
Senator Al Franken Curates OZY’s PDB
This weekend we get to call Minnesota’s junior senator — and former Saturday Night Live writer and performer — our guest curator. Sen. Al Franken first hit the big time as one of the original writers for SNL in the 1970s, specializing in political satire (which ultimately led to five Emmy wins). Before being elected to the Senate in 2008, Franken also wrote two movie screenplays and several books (with another debuting this spring). Today he joins the ranks of past curators like Satya Nadella, Von Miller, Karl Rove, and Ken Burns to share his take on today’s must-know news and trends, in the briefs below.