Report: Obama and Tom Hanks have an inspirational chat: best podcasts of the week

The Guardian — Culture has reported on “Report: Obama and Tom Hanks have an inspirational chat: best podcasts of the week,” presenting it as the central development in the source material available for this brief.

The available account reports that daring to defy the norms of political lobbying, the ex-US president is becoming a podcast mainstay – and is opening up about the books that inspired him. The report also notes that Plus, is the Richard Gere gerbil rumour true? Barack Obama is now a podcast mainstay (good on him for not just defaulting to questionable lobbying). His latest Audible show – via his and Michelle’s company, Higher Ground – is a six-parter about the books that have inspired him, from James Baldwin to John le Carré. The first guest is Tom Hanks, who joins him for a frank chat on parenting and family, prompted by Marilynne Robinson’s Pulitzer-winning novel Gilead. Hannah J Davies Audible, out now

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