SIO201: Did Al Franken Get Railroaded? with Jamie Lombardi
Serious Inquiries Only
Thomas Smith
4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 8 August 2019
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Recently, a New Yorker article made a case for Al Franken and why he didn't get the due process he deserved. It points to some inconsistencies in Franken's first accuser's story, and explains some misconceptions about the USO tour and the skits that he wrote. But does the evidence justify the central claim - that he was railroaded and shouldn't have had to resign? Joining me to discuss this question, as well as the wider #metoo implications, is Jamie Lombardi! Jamie also introduces herself and gives some of her background and we talk about a 'free speech in academia' talk that she is giving in the fall.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to serious inquiries only. Oh, Hey everyone. Well I have mentioned in the past few shows that I was looking to collaborate with someone and I am here to tell you here's that someone. |
| 0:37.6 | It's Jamie Lombardi. Jamie, how you doing? |
| 0:39.7 | I am doing all right. Thank you so much for bringing me on to this. |
| 0:44.4 | Thank you so much for coming on. I know it was so random but it was, we met over through |
| 0:49.9 | Aaron on philosophers in space and we had a great time and I just thought you'd be |
| 0:54.2 | somebody with a really informed and critical feminist voice that I just think would be |
| 1:00.5 | so great for this show and I'm really excited to give it a try here and if you |
| 1:05.2 | know if we hate it we'll just quit it's fine it's no no pressure. |
| 1:08.6 | I really hope to live up to expectations. |
| 1:12.5 | So yeah, let's give this a go. |
| 1:14.5 | Awesome. |
| 1:14.9 | Could you give people just the briefest of bios |
| 1:18.0 | so that they maybe know where you're coming from, |
| 1:20.3 | what experience you're bringing and all that? |
| 1:22.0 | Yeah, very briefly. |
| 1:23.4 | I'm currently working as a professor of philosophy |
| 1:26.2 | at Bergen Community College, where I mostly do intro classes |
| 1:30.4 | and a variety of ethics courses. |
| 1:33.0 | Before that, I went to graduate school at NYU studying bioethics. |
| 1:36.5 | I did my undergraduate at Rutgers, |
| 1:39.7 | and in a different life I dabbled a little bit in some political campaigns. |
| 1:46.4 | So that's been fun. |
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