This week Erin Ryan and Alyssa Mastromonaco ponder the question: How do you solve a problem like Al Franken? Then, Francesca Fiorentini joins Kiran Deol and Dana Schwartz in studio to talk about the 4-congresswoman Squad and why women teaming up is so scary to certain presidents. We’ve also got a politics-free treat for you all this week: writer Taffy Brodesser-Akner stops by to talk about her wonderful new novel “Fleishman is in Trouble”. And as always, our Hills.

Show Notes:

The varying influences of female “squads”:

“Here are the 4 congresswomen known as ‘The Squad’ targeted by Trump’s racist tweets”

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/15/politics/who-are-the-squad/index.html

“The Clique Imaginary”

https://thenewinquiry.com/the-clique-imaginary/

NYC welcomes US women’s football team with calls for equal pay

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/16/us/politics/collins-ernst-klobuchar-heitkamp.html

“R&B singer Cassie’s all-female creative team”

https://www.vibe.com/2019/07/cassie-working-with-black-women-changed-creative-process

“Jeffrey Epstein had a bizarre hiring practice for his all-female executive team, which worked for him 24 hours a day”

https://www.businessinsider.com/jeffrey-epsteins-hiring-practices-for-his-all-female-executive-team-2019-7