Abdul El‑Sayed

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354 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 31 Jul

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The New Yorker Radio Hour · Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed Is “Not a Burn-It-Down Kind” of Candidate · 31 Jul 2026 podcast

So I should tell you, like, I don't get to do what I'm doing without President Obama doing what he did. matched

The parallels are kind of uncanny. matched

And I remember watching that 2004 speech and just being like, I didn't know politics would look like that or sound like that. matched

His dad immigrated from Africa. matched

My dad immigrated from a different part of Africa. matched

He had mixed parents. matched

I was raised by my dad and my stepmom, Jackie, who's the daughter of the American Revolution. matched

He had a funny name. matched

I got a funny name. matched

The one place it doesn't work is he's tall and skinny and I'm pretty short and thick. matched

But I don't get to do what I do without him. matched

And at the same time, when you love somebody like that, matched

you're going to look at them and say, could we do more? matched

It's kind of like the way you think about your parents. matched

You know what I mean? matched

You love and revere your parents and you're grateful for all they did to help you. matched

And at the same time, anybody who watches their parents will always look and say, there are some things about what they did that I want to do differently. matched

And I kind of think about President Obama the same way. matched

And I'll tell you, I was in medical school during the ACA fights. matched

And the big frustration I had is like, why are we not going all the way? matched

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