Why people recommend it
A Promised Land by Barack Obama is the presidential memoir by the forty-fourth President of the United States, detailing his early life, political rise, and the first term of his presidency. Dan Pfeiffer brought up the memoir on Pod Save America to recommend it for perspective on the 2009 economic stimulus negotiations. The book received extensive discussion on The Book Review podcast, where Jennifer Szalai discussed her review of the title, Elizabeth Harris discussed the massive public demand and publishing news ahead of its November launch, and G. Beckerman reviewed it as the second non-fiction title in a year-end discussion. Gilbert Cruz reflected on listening to the Obama audiobiography and noted the author's personal narration, while Pamela Paul discussed reading the widely popular work alongside her co-hosts. Additionally, Jon Favreau mentioned on Pod Save America that he was reading the book as part of a personal resolution to get through political literature and keep up with his monthly reading goals. Across all of these discussions, the book was framed as a massive cultural and political publishing event that offered a detailed personal window into high-stakes American governance.
Who recommended it
- Jennifer Szalai Discussed
- Elizabeth Harris Discussed
- G. Beckerman Discussed
- Gilbert Cruz Discussed
- Pamela Paul Discussed
- Dan Pfeiffer Recommended
- Jon Favreau Discussed
- Tommy Vietor Discussed
- Bill Burr Discussed
Jennifer Szalai — 1 mention
“because I have no idea but the book uh that I reviewed this week was a Promised Land by Barack Obama”
Elizabeth Harris — 1 mention
“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”
G. Beckerman — 1 mention
“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 — 1 mention
“perhaps I should have listened to the Obama audiobiography a little bit faster he reads it right he reads it”
Pamela Paul — 1 mention
“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”
Dan Pfeiffer — 1 mention
“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”
Jon Favreau — 1 mention
“and i am just getting through promised land now”
Tommy Vietor — 1 mention
“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”
Bill Burr — 1 mention
“He had a [ __ ] 900 million dollar book deal Obama 65 million book deal”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker — 2
“I spend just as much time paying a politic pay attention to politics and i am just getting through promised land now”
“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”
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Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
“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.”
“the latest sales figures for former president Barack Obama's Memoir a Promised Land were pretty astronomic”
“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”