Ana Kasparian
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Podcast Appearances
And I remember seeing that, like, I don't know, last year, a few months ago, who knows, but.
I can understand why it doesn't have the viewership that you would expect as someone who's a former first lady.
Because think about how Democratic voters really put Obama on a pedestal, right?
He's like, in their minds, the ideal Democratic leader.
And they have in their minds like great memories of the eight years Obama was in charge.
And so to listen to a podcast or watch a podcast in which his...
wife is trashing him all the time, they're not going to appreciate that.
In fact, every time we at the Young Turks do a video where we're critical of something Obama has done recently, we always lose subscribers, always, because they don't want to hear it.
They want to look back on those eight years and only think of the positives.
And again, having Michelle Obama, the former first lady, insult former President Obama is probably not something that they find very appealing.
But what's also interesting is, you know, she had been urged to put her name in the ring in the 2024 election.
And the reporting indicated that she doesn't like it.
She doesn't like being in the public eye.
It seems like she likes being in the public eye, maybe in a different capacity.
Wild.
That is so wild, man.
It's bad.
That's bad.
OK, I actually have strong thoughts on this.
So let me just say that the email asking, you know, what are you working on?