Well, we got a great one today, you know, for a change.

And let me tell you why.

I think we've had a breakthrough.

Peter, my executive producer, had this idea.

Let's book guests who know what they're talking about and how to talk.

And I think that's going to make the whole experience of listening to the Al Franken

podcast a lot less painful.

And my guest today is Michael Weiss and Michael has reported extensively from Ukraine and was in Kyiv three weeks before the invasion.

He is currently news director for New Lines Magazine and is the New York Times bestselling author

of ISIS inside the army of terror.

And you got to have balls to be inside the army of terror.

I just, that would terrify me.

And I'm not going to do that.

I'm doing this podcast.

That's what I do.

Now, obviously the horrible, tragic, heartbreaking war in Ukraine is escalating every day and I spoke with Michael

on Tuesday, March 1st so a lot has happened since then but I think this is a very interesting

interview for you, my listeners, you know, for a change.

And I'm doing this intro on Thursday evening, the third.

So by the time this drops on Sunday, the situation on the ground will no doubt be much worse.

I can't believe this is happening. Michael has some useful insights in

the Putin. I can't believe what one evil man, Vladimir Putin, is doing to Ukraine and what

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