Obama's new podcast series with Higher Ground features Tom Hanks as first guest
Barack Obama's six-part audio series about books that inspired him launches with a conversation with Tom Hanks about parenting and family.
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Former US President Barack Obama has launched a new podcast series produced through Higher Ground, the media company he runs with former First Lady Michelle Obama, focused on books that have shaped his life and thinking.
The six-part series, released on Audible, features Obama in conversation with a different guest in each episode about a book that influenced them. The first episode features actor Tom Hanks, with the conversation centering on themes of parenting and family, reportedly prompted by discussion of Marilynne Robinson's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "Gilead."
The series continues a trend of prominent political and public figures turning to podcasting as a medium for long-form conversation, an area Obama has increasingly explored since leaving office. Subsequent installments of the series are expected to draw on authors ranging from James Baldwin to John le Carré as touchstones for further episodes.
Hanks, one of the most recognizable figures in American film, brings his own perspective to the conversation with Obama, contributing to a discussion described as candid in tone. The pairing of the two figures is likely to draw significant attention given both men's public profiles and the personal nature of the topics discussed.
The series is being released through Audible and is available now, with subsequent episodes expected to feature additional guests discussing other literary works that have left a mark on their lives.
Sources
- Obama and Tom Hanks have an inspirational chat: best podcats of the week — The Guardian — Culture
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