Book · 2020 · nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2020-12-06
A Promised Land
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I am still finishing promise a promised land which is barack obama's memoir like look i know how it ends so i don't you know it's not but it's a fantastic book.
What they say about it
- Reading the memoir2
- Discussion of the book“barack obama's memoir”2
The best things said about it
I would also recommend you read barack obama's take on this in his uh not particularly well-known book promise lane which was only sold seven gazillion copies.
I'm reading a book called A Promised Land. It's Obama's biography or autobiography.
President Obama's presidential memoir A Promised Land is going to be published shortly after the election on November 17th and the demand for this book is going to be enormous.
Perhaps I should have listened to the Obama audiobiography a little bit faster. He reads it, right? He reads it.
We're talking to a uh president former president obama later today uh about his memoir but specifically ben and i are going to focus on all the uh foreign policy parts of the book his record.
Tommy Vietor Pod Save America · Dec 2020 Where and when it comes up
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Why people recommend it
A Promised Land by Barack Obama is the presidential memoir by the 44th President of the United States, offering a detailed and reflective look into his early life, political rise, and the first term of his historic presidency. The book has been widely discussed and recommended across various podcasts. On Pod Save America, Dan Pfeiffer recommended the memoir to listeners seeking perspective on the 2009 economic stimulus negotiations, while Tommy Vietor discussed starting the book and promoted an upcoming interview with the author. On My First Million, Shaan Puri mentioned reading the autobiography to examine political storytelling and how leaders handle difficult questions. In literary discussions on The Book Review, critics including Jennifer Szalai, Elizabeth Harris, Gal Beckerman, and Gilbert Cruz analyzed the immense publication demand, reviewed its contents, and reflected on the experience of listening to the presidential audiobook where the author narrates his own journey. These discussions highlight the book not only as a significant political document but also as a compelling narrative work that captures a transformative era in American history through the intimate perspective of the man who led the nation through it.
Every mention
Dan Pfeiffer i would also recommend you read barack obama's take on this in his uh not particularly well-known book prom… 2
Discussed
“i am still finishing promise a promised land which is barack obama's memoir like look i know how it ends so i don't you know it's not but it's a fantastic book”
Recommended
“i would also recommend you read barack obama's take on this in his uh not particularly well-known book promise lane which was only sold seven gazillion copies”
Tommy Vietor i just started a promised land there it is by barack obama 2
Discussed
“we're talking to a uh president former president obama later today uh about his memoir but specifically ben and i are going to focus on all the uh foreign policy parts of the book his record”
Recommended
“i just started a promised land there it is by barack obama”
Bill Burr He had a [ __ ] 900 million dollar book deal Obama 65 million book deal 1
Critiqued
“He had a [ __ ] 900 million dollar book deal Obama 65 million book deal”
Elizabeth Harris well the biggest news this week is that President Obama's presidential Memoir a promised land is going to b… 1
Discussed
“well the biggest news this week is that President Obama's presidential Memoir a promised land is going to be published shortly after the election on November 17th and the demand for this book is going to be enormous”
Gal Beckerman second book on the non-fiction side is a Promised Land by Barack Obama call so this is a memoir by someone… 1
Discussed
“second book on the non-fiction side is a Promised Land by Barack Obama call so this is a memoir by someone who all of our readers all of our audience watching this will be very familiar with who he is the 44th President of the United States”
Gilbert Cruz perhaps I should have listened to the Obama audiobiography a little bit faster he reads it right he reads it 1
Discussed
“perhaps I should have listened to the Obama audiobiography a little bit faster he reads it right he reads it”
Jennifer Szalai because I have no idea but the book uh that I reviewed this week was a Promised Land by Barack Obama 1
Discussed
“because I have no idea but the book uh that I reviewed this week was a Promised Land by Barack Obama”
Jon Favreau and i am just getting through promised land now 1
Discussed
“and i am just getting through promised land now”
Pamela Paul so I am going to talk about a book that probably both of you read or at least read in part which is is Bara… 1
Discussed
“so I am going to talk about a book that probably both of you read or at least read in part which is is Barack Obama's a promised land and I feel like many of our listeners have probably read it”
Shaan Puri I'm reading a book called A Promised Land. It's Obama's biography or autobiography. 1
Discussed
“I'm reading a book called A Promised Land. It's Obama's biography or autobiography.”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker3
Discussed
“I spend just as much time paying a politic pay attention to politics and i am just getting through promised land now”
Discussed
“you know i mean barack obama talks about this uh all the time and he talked about he wrote about this in his in his book which is like when he was running he could go to downstate illinois or iowa and show up to places and people would get that he was not the uh madrasa educated secret muslim”
Recommended
“uh is uh talking to tommy and ben about his new book a promised land”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (4: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing
“barrack obama bragged about eating a dog in his memoir that got the guy elected president so i don't know maybe just a smart political”
Passing
“But don't forget, Barack Obama bragged about eating a dog in his memoir that got the guy elected president. So, I don't know, maybe just smart political strategy.”
Passing
“the latest sales figures for former president Barack Obama's Memoir a Promised Land were pretty astronomic”
Plugged
“yeah it was fascinating as i was writing the book i was just looking through some of the old stuff about past truch was readceceptibe”