It's the NPR Politics Podcast.

I'm Tamara Keith.

I cover the White House and the Campaign for NPR.

And we're here a day after your weekly roundup with something else for you to listen to.

Especially if you've got a long road trip ahead for the holiday weekend.

This will be perfect.

This episode is a deep dive audio documentary called Obama's Years.

It comes from our colleague Steve Innskeep, who is the host of Morning Edition and is also

hosting this documentary.

And Steve is here in the studio now.

Hello Steve.

Hi too.

So, where did this idea come from?

And what are we going to hear?

Oh, this grew out of some discussions on Morning Edition, the program that I work for.

And I love your suggestion of listening on a road trip because it's a road trip.

We wanted to find some way to capture the way the country has changed in the last eight

years.

And we decided to do that by traveling across the country, talking with people in different

states, including people we met entirely at random.

It's just a big road trip.

Sounds so much fun.

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