Bruce Springsteen & Barack Obama Release a New Podcast, “Renegades: Born in the USA”

Yes­ter­day, Barack Oba­ma and Bruce Spring­steen unveiled the first two episodes of an 8‑part pod­cast called “Rene­gades: Born In The USA.”  The pod­cast (avail­able on Spo­ti­fy) is “a series of con­ver­sa­tions between Pres­i­dent Barack Oba­ma and Bruce Spring­steen about their lives, music, and endur­ing love of America—despite all its chal­lenges.” The con­ver­sa­tions were taped at Spring­steen’s home between July and Decem­ber of 2020. To hear the episodes, you will seem­ing­ly need to cre­ate a Spo­ti­fy account, if you don’t have one already.

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