In Focus: Senator Al Franken

Aug. 14, 2017
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Senator Al Franken made the pivot years ago from comedian to politician but old habits are hard to break. In this special In Focus edition of Arizona Horizon, Al Franken talks about what happens when a comedian has to stop being funny in order to be taken seriously.

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