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The Bulwark Podcast

Al Franken: Mind Your Own Damn Business

The Bulwark Podcast

The Bulwark

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.68.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

The former senator from Minnesota recounts his early fandom for Tim Walz and how he won an unlikely congressional race in 2006. Plus, Kamala finding her footing, the cowardly Republicans who are shying away from endorsing her, a floundering Trump, and Franken's 70s-era comedy. Al Franken joins Tim Miller.

show notes:
The 1976 SNL episode featuring Al and Elliott Gould's skit; costs $1.99 to watch

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the Bullwork Podcast. I'm your host Tim Miller. I'm so delighted to be here today with the former senator from Minnesota.

0:14.8

He's one of the original writers for SNL.

0:17.1

He's a host of his eponymous podcast. It's Al Franken.

0:21.8

I haven't slept that much. I'm doing Oprah. Does that work?

0:25.0

Oh, that's right. That's right. That's what she did.

0:28.0

Did you like Oprah last night?

0:29.0

I liked Oprah fine. I mean, I love Oprah, and and you know she hosted the show once.

0:34.0

The Al Franken podcast or Saturday Night Live?

0:36.4

Saturday Night Live.

0:39.6

Oprah was wonderful last night.

0:41.3

Yeah.

0:42.3

Much better than Hulk Hogan, I thought. Isn't it

0:44.8

amazing the different culture, I mean of the two conventions and the different tone?

0:49.3

The Democrats adopted like a lot of the stuff that we used to do at Republican conventions.

0:56.4

I know it was just like God and football and patriotism and love in America and there's a USA chance and there's huge freedom signs there's

1:08.0

USA placards I mean it might as well have been Reagan Bush 88 in there.

1:13.0

Well, I think it's just been a smart one.

1:15.8

Of course, the big speeches tonight.

1:17.4

That's the big one.

1:19.4

But Walls was unbelievable last night.

1:21.6

Did you see that the Minnesota delegation stayed after

1:26.3

for like 45 minutes doing cheers?

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