{"id":7359,"date":"2026-09-24T14:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T14:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=7359"},"modified":"2026-09-24T14:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T14:22:11","slug":"listen-to-an-exclusive-clip-from-barack-obamas-book-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=7359","title":{"rendered":"Listen to an Exclusive Clip from Barack Obama\u2019s Book Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former President and forever Reader-in-Chief Barack Obama\u2019s podcast, A Great Book<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, dropped today on Audible. Each of the six episodes in the limited series features Obama in conversation a different thinker\/writer\/artist about a book that has \u201cprofoundly shaped his worldview and our society.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the debut episode, Obama sits down with Tom Hanks to discuss Marilynne Robinson\u2019s Pulitzer-winning novel, Gilead<\/a><\/em>. It\u2019s a thoughtful and wise reflection on a thoughtful and wise book about family, faith, community, and the beauty and challenge of being human.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re thrilled to share this exclusive clip in which Obama and Hanks consider what it means to live a purposeful life.<\/p>\n

Audible<\/a> \u00b7 Tom Hanks and President Obama Reflect on Gilead and How to Live a Purposeful Life<\/a><\/div>\n

All six episodes of A Great Book<\/em><\/strong> are out now, exclusively on Audible. They\u2019ll be available on YouTube and everywhere else you listen to podcasts later this year. <\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the full line-up: <\/p>\n

Episode 1: Tom Hanks on Gilead<\/a><\/em> by Marilynne Robinson<\/p>\n

Episode 2: Ta-Nehisi Coates (Between the World and Me<\/a><\/em>) on The Fire Next Time<\/a><\/em> by James Baldwin<\/p>\n

Episode 3: Jill Lepore on All the King\u2019s Men<\/a><\/em> by Robert Penn Warren<\/p>\n

Episode 4: Ben Rhodes on Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy<\/a><\/em> by John le Carr\u00e9<\/p>\n

Episode 5: Percival Everett on Song of Solomon<\/a><\/em> by Toni Morrison<\/p>\n

Episode 6: Lauren Groff on All the Pretty Horses<\/a><\/em> by Cormac McCarthy<\/p>\n

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Former President and forever Reader-in-Chief Barack Obama\u2019s podcast, A Great Book, dropped today on Audible. Each of the six episodes in the limited series features Obama in conversation a different thinker\/writer\/artist about a book that has \u201cprofoundly shaped his worldview and our society.\u201d In the debut episode, Obama sits down with Tom Hanks to discuss […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interesting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7359"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7359\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}