Episode 59: Thanks, Obama...My Hopey, Changey White House Years, with David Litt

Published: Oct. 18, 2017, 4 p.m.

David Litt entered the White House in 2011 and left in 2016 as a special assistant to the president and senior presidential speechwriter. Described as the \u201ccomic muse for the president,\u201d David was the lead writer on four White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner presentations and has contributed jokes to President Obama\u2019s speeches since 2009. He is currently the head writer/producer for Funny or Die\u2019s office in Washington, DC. David has also written for The Onion, McSweeney\u2019s Internet Tendency, Cosmopolitan, Vanity Fair, The Atlantic, and the New York Times. He lives in Washington with his girlfriend and their two goldfish, Humphrey and Camille. Full of hilarious stories and told in a truly original voice, his first book, Thanks, Obama is an exciting debut about what it means \u2013 personally, professionally, and politically \u2013 to grow up.

Special Guest: David Litt.