Barack Obama launches podcast community with Spotify
Life after The White Home has been fairly productive for the Obamas. After inking a multi-year settlement with Netflix, Barack and Michelle Obama at the moment are becoming a member of the podcast recreation.
As Billboard reviews, the Obamas simply signed an unique, multi-year partnership with Spotify. The pair will produce podcasts on the streaming platform beneath their Greater Floor banner. Per their deal, the previous president himself is anticipated to “develop, produce, and seem” on choose podcast packages.
“We’ve at all times believed within the worth of entertaining, thought-provoking dialog,” Barack commented in an announcement. “It helps us construct connections with one another and open ourselves as much as new concepts. We’re enthusiastic about Greater Floor Audio as a result of podcasts supply a rare alternative to foster productive dialogue, make individuals smile and make individuals assume, and, hopefully, convey us all a little bit nearer collectively.”
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“We’re thrilled to have the chance to amplify voices which are too typically ignored or silenced altogether, and thru Spotify, we are able to share these tales with the world,” added Michelle. “Our hope is that via compelling, inspirational storytelling, Greater Floor Audio is not going to solely produce participating podcasts, however assist individuals join emotionally and open up their minds — and their hearts.”
Particulars on the type of podcast content material they’ll produce for Spotify haven’t but been revealed. However the Obamas’ foray into the podcast world couldn’t have come at a greater time; a report earlier this spring detailed the exponential development of the business in simply the final 12 months.
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