Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Barack Obama was the first African-American president of the United States. He previously served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.
Before his run on ‘Survivor,’ Jon Lovett dishes on Crooked Media’s new book, cartoon crushes, and election exhaustion
Barack Obama.But soon he’ll be ditching trading all of those hats in for a bandana, when he competes on the upcoming 47th season of Survivor—a secret revealed when he popped up in a teaser this fall’s newest edition of the long-running reality competition show, much to the surprise of even his most avid fans.Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.Jon Lovett: I’ll be off the air for a few weeks working on something exciting, but I can’t tell you yet.Listeners: Ooh @jonlovett must be working on a book or something!What Jon Lovett’s working on: pic.twitter.com/nhWMzT4f1FWhile the jury’s still out on how Lovett will fare on the island, we can at least confirm he has made it back alive.
That’s because he’s returned to the helm of Crooked Media—the podcast network he created alongside fellow former White House staffers Jon Favreau and Tommy Vietor—co-hosting their flagship political series Pod Save America, as well as his own weekly comedy & culture podcast Lovett Or Leave It.And it’s not a moment too soon, because Lovett and his Crooked cohorts are publishing their first book Democracy Or Else: How To Save America In 10 Easy Steps on June 25, a helpful, thorough, and engaging resource that might just prove to be essential reading as we get deep into this year’s election cycle.
