Book · 2007 · Biography & Autobiography
Dreams from My Father
A Story of Race and Inheritance
#232 of 16,760 books, ranked by how many different people bring it up on podcasts
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Barack Obama wrote a book which was very good the first book Dreams from My Father and it's all about the angst he felt because he didn't have his biological father in his life.
Larry Elder · Timcast IRL · Jan 2024 Listen at 1:07:42 What they say about it
- First book“his first book”4
- Father and angst“the angst he felt”2
The best things said about it
I think that you know the audacity of hope and letters to my father is like some of the best reading i've ever done.
He got a book contract to write a story, Dreams from My Father.
Michelle Obama The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · May 2025 I think about his first book Dreams from My Father and in that book he also showed that he does have a writer sensibility.
Focused on his years as a community organizer in Chicago of 1985 to 1988 because that's really the centerpiece of Dreams from My Father.
We know our president has said in his own book Dreams from My Father 1995 before entering politics he admitted that he'd used marijuana.
Where and when it comes up
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How it comes up
12 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama is an introspective memoir chronicling the future president's early life, family history, and journey toward self-discovery. Maj Toure mentioned the book on Timcast IRL as some of the best reading he had ever done while evaluating Obama as a politician. Ben Shapiro discussed the book on The Ezra Klein Show to examine Obama's background and early perspective. Michelle Obama spoke on The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett about when Barack Obama originally received the book contract while they were dating, and how the memoir later returned to the bestseller list following his speech at the Democratic National Convention. Rob Henderson brought up the work on How I Write to discuss the tradition of writing memoirs at a young age. Jennifer Szalai and Elizabeth Harris both discussed the early memoir on The Book Review in connection with Obama's writing sensibility and publishing history.
Every mention
Maj Toure i think that you know the audacity of hope and letters to my father is like some of the best reading i've e… 1
Recommended
“i think that you know the audacity of hope and letters to my father is like some of the best reading i've ever done”
Michelle Obama And as a result of that, and maybe I'm getting it out of order, Dreams from My Father went back on the best… 3
Discussed
“We were dating at the time and so he got a book contract to write a story, Dreams from My Father. Um, which I thought was who writes a book at your age, right?”
Discussed
“We were dating at the time and so he got a book contract to write a story, Dreams from My Father. Um, which I thought was who writes a book at your age, right? You know, but he was like, "Yeah, I might as well tell my story."”
Discussed
“And as a result of that, and maybe I'm getting it out of order, Dreams from My Father went back on the bestsellers list.”
Ben Shapiro so in dreams for my father he says right well you know when i was back in high school did a little blow and… 2
Discussed
“He he spent time in Pakistan and he he he writes in in Dreams for my father about, you know, his his feelings of kinship in Kenya.”
Discussed
“so in dreams for my father he says right well you know when i was back in high school did a little blow and everybody's like oh okay so you did cocaine when he was in high school”
David Garrow I ordered a cheap paperback copy of dreams from my father and actually read most of it uh on uh holiday in… 2
Discussed
“I ordered a cheap paperback copy of dreams from my father and actually read most of it uh on uh holiday in uh Portugal”
Discussed
“focused on his years as a community organizer in Chicago of 1985 to 1988 because that's really the centerpiece of dreams from my father”
Larry Elder Barack Obama wrote a book which was very good the first book dreams from my father and it's all about The A… 2
Discussed
“Barack Obama wrote a book which was very good the first book dreams from my father and it's all about The Angst he felt because he didn't have his biological father in his life”
Discussed
“barack obama's first book was all about the angst over not having a dad in this house a dream from my father”
Dinesh D'Souza and then when I read his autobiography dreams from my father I was like oh wow this is really more like the… 1
Discussed
“and then when I read his autobiography dreams from my father I was like oh wow this is really more like the India”
Elizabeth Harris his first book of course was Dreams of My Father 1
Discussed
“his first book of course was Dreams of My Father”
Jason Whitlock And my initial thoughts were after reading it it was like man this this is kind of like Barack Obama's Drea… 1
Discussed
“And my initial thoughts were after reading it it was like man this this is kind of like Barack Obama's Dreams of My Father that he's planning these little false fake narratives”
Jennifer Szalai I think about his first book dreams from my father and in that book he also showed that he does have a writ… 1
Discussed
“I think about his first book dreams from my father and in that book he also showed that he does have a writer sensibility”
Megyn Kelly and how does it differ from what Barack Obama said in his 1995 Memoir you know dreams from my father about… 1
Discussed
“and how does it differ from what Barack Obama said in his 1995 Memoir you know dreams from my father about why he broke up with the pseudonym version of Sheila”
Rob Henderson Barack Obama wrote Jes for my father I think he was in his early 30s 1
Discussed
“Barack Obama wrote Jes for my father I think he was in his early 30s”
Walter Isaacson Barack Obama wrote in his memoir, "Every successful man is either trying to live up to his father's expecta… 1
Discussed
“Barack Obama wrote in his memoir, "Every successful man is either trying to live up to his father's expectations or live down his father's sins." This is especially relevant for Elon, who had a violent and troubled childhood, with a psychologically complex father.”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker1
Discussed
“we know our president has said in his own book Dreams from My Father 1995 before entering politics he admitted that he'd used marijuana”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (5: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing
“So I end up going to Hawaii uh and uh and reading his book and in the meantime Brendan who is in Brooklyn generally flew out to to meet the Secret Service to create a perimeter.”
Passing
“It's actually it's a bookcase and you have to pull out uh Obama's Dreams from My Father, his book. That's That's how you get in.”
Passing
“It was it's actually it's a bookcase and you have to pull out uh Obama's dreams from my father's book and that's that's how you get in.”
Passing
“I mean, to be honest, if you read both of their books, I have no idea how either of them is still in that marriage. It's totally insane... But if you read behind between the lines of, you really should read the chapters of his rise in his book and in her book. And if you read that, you're like,”
Passing
“it is a a pretty uh overt and unsubtle dig at Obama's dreams from my father the Memoir he wrote in the 90s”