A Promised Land

I've been, I read his first volume of his presidential memoirs, Promised Land, but I've also been listening to his podcast and other interviews he's given and reading interviews he's given.

there's a right answer... you see it happening even when i first came in... in promised land you could see it happening even when i first came in...

I am still finishing promise a promised land, which is Barack Obama's memoir.

I would also recommend you read Barack Obama's take on this in his not particularly well-known book, Promised Land, which has only sold seven gazillion copies.

President Barack Obama the author of the new Book A Promised Land.

More importantly The guy who launched Podcast the world, let's face it I get no royalties But I am proud of you guys Sir the check is in the mail So Vclav Havel Is a surprise star in this book And for those who don't know Havel is a playwright, he's a dissident He became the first president of the Czech Republic and in the book We first encounter him during this stop in Prague On one of your foreign trips You guys have a brief meeting and I remember I was on that Trip and I remember that meeting So well because I had read Summer Meditations in college And I brought along my copy of the book Right here with me on the trip Because I naively thought that Spokespeople on foreign trips with the President have time to read books That is not how it works but Havel is prescient In the way he warns you about the double-edged Sword of high expectations and then How autocrats had evolved and how the economic Crisis was strengthening the forces of nationalism And then you mentioned him again In the context of the Cairo speech and then again After your conversation with Prime Minister Singh about Hindu nationalism And anti-Muslim sentiment in India So I guess my question to you is just What drew you to Havel And did you find it depressing Talking with him About the rise of nationalism and how Easy it was to predict and yet So difficult to prevent

Well look what drew me to him Was what had drawn You to him. I had Read his works in college And as I write about He was The Example of someone who had Grown out of a Mass movement A social movement from the bottom up Had then entered politics and His soul had remained intact Right so You know there were A handful of political leaders That I Look to as an example Because as I described my Inspiration wasn't JFK Or Some other Elected official My inspiration Was Gandhi And Lekh Malessa And you know the Civil rights workers In SNCC And it took me a while To feel comfortable with the idea That you could bring about change In electoral politics Because I had this sort of skepticism That I think a lot of young people At least growing up in America had towards Politicians and So when I see Havel and Mandela really those were the two Where I thought Oh you can make that transition Retain some sense Of connection to the mass movement That produced you And still enter into government So that was why I was keen on meeting him

But specifically Ben and I are gonna focus on all the foreign policy parts of the book, his record.

Our old boss, Barack Obama said in his Atlantic interview when he was talking about his new book that he had talked to an organizer who was canvassing in a majority black Philadelphia neighborhood.

And when he was talking to voters, they were talking about QAnon conspiracies about Joe Biden.

Our old boss, Barack Obama said in his Atlantic interview when he was talking about his new book that he had talked to an organizer who was canvassing in a majority black Philadelphia neighborhood. And when he was talking to voters, they were talking about QAnon conspiracies about Joe Biden.

I am still finishing promise a promised land, which is Barack Obama's memoir.

I would also recommend you read Barack Obama's take on this in his not particularly well-known book, Promised Land, which has only sold seven gazillion copies.

I'll read the first chapter of promise.

And when I finished this book and I've also read your husband's book, I'm always nervous about the correct phrasing.

It was a delight to talk to him about so many things. We cover a lot of ground, including his new book, A Promised Land, which is available now.

But I wanted to start by saying it occurred to me that we do have things in common. We are similar ages, both on the campus and in Cambridge at Harvard around the same time. Things have gone so well for you. And I've taken such a different path.

I read your book and I read it like someone looking at a roadmap, trying to wonder, this guy did everything right. Everything right.

I'm very much in debt right now financially. I have a podcast that I'm running out of a hotel. You are the leader of the free world and icon.

But it really did make me realize that I always go back and I channel my grandfather and I think I'm not even really supposed to be here.

There's a book out there now about Obama.

It mentions his he's writing some love letters about wanting to have relationships with men, if you know what I mean.

Keep in mind, this book's been out there. It's just getting picked up now because people are like, wait, what?

It's not me saying it's apparently his letters.

I have not read the book, so I don't have any critique of it because I haven't read it.

I read his first volume of his presidential memoirs, Promised Land

you wrote in Promised Land, you could see it happening

Everyone thought they would be actual presidential memoirs, but this is definitely not Obama's A Promised Land.

Barack Obama Releases a 768 Page Memoir and that's only the first volume let's jump into it.

for anybody who believes that Donald Trump has narcissistic personality disorder let me introduce you to a man named Barack Obama nobody has ever loved Barack Obama more than Barack Obama loves Barack Obama.

this is a 768 page memoir that's volume one okay he didn't accomplish anything when he was he did Obamacare and then he had a bunch of executive orders and he undermined the fundamental unity of the country.

Barack Obama is the he is the pathway for the Democratic Party moving forward right that that's what they think this is what the Democratic Party thinks and this is why the future of the Democratic Party looks a lot more like the squad and a lot less like Joe Manchin.

The theme of Barack Obama's presidency and his life is that he is disappointed in you he's disappointed in American democracy because what he wants from you and from American democracy is a radical remaking he wants a radical reshifting.

meanwhile president obama is on book tour and he's doing his usual routine

this guy he's gonna be trotting this out and the media are just going to be massaging him

So I bought a bunch of copies of A Promised Land, Barack Obama's autobiography, which I feel like is a good book to read and hard copy.

The audible audio book of it is great. Is it? You listen to it?

What, you know, it's Barack Obama actually said about the campaign process whenever I was reading his book that one of the good things about it is that it strips you down and exposes you to the American people.

Obama signed a book deal.

he's gonna go around and he's good dude he had 70 million dollars worth the fucking tour dates he also had that you selectively unreading douchebag don't tell me he fucking you he had a fucking 900 million dollar book deal Obama 65 million dollars book deal

65 million dollars you don't turn around and you're only gonna get 30 million dollars of that okay and then you're gonna go out and buy an 80 million dollar fucking house you're gonna pay at the 30-year note on that paying interest on that because you just basically got 30 million dollars after taxes that makes no fucking sense

65 million is the gross he's gonna get about 30 million bucks that's it cuz he's got a kick in for this never-ending war too

you got 65 million for a book

Obama's money hi bill I'm gonna get this shit kicked out of me on this one he signed a book deal you unread douche

he had 70 million dollars worth the fucking tour dates he also had that you selectively unreading douchebag don't tell me he fucking you he had a fucking 900 million dollar book deal Obama 65 million dollars book deal

Obama secures 800 grand for two speaking engage who you think he's talking to huh you think he's going to a homeless shelter the reason many of us have been critical Barack Obama's outrageous for those TV is it robs us of a fantasy that sooner or later the first black president was going to use his considerate powers in or out of office to help the economic ravages of the poor who are just really black but you know a white person probably wrote this I want to know who he's talking to huh who the fuck has 400 grand to throw at this fucking guy

65 million dollar book deal okay after taxes sir after taxes and all the bullshit that'll probably be about 30 million bucks and I guarantee you he is gonna be worth when it's all said and done about 200 million bucks okay and it's not gonna be because he wrote a fucking book all right he's also gonna go out and they do these speaking engagements to all these corporations that and they'll pay them for it and fucking grand and these are the same people that got him into office and he went in there and did what the fuck they wanted and this is just them washing their bribe money

65 million dollars you don't turn around and you're only gonna get 30 million dollars of that okay and then you're gonna go out and buy an 80 million dollar fucking house you're gonna pay at the 30-year note on that paying interest on that because you just basically got 30 million dollars after taxes that makes no fucking sense

Obama's money hi bill I'm gonna get this shit kicked out of me on this one he signed a book deal you unread douche

he's gonna go around and he's good dude he had 70 million dollars worth the fucking tour dates he also had that you selectively unreading douchebag don't tell me he fucking you he had a fucking 900 million dollar book deal Obama 65 million dollars book deal

65 million dollars you don't turn around and you're only gonna get 30 million dollars of that okay and then you're gonna go out and buy an 80 million dollar fucking house you're gonna pay at the 30-year note on that paying interest on that because you just basically got 30 million dollars after taxes that makes no fucking sense

it's not gonna be because he wrote a fucking book all right he's also gonna go out and they do these speaking engagements to all these corporations that and they'll pay them for it and fucking grand and these are the same people that got him into office and he went in there and did what the fuck they wanted and this is just them washing their bribe money

I mean honestly dude what changed when he was in office that everybody is so enamored with did we stop torturing people down in Guantanamo did we fucking end the war over there are we finally going like hey wait a minute Isis doesn't have a plane or a boat why are we acting like Germany got back together no it's the same fucking thing it's the same goddamn shit it's the same guy with a different colored tie

It is so interesting, and maybe it's because a lot of people are currently slowly making their way through Barack Obama's memoirs of the same time period.

Support for NPR and the following message come from Crown, publisher of Barack Obama's A Promised Land, the first volume of his presidential memoirs. Obama reflects on the campaign that led to the White House and the early years of his presidency, navigating the challenges facing our nation at home and abroad. He shares portraits of his team, world leaders and cabinet and Congress members and describes his inspirations and quiet moments with family. A Promised Land is available wherever books and audiobooks are sold.

Support also comes from Crown, publisher of Barack Obama's A Promised Land, the first volume of his presidential memoirs. Obama reflects on the campaign that led to the White House and the early years of his presidency, navigating the challenges facing our nation at home and abroad. A Promised Land is available wherever books and audiobooks are sold.

Support also comes from Crown, publisher of Barack Obama's A Promised Land, the first volume of his presidential memoirs. Obama reflects on the campaign that led to the White House and the early years of his presidency, navigating the challenges facing our nation at home and abroad. A Promised Land is available wherever books and audiobooks are sold.

In his book, Barack Obama referred to a girl he had a crush on in college as an ethereal bisexual.

So the Obama book, I'm a huge Obama fan. But his book was so, I was in the car every chance I got and I could not stop listening to it. I did both.

And I think I started reading it on the previous Tuesday. So I put the Audible on one and a half. Bless you. And I read the book as I was listening.

We reached that point in the conversation when Donald Trump looked frankly at General Milley and said, Can't you just shoot them? Just shoot them in the legs or something.