Barack Obama (Barack Obama) and Bruce Springsteen (Bruce Springsteen) co-host “Renegades”: born in the United States, is an exclusive Spotify podcast

Barack Obama is entering the podcast game.Today, Spotify announced that the former president and rock star Bruce Springsteen (yes, you read that right) will host a show called Traitor: Born in the United States Dedicated to audio platforms. They will discuss “race, paternity, marriage and American status” based on a press release, as well as the first two episodes premiered today for free and premium Spotify users. The first season contains a total of eight episodes.

Higher Ground, a production company owned by Michelle and Barack Obama, signed an agreement with Spotify in 2019 to create an exclusive podcast for the platform. traitor It is the second of these shows. Michelle Obama Podcast It debuted on Spotify last summer, and was later available on all platforms including Apple Podcasts. Spotify said the show is the largest Spotify Original show “in history”

;, but has not yet shared specific figures. Presumably, the show will be the same scale or even larger, which will give Spotify a better chance to bring people to its podcast platform.