Obama: Preview of Making Obama

Making

WBEZ Chicago

Society & Culture

4.6 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2018

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Former President Barack Obama — along with friends, mentors, and rivals — tells the story of his climb from Chicago to the national stage. Subscribe now and don’t miss the first episode on February 8.

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0:00.0	Last time we brought you the story of the Queen of Daytime TV.
0:07.3	The connection is deep because I intended it to be.
0:14.1	This time we're bringing you the story of another American icon.
0:18.2	How's everybody doing?
0:19.2	Doing well.
0:20.2	Very well.
0:21.2	Thank you for making time for us.
0:22.2	We appreciate you.
0:23.2	You know what?
0:24.2	We've got to make time for the hometown public radio station.
0:26.6	I'm Jen White, coming February 8th from WBEZ Chicago, making Obama.
0:36.6	Can CNN now project that Barack Obama, 47 years old, will become the president, elect of
0:43.4	the United States?
0:44.4	This is a moment so many people have been waiting for and they're really excited especially
0:50.5	in Chicago.
0:51.5	Let's listen in for a moment.
0:55.1	Barack Obama's rise was unlikely and meteoric and on the night of November 4th, 2008 it felt
1:02.6	like something had changed.
1:05.8	It was just like, oh my god.
1:08.0	I was in there with all these big shots.
1:10.6	I'm all standing next to Jesse and Oprah was on the other side but it was great.
1:14.2	I was standing next to Oprah as a matter of fact.
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