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The Al Franken Podcast

Dahlia Lithwick and The Day the President Laughed

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

🗓️ 27 September 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

The great Dahlia Lithwick discusses RBG, SCOTUS, and the Election. Depressing? Yes. But then the exciting world premiere of The Day the President Laughed!

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0:00.0

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0:06.0

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0:09.0

In a four-part series, the Generation Y Podcast unravels the story of Khalif Browder, a young

0:14.3

boy falsely accused of stealing a backpack and held it Recker's island for three years

0:19.5

without trial.

0:21.0

This is a story about a young life caught in the middle of the justice system.

0:25.0

It's a Generation Y on Amazon Music, or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:29.0

Hey, everybody.

0:35.6

I've got an odd one today, you know, for change.

0:40.4

After this intro, you'll hear a 16-minute interview with Daniel Whitwick about Justice

0:46.2

Ginsburg and the court and the harrowing path forward on the election and a very likely

0:53.9

post-election court battle.

0:57.0

And she is just brilliant, you know, as always.

1:01.1

And that will bum you out.

1:03.4

We're all bummed out and anxious and scared between the pandemic and the very real prospect

1:11.4

that Trump is going to do everything he can to steal this election.

1:15.7

The only way he won't steal this election is if he can't.

1:20.5

So I have decided that you might want some laughs.

1:24.5

And the last 35 minutes of today's podcast is a piece I've written and performed entitled

1:30.8

The Day the President Left.

1:33.6

It's an allegory, Jared and Ivanka and Eric and Don Jr. realize that they have never seen

1:42.4

their father laugh.

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