Welcome to Puts-Ave America, I'm John Favreau.

I'm Dan Fifer.

On today's pod we'll talk about the pandemic relief bill that may finally pass Congress,

and we'll also do a deep dive on why Democrats came up short and what looks like a very winnable

Senate race in Maine.

After that, a special treat, you'll hear a portion of the fascinating conversation

that Tommy and Ben had with Barack Obama on this week's Puts-Ave the World, or as Barack

Obama calls it, podcast the world, including a discussion about Obama's tensions with

the Pentagon over Afghanistan and his thoughts about the rise of right-wing nationalism.

It is an outstanding conversation.

I highly recommend you check it out if you haven't already.

He's loose.

The boss is loose.

We watched it on YouTube.

You're welcome, Malaysia.

Because we have classics.

In my house, we've smashed that subscribe button.

My takeaway from watching that interview was the gap between how Barack Obama talked

to us in private, like in a meeting, and how he talks in public is dramatically narrowed

in the book phase of the conversation.

I know that's great.

So before we start, we have a brand new podcast to tell you about.

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