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The Al Franken Podcast

Adam Schiff on The Curious Case of Donald Trump and His Goons

The Al Franken Podcast

The Al Franken Podcast

Government, Progressive, Politics, Senate, Liberal, Senator, Minnesota, Franken, News, Saturday Night Live, Comedy, Snl

4.67.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Ripping Yarns of Collusion, Mendacity, and Treason from the Chairman’s New Bestseller: Midnight in Washington.

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0:00.0

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0:03.0

Hey everybody, extra special podcast today and I never say that.

0:13.0

Well, maybe I have once or twice, but this time, this time I mean it.

0:18.0

Adam Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee,

0:22.0

joining me for a second time in this time,

0:26.0

Adam has a book out, huge bestseller, Midnight in Washington.

0:32.0

How we almost lost our democracy and almost certainly will,

0:37.0

if we Democrats don't get our shit together.

0:41.0

I really should have had the book out in front of me there.

0:46.0

These long subtitles are hard to remember.

0:50.0

But it's something like that and I read the book.

0:53.0

Actually, I read 97.2% of the book with the intention of finishing the remainder 2.8%.

1:01.0

Just right before our conversation.

1:04.0

I knew the exact percentage because I got it on Kindle.

1:08.0

Kindle will tell you how, exactly how far you are along on it.

1:13.0

Now, the reason I got it on Kindle is that it was sold out at my bookstore.

1:20.0

For my listeners who are not in the publishing business, that's a very good sign.

1:26.0

And I have to tell you, I really ate up this book.

1:31.0

And I had the intention to finish it before the interview, but something happened.

1:35.0

And I don't remember what it was.

1:39.0

And that's the kind of interesting story my listeners have grown to expect on this podcast.

1:45.0

But I knew where the remaining 2.8% was going because we are in a very precarious moment in our nation's history.

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