Al Franken Holds a Mock Senate Hearing on Privacy with Siri and Alexa (Bonus)

About this episode

Al Franken hosts a mock Senate hearing featuring impersonations of political figures and voices of Siri and Alexa.

No deep fake here. This week, Al Franken does his own impersonations of Bernie Sanders, Mitch McConnell, Chuck Grassley, Sherrod Brown and Susan Collins in this mock Senate Hearing featuring Siri (played by the actual voice-over talent Susan Bennett) and Al’s fellow SNL alum Laraine Newman playing the part of Alexa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Al Franken

Guests: Susan Bennett, Laraine Newman

Topics covered

• privacy
• mock hearing
• technology
• impersonation
• Siri
• Alexa
• politics

Keywords

• Al Franken
• Siri
• Alexa
• mock hearing
• impersonation
• privacy
• technology
• politics

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