After resigning from the U.S. Senate at the beginning of 2018 due to sexual-harassment allegations, the … He’s not quite ready to commit to electoral politics, but Franken won’t “rule[] it out” either: 20. His speakers bio on … Al Franken making a comeback as paid public speaker. When he resigned from the U.S. Senate in … Al Franken making a comeback with his own SiriusXM radio show Don't let The New Yorker get away with its brazen Al Franken hypocrisy Schumer told Al Franken … Al Franken is embarking on a new career: public speaking. Who’s ready for Al Franken’s big comeback from #MeToo purgatory? Alan Stuart Franken (born May 21, 1951) is an American comedian, politician, media personality, and author who served as a United States senator from Minnesota from 2009 to 2018. Bob Collins May 29, 2019, 8:22 AM May 29, 2019. Al Franken is ready to make his comeback. “Al Franken is an important and influential progressive voice, whom many have missed,” Megan Liberman, SiriusXM’s senior vice president of news, talk and entertainment programming, said in … Author: Declan Desmond Publish date: Aug 24, 2019. The former senator and SNL alum is now available for hire. Democrats brace for the comeback of Al Franken. The agency is representing the former U.S. senator for speech gigs Al Franken is now represented by UTA as a public speaker. The former Senator from Minnesota himself may be, local CBS affiliate WCCO reports. Franken has begun making public appearances again, raising questions about his ambitions.