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Mentioned in 21 episodes

Dreams from My Father

A Story of Race and Inheritance

Book • 1995

Author

Barack Obama

In this memoir, Barack Obama recounts his early life, from his childhood in Hawaii and Kansas to his experiences in Chicago and Kenya.

The book delves into his search for identity as the son of a black African father and a white American mother, and his efforts to reconcile his divided inheritance.

It is a personal and reflective account of his encounters with racism, his family history, and his quest for community and understanding of his roots.

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Mentioned in 21 episodes

Mentioned by

Steven Bartlett

as a book written by

Michelle Obama

573 snips

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Daniel Pfeiffer

when comparing J.D. Vance's background to Barack Obama's and how they tell their stories.

134 snips

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Rob Henderson

as an example of a memoir written at a young age.

86 snips

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Dinesh D'Souza

when describing Obama's anti-colonial spirit.

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David Frum

as a reason why Barack Obama was invulnerable as a new candidate because he had written this big autobiography.

80 snips

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Tommy Vietor

when discussing Barack Obama's early career and political rise.

78 snips

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Mentioned by

Ira Glass

as a book by Barack Obama that contains a passage about Chicago after Harold Washington's death.

72 snips

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Ben Shapiro

in relation to Democratic Party elites and their perception of minority groups.

64 snips

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Quoted from Barack Obama's autobiography to illustrate moral relativism.

35 snips

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Mentioned by

Michael Wolff

as the last book by a politician that rose above the typical threshold.

31 snips

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Mentioned by

Horatio Gould

, the book's front cover looks like Obama's 'Dreams from My Father'.

23 snips

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George Packer

compares it to Barack Obama's book, saying he was not a public figure when he wrote that, and it's a far better book than anything Obama has written since then.