Barbara, California, Buffalo, New York, Toronto, Canada, Madison, Wisconsin, Royal Oak, Michigan, Boston, Mass, Red Bank, New Jersey.

You can go to Al Franken.com for all the information on how to get tickets. Hope to see you there.

Hey everybody. If you're a regular listener to this podcast, you know that occasionally, I repeat one of

my best conversations, one of the few that are any good at all.

Now, we do at least 44 shows a year, and scientists tell us, that means we have to repeat

eight podcasts. This week, Michael Harriet. Michael, and I don't think he'd mind me saying this, is black. He's a senior

writer for Root, which is either the oldest or most read online black newspaper or both.

Their slogan is, the blacker the content, the sweeter the truth. Michael and I talked about race, systemic racism, for example, which, of course, is systemic

in this country.

We talk about critical race theory, pretty serious stuff, but Michael's funny.

He's really funny, and that's my sweet spot.

Serious and sometimes biting, but funny.

And that's Michael Harriet.

All right.

Michael Harriet joins me.

It is a great one.

You know, for a change.

Music You know, for a change. I want to start off by asking you, did you watch Biden's speech to the joint sessions,

and then did you watch Tim Scott's response?

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