The Obama Presidency: The Hope and The Legacy

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🗓️ 9 November 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

CPF Director Bob Shrum joins authors Patricia Turner and Gabriel Debenedetti for a discussion on their books about the Obama presidency. Turner’s book, “Trash Talk: Anti-Obama Lore and Race in the Twenty-First Century,” focuses on the cultural and racial reaction to Barack Obama’s election. Debenedetti’s book, “The Long Alliance: The Imperfect Union of Joe Biden and Barack Obama,” focuses on the relationship between Barack Obama and Joe Biden over the years. They discuss Obama’s influence on Biden’s 2016 presidential run, misinformation and conspiracy theories on Barack and Michelle, and Trump’s influence on Obama’s public opinion.

Featuring:

Gabriel Debenedetti: New York Magazine National Correspondent; Author
Patricia Turner: UCLA Professor of World Arts, Culture/Dance, & African American Studies; Arthur Ashe Legacy Project Director, UCLA; Author
Bob Shrum: Director, Center for the Political Future; Warschaw Chair in Practical Politics, USC Dornsife
Alison Dundes Renteln: Professor of Political Science, Anthropology, Law, and Public Policy

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0:00.0	Welcome to the bully pulpit from the University of Southern California Center for the Political Future.
0:11.8	Our podcast brings together America's top politicians, journalists, academics, and strategists from across the political spectrum for discussions on hot button issues where we respect
0:22.0	each other and respect the truth. We hope you enjoy these conversations.
0:29.5	Welcome, everyone. Thank you for coming. I'm Alison Dundees-Rentel, and I'm a professor
0:34.8	in the Department of Political Science and International
0:37.6	Relations, and I also have appointments in anthropology, law, and public policy. Today, we're
0:43.4	going to have a discussion of two extraordinary new books. One focuses on former President Barack
0:49.1	Obama, and the other analyzes the relationship between President Obama and President Biden.
0:55.1	These are works that examine their contributions, and the writers are very perceptive.
1:01.5	And so the conversation that we're going to be having about these works will be broadcast on Zoom,
1:07.3	Facebook, and YouTube.
1:09.3	And it also will be featured in the next bully pulpit podcast of the Center for the Political Future.
1:14.8	Let me introduce our two guests.
1:16.8	Gabriel de Benedetti is the national correspondent for the New York Magazine, and he formerly covered politics for Politico and Reuters.
1:26.3	His fascinating book is entitled The Long Alliance,
1:29.4	The Imperfect Union of Joe Biden and Barack Obama, and I believe he works from both New York and
1:34.5	Austin, so he has a lot of frequent flyer miles, presumably. Our second speaker is Professor Patricia
1:40.9	Turner. She is a professor of African American Studies and of world arts,
1:46.0	culture, and dance at the other university in town. She's a world-renowned folklorist,
1:51.6	and her new book is entitled Trash Talk, Anti-Obama lore and race in the 21st century.
1:59.5	It is a compelling interpretation of these disturbing
2:03.3	narratives and a very thought-provoking work. She is an expert in many genres of folklore,
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