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🗓️ 7 July 2022
⏱️ 41 minutes
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0:00.0 | Okay, hold on. I'm just, I'm just enjoying Barack Obama's new book. I can't wait to find out what he's been up to. |
0:12.0 | Steven, I'm right here. No spoilers! |
0:16.0 | It's our late show with Steven Colbert. |
0:20.0 | To not part two of Steven's interview with President Barack Obama, |
0:26.0 | featuring John Baptiste and Stan Helmet and now live on tape from Ed Sullivan Theatre. |
0:34.0 | I'm this building in New York City and Steven Colbert! |
0:40.0 | Hey everybody, welcome to a late show. I'm your host Steven Colbert and tonight folks is a very special a late show. |
0:50.0 | You may remember the last week I sat down with my close personal friend, Barack, |
0:54.0 | as he has asked me not to call him President Obama. |
0:58.0 | Well it turns out the President and I had so much to talk about, we actually couldn't fit it all into one show. |
1:03.0 | I would could have, but that would have meant more time with an American icon and fewer commercials for nasal decongested. |
1:10.0 | And obviously nobody wants that. |
1:12.0 | So in the great tradition of this post Thanksgiving season tonight, I'm going to serve you up some delicious leftovers |
1:18.0 | in what we're calling... |
1:26.0 | As you know, the former President has been making the rounds recently to promote his new book, |
1:32.0 | A Promised Land. |
1:34.0 | It's the story of Barack Obama's first 27 months as President. |
1:38.0 | And at almost 800 pages, it will take most people 27 months to finish. |
1:42.0 | It's the first memoir meant to be read in real time. |
1:44.0 | My favorite part about A Promised Land is that just like most books on the dust jacket back here. |
1:50.0 | It has a little author bio and it says Barack Obama was the 44th President of the United States, |
1:56.0 | elected in November 2008, et cetera, et cetera. |
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