Barack Obama

Co-Founder, The Obama Foundation · 0 appearances on the record.

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Barack Obama served as the 44th President of the United States from 2009 to 2017. Following his presidency, he established the Obama Foundation, co-founded Higher Ground, and authored bestselling memoirs.

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Everything Barack Obama said on Catalyst that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

The other half of the tape: Barack Obama's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 8 times in 4 episodes on Catalyst. 1 statement on the record names them. every mention, with the transcript →

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Statements about Barack Obama, by other people (1)

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Tillis claims Barack Obama created modern-day populism alongside social media's rise
“I think what we've seen with Obama kind of really creating modern-day populism at the same time that social media was coming about, the way we get our news, podcasts, all that stuff,”
Tom Tillis Aug 11, 2026 ▶ 4:15 Critical Capital: Senator Tillis' case for "all-of-the-above" energy

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Episodes where a recording of Barack Obama was played rather than Barack taking part, or where the tape carries an address with nobody putting questions to them. Listed because the words are on the record, kept out of every score on this page because they were not said on this show. We read this off the tape: who was spoken to, who was asked something, who answered whom.

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The Big Switch: Are Batteries the New Oil? Apr 11, 2024 17s clip played
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