Jon Favreau On How Be A Better Public Speaker & Have Your Ideas Heard
The Bossticks
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4.4 • 15K Ratings
🗓️ 27 April 2026
⏱️ 81 minutes
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#965: Join us as we sit down with Jon Favreau – co-founder of Crooked Media, co-host of Pod Save America, and former presidential speechwriter for Barack Obama. Jon has crafted some of the most memorable speeches during President Obama's tenure, and has since launched his own media company while hosting a top political podcast that breaks down current events and U.S. politics in a more conversational, accessible way. In this episode, Jon shares what it takes to craft powerful messaging that resonates with millions, how to simplify complex political issues without losing nuance, and why storytelling is one of the most important tools in shaping public opinion. He also opens up about the transition from the White House to building a media company, the current state of political discourse, and how to stay informed without feeling overwhelmed.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Bostics, starring Lauren Bostic and Michael Bostick. |
| 0:07.5 | Together, they are the Bostics. |
| 0:10.5 | Hello everybody, welcome back to another episode of the Bostics. |
| 0:13.5 | Today we are sitting down with John Favro, who is the co-founder of Crooked Media and co-host of |
| 0:18.5 | Pod Save America, a wildly popular show that I'm sure many of you |
| 0:21.3 | have heard or listened to. He has a former presidential speechwriter, podcast host, and political |
| 0:26.1 | commentator best known for being the head speechwriter for President Barack Obama, where he helped |
| 0:30.8 | craft some of Obama's most memorable speeches during his presidency. After leaving the White |
| 0:35.0 | House, he co-founded Crooked Media, like I said earlier, and now hosts wildly popular podcast where he breaks down current events and U.S. politics |
| 0:41.2 | in a more conversational, accessible way. |
| 0:43.7 | We had an incredible conversation with John. |
| 0:45.8 | It's widespreading. |
| 0:47.0 | We talk all about speeches, speechwriting. |
| 0:49.6 | We talk about the state of politics in this country. |
| 0:51.9 | We talk about how it's okay to talk to different people from different walks of life and different political ideal beliefs. We also talk about empowering the future of America through political education and what it really takes to bring people back together again. Again, this is a wide-ranging conversation. Really enjoyed sitting down with John. Easy to talk to fellow podcasters and hosts. With that, John Favro, welcome to the Bostics. Okay, so I'm just going to keep it going. John first, we'll do the intro later, of course, but welcome to the show. And I want to keep rolling what we were just talking about, which is this is your world. But everything these days feels like it's getting blended into some political conversation. This show is 10 years old now. |
| 1:29.6 | We started health, wellness, marketing, relationships, how to build an online brand. Now you find |
| 1:36.6 | yourself navigating these potholes of conversation. So I would love your perspective because it's like, |
| 1:43.1 | obviously this is your world during politics |
| 1:44.7 | But does everything these days have to be political? |
| 1:48.0 | Shouldn't have to be it's a real |
| 1:51.0 | Careful what you wish for situation because you know I was in politics for many years and |
| 1:57.4 | I believe very deeply in organizing and the power of politics to change people's lives. |
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