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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAl Franken to make return on weekly SiriusXM radio show
NEW YORK (AP) Al Franken, who resigned his U.S. Senate seat in 2017 amid sexual misconduct charges, will re-emerge into the public sphere on Saturday when he starts a new weekly radio show on the SiriusXM satellite service.
The Minnesota Democrat is perhaps the most prominent public figure felled by the #MeToo movement to step back into public life. He said he has no plans to return to politics, but as an author, former Air America radio host and Saturday Night Live writer and comedian, hes returning to a realm he inhabited before becoming a senator.
I miss the Senate a lot but Im not there so I want to be a voice, he said in an interview. Of the publics acceptance, he said a lot of that will depend on me and whether folks think what Im saying is important and fun at the same time.
https://www.apnews.com/8d303adddbaa4e2195235a9a2e734b5c
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Al Franken to make return on weekly SiriusXM radio show (Original Post)
mfcorey1
Sep 2019
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Danielle Moody Mills has quit Sirius and refuses to do any of their shows! Wow!
mfcorey1
Sep 2019
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Baltimike
(4,143 posts)1. YAAAAAAAS!!!!! nt
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)2. For those unaware, Franken has a weekly podcast....
you can listen to it via his website:
https://alfranken.com/listen
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)3. Great news!
At least on Al's Radio Show they can't silence the voice of sanity and reason.
mfcorey1
(11,001 posts)5. Danielle Moody Mills has quit Sirius and refuses to do any of their shows! Wow!
She said they tried to silence her progressive voice. Just saw this on Mark Thompson's Make It Plain website.
phylny
(8,380 posts)10. I was not a fan of hers.
I tried listening, but did not enjoy her show.
ETA: I do miss Mark Thompson in the morning.
MuseRider
(34,109 posts)4. Great news.
I love his podcast, it just isn't enough! YAY!
renate
(13,776 posts)6. Aw yiss....
Wonderful news!!!!
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)7. Very happy about this!
Still want him to return to political service some day. MN governor?
dalton99a
(81,485 posts)8. Great news.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,337 posts)9. Man that cancel culture is really something.