The Guests for Barack Obama’s Book Podcast Have Been Announced

News Audible and Higher Ground have announced the guest lineup for A Great Book With Barack Obama, the former Reader in Chief's new book podcast. S. Zainab Williams Sep 17, 2026 S. Zainab Williams Executive Director, Content S. Zainab would like to think she bleeds ink but the very idea makes her feel faint. She writes fantasy and horror, and is currently clutching a manuscript while groping in the dark. View All posts by S. Zainab Williams Audible and Higher Ground have announced the anticipated guest lineup for A Great Book With Barack Obama. The guests for President Barack Obama’s six-part original book podcast hosted by our former Reader in Chief include the following “luminaries” in conversation about the books that have shaped his worldview and our society: Episode 1: Tom Hanks (Uncommon Type) on Gilead by Marilynne Robinson Episode 2: Ta-Nehisi Coates (Between the World and Me) on The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin Episode 3: Jill Lepore (These Truths: A History of the United States) on All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren Episode 4: Ben Rhodes (The World as It Is: A Memoir of the Obama White House) on Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré Episode 5: Percival Ev...