Al Franken to make return on weekly SiriusXM radio show [View all]
Source: Associated Press
Al Franken to make return on weekly SiriusXM radio show
By DAVID BAUDER
September 25, 2019
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.
The one-hour interview show with figures from politics, entertainment and other fields will air Saturdays at 10 a.m. ET on the Sirius Progress channel, with replays available on demand. Comic Chris Rock will be the first guest, with former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and comic Patton Oswalt lined up for future shows.
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