{"id":15144,"date":"2021-02-24T19:01:35","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T19:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&p=15144"},"modified":"2021-03-24T13:53:41","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T13:53:41","slug":"barack-obama-spotify-podcast","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/barack-obama-spotify-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Have You Heard? Barack Obama Now Has A Podcast With Bruce Springsteen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Barack Obama (Photo: Joe Raedle\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In what initially feels like a very unlikely pairing, President Barack Obama<\/a> and Bruce Springsteen have teamed up for Renegades: Born in the USA<\/em><\/a>, a Spotify podcast, to dive into \u201crace, fatherhood, and the painful divisions that persist in American society,\u201d <\/span>The New York Times<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/a> reports<\/span>. The first two episodes are out now; six subsequent episodes will be released weekly. The show is produced by Obama and his wife Michelle\u2019s<\/a> company, Higher Ground Productions.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn our own ways, Bruce and I have been on parallel journeys,\u201d Obama says in the first episode. \u201cWe still share a fundamental belief in the American ideal. Not as an airbrushed, cheap fiction or an act of nostalgia that ignores all the ways that we\u2019ve fallen short of that ideal. But as a compass for the hard work that lies before each of us as citizens.\u201d According to<\/span> the Times<\/span><\/i>, Obama was very much inspired by his wife Michelle\u2019s podcast she launched last July with Spotify and chose Springsteen to be on the broadcast with him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Everyone has a podcast these days, and this form of storytelling, is what <\/span>the Times<\/span><\/i><\/a> referred to as \u201conce seen as a low-stakes sandbox filled with comedians and public-radio regulars, is now a booming, competitive media business that attracts ever-bigger names.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Music has always played an important role in my life\u2014and that was especially true during my presidency. In honor of my book hitting shelves tomorrow, I put together this playlist featuring some memorable songs from my administration. Hope you enjoy it. pic.twitter.com\/xWiNQiZzN0<\/a><\/p>\n

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) November 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n