Barack Obama Debuts ‘A Great Book’ Podcast with Tom Hanks, Ta-Nehisi Coates and More | EURweb | Black News, Culture, Entertainment & More
The six-part series features Obama discussing books that shaped his worldview with authors including Lauren Groff.
- On Thursday, former President Barack Obama premiered his six-part podcast, "A Great Book With Barack Obama," exploring literary works that have profoundly shaped his worldview and American society.
- The Obamas have embraced post-presidency media ventures; Michelle Obama hosts "IMO" with her brother Craig Robinson, while Obama recently launched "Reconstruction: The Unfinished Promise," an eight-part history series with Malcolm Gladwell.
- In the final installment, novelist Lauren Groff discusses "All the Pretty Horses" with Obama, telling him, "You, sitting in front of us here, were and are the best possible argument for that kind of man."
- Complementing the podcast, Obama maintains a voracious reading habit and recently released an annual summer reading list featuring 11 selections including "Kin" by Tayari Jones and "Whistler" by Ann Patchett.
- Higher Ground, the Obamas' production company, signed a multi-year, exclusive first-look deal with Audible, a subsidiary of Amazon, positioning the couple as major players in premium audio content development.
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Barack Obama Debuts ‘A Great Book’ Podcast with Tom Hanks, Ta-Nehisi Coates and More | EURweb | Black News, Culture, Entertainment & More
*Barack Obama is turning his lifelong love of reading into conversation with the debut of “A Great Book with Barack Obama.” The six-episode original podcast launches today, Sept. 24, exclusively on Audible. Produced by Audible and Higher Ground, the series pairs Obama with six writers, actors and thinkers. Each episode centers on a book that … The post Barack Obama Debuts ‘A Great Book’ Podcast with Tom Hanks, Ta-Nehisi Coates and More appeared …
Washington, Sep 24 (EFE).- Former President of the United States, Barack Obama, premiered Thursday a new literary podcast composed of six episodes dedicated to books that have marked him and in each of them will be accompanied by a special guest, including actor Tom Hanks or historian Jill Lepore. [...] The post Obama premieres his new post on literature with guests like Tom Hanks or Jill Lepore was first published in HolaNews.
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