Episode 196: Jon Favreau

Published: June 8, 2016, 4:36 p.m.

b'Jon Favreau, former chief speechwriter for President Obama, is a columnist at The Ringer and co-host of Keepin\\u2019 It 1600.\\n\\n \\u201cAnd then Obama comes over to my desk with the speech, and he has a few edits. And he\\u2019s like, \\u2018I just want to go through some of these edits and make sure you\\u2019re ok with this. I did this for this reason. Are you ok with that?\\u2019 And I\\u2019m like, \\u2018Yeah, buddy. You\\u2019re Barack Obama.\\u2019\\u201d\\n\\nThanks to MailChimp\'s Freddie and Co., Freshbooks, Audible, and Squarespace for sponsoring this week\'s episode.\\n\\nShow Notes:\\n@jonfavs\\n[1:00] Keepin\\u2019 It 1600\\n[1:00] Favreau\\u2019s Ringer Archive\\n[5:00] "Ep. 75: Jon Favreau and Dan Pfeiffer" (The Bill Simmons Podcast \\u2022 Apr 2016)\\n[6:00] Favreau\'s 2003 Holy Cross commencement speech (College of the Holy Cross \\u2022 May 2003)\\n[13:00] "John Kerry\\u2019s 2004 concession speech" (YouTube)\\n[15:00] Obama\'s 2004 DNC Convention speech (YouTube)\\n[17:00] Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance (Three Rivers Press \\u2022 1995)\\n[22:00] Obama\'s 2005 commencement address at Knox College (YouTube)\\n[32:00] "What Would Obama Say?" (Ashley Parker \\u2022 New York Times \\u2022 Jan 2008)\\n[36:00] Obama\'s Iowa Caucus victory speech" (YouTube)\\n[37:00] Obama\'s "A More Perfect Union" speech (YouTube)\\n[43:00] "The Aspiring Novelist Who Became Obama\\u2019s Foreign-Policy Guru" (David Samuels \\u2022 New York Times Magazine \\u2022 May 2016)\\n[44:00] "Ep. 42: Ben Rhodes" (The Axe Files \\u2022 Apr 2016)\\n[45:00] "Some hard feelings in the White House press room over an official\\u2019s comments" (Paul Farhi \\u2022 Washington Post \\u2022 May 2016)\\n[59:00] "Hey, Berniacs: I Learned to Love Hillary and So Can You" (The Daily Beast \\u2022 Apr 2016)\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'