What Obama Can Teach Democrats Right Now (feat. Brian Tyler Cohen)

The Chris Cuomo Project

Chris Cuomo

News, News Commentary, Politics

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🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Brian Tyler Cohen (YouTube and podcast host, “No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen”) joins Chris Cuomo to break down his viral sit-down with Barack Obama — and what the former president’s message reveals about the Democratic Party’s identity crisis heading into 2026 and 2028. Cohen explains why the interview exploded online, what Obama represents in today’s media environment, and why cultural cachet now matters as much as policy. The two debate whether Democrats need an outsider populist, a centrist unifier, or something closer to Obama’s inside-outside balance. They also clash over AOC, the squad, the filibuster, generational change, and whether the party can actually deliver for voters frustrated by economic pressure and political chaos. The conversation also veers into transparency, UAPs, media power, and what Cohen’s alien question to Obama accidentally revealed about public trust. At its core, this is about whether Democrats can move beyond scolding and slogans — and present something voters believe actually works. Join The Chris Cuomo Project on YouTube for ad-free episodes, early releases, exclusive access to Chris, and more: https://www.youtube.com/@chriscuomo/join Follow and subscribe to The Chris Cuomo Project on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube for new episodes every Tuesday and Thursday: https://linktr.ee/cuomoproject Head to https://Superpower.com and use code CUOMO at checkout for $20 off your membership. Live up to your 100-Year potential. #superpowerpod Get 25% Off Cowboy Colostrum with code CUOMO at https:// www.cowboycolostrum.com/CUOMO Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Barack Obama knows that they're aliens.
0:02.9	Barack Obama knows that you've got to be from outer space
0:05.5	to not see what MAGA is about
0:07.1	and what Democrats need to be to win.
0:10.5	And he sat down with Brian Tyler Cohen,
0:13.6	which shows the new age of media, right?
0:16.1	Not sitting down with any of the big ABC, NBC, CBS,
0:19.7	not even a magazine person. He's sitting down with digital
0:22.9	media because that's where politics is fomented most, if not best. And he reminded the country,
0:31.8	not just the ranks of the Democratic Party, what a leader looks like.
0:43.5	And this interview has blown up because what it says about Barack Obama, sure.
0:48.5	But what it says about where the Democratic Party is and where it needs to be. Brian Tyler Cohen with the debrief and a bone to pick with your boy.
0:53.2	Music with the debrief and a bone to pick with your boy.
1:02.9	It's Chris.
1:04.5	Coming off a big moment.
1:08.7	How happy are you to have sat down with former president Barack Obama as the country turns a lonely eye to him.
1:12.7	Yeah, you know, it was, I mean, it's, it's one of the interviews that I've been trying to get
1:16.8	for the entirety of my career. So, so that was, and that was half the battle one, but then he's also,
1:23.8	dude can hang. And it, it reminds you that we could have nice things.
1:28.8	And he was, and he is a generational figure for a reason.
1:31.5	And so to just, it was the quickest like 48 minutes of my life.
1:36.1	But I'm still kind of shell-shock that I was able to sit down with him on a one-on-one interview, you know.
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