Born to Yap

Bruce "The Boss" Springsteen and Barack Obama have a new 8-episode podcast on Spotify. I've heard the first two episodes, and it's good. Mostly because they really like and respect each other, and are very thoughtful with what they have to say. Barack sometimes goes on and on a bit and Bruce sounds like a balloon puppet with its neck being squeezed, but it's pretty great. From the New York Times (I call it "The Times):

Their conversation mingles the personal and the mythic. Obama discusses growing up in Hawaii with the confusion and discomfort of being of mixed race — “I wasn’t easily identifiable; I felt like an outsider,” he says — and they each share lessons of masculinity they drew from the failings of their own fathers.

They are a mutual admiration society. Springsteen, who now and then picks up a guitar, tells the story of his 1984 song “My Hometown,” with its echoes of racial conflict in the 1960s. He marvels at the universality and patriotism that comes through when concert crowds roar out its line, “This is your hometown.”

“I always get a sense that they know the town they’re talking about isn’t Freehold,” Springsteen says, referring to where he grew up in New Jersey. “It’s not Washington. It’s not Seattle. It’s the whole thing — it’s all of America.” Brief pause. “It’s a good song.”

“It’s a great song,” Obama quickly adds.

Two dudes, arguing over what the best Xmastime post is. Camon guys, haven't we seen enough division in this nation already??!?!