President Barack Obama to Appear on “Pod Save America,” Premiering on SiriusXM’s Progress Channel on October 14
"Pod Save America" will air on "Crooked Radio," Crooked Media's programming on SiriusXM
NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES – October 13, 2022 – Today SiriusXM and Crooked Media announced that former President Barack Obama is scheduled to sit down for an interview on “Pod Save America” with Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Tommy Vietor and Dan Pfeiffer. The special bonus episode of “Pod Save America” will air first on Friday, October 14 at 7pm ET on SiriusXM Progress channel 127 before being released on Saturday in the “Pod Save America” feed.
President Obama last appeared on “Pod Save America” on October 14, 2020.
The premiere on SiriusXM Progress is part of “Crooked Radio” which launched at the beginning of the month. Leading up to November’s midterms, Crooked’s podcasts are taking over the SiriusXM Progress channel’s lineup every weekend. The special programming features Crooked’s top-ranked podcasts, including “Pod Save America,” “Lovett or Leave It,” “Pod Save the World,” “Strict Scrutiny'' and more.
The “Pod Save America” interview with President Obama is scheduled to premiere on SiriusXM Progress channel 127 on Friday, October 14 at 7-8pm ET shortly after the interview concludes, and will re-play that night at 9pm ET as well as throughout the weekend. The podcast will also be widely available on Crooked Media and wherever listeners access their podcasts, including the SXM App, Pandora, and Stitcher, starting on October 15.
If you would like to request video highlights from the interview, please email: Danielle.Lynn@siriusxm.com.
SiriusXM Progress channel 127 is available to subscribers nationwide in their car and on the SXM App. The SXM App is available to subscribers on mobile devices and a wide variety of connected platforms in the home including smart speakers, smart TVs and streaming media players. Streaming access is included with all of SiriusXM’s audio trials and most popular plans.
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About SiriusXM
Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is the leading audio entertainment company in North America, and the premier programmer and platform for subscription and digital advertising-supported audio products. SiriusXM’s platforms collectively reach approximately 150 million listeners, the largest digital audio audience across paid and free tiers in North America, and deliver music, talk, news, comedy, entertainment and podcasts. SiriusXM offers the most extensive lineup of professional and college sports in audio. Pandora, a subsidiary of SiriusXM, is the largest ad-supported audio entertainment streaming service in the U.S. SiriusXM's subsidiaries Stitcher, Simplecast and AdsWizz make it a leader in podcast hosting, production, distribution, analytics and monetization. The Company’s advertising sales arm, SXM Media, leverages its scale, cross-platform sales organization, and ad tech capabilities to deliver results for audio creators and advertisers. SiriusXM, through Sirius XM Canada Holdings, Inc., also offers satellite radio and audio entertainment in Canada. In addition to its audio entertainment businesses, SiriusXM offers connected vehicle services to automakers. For more about SiriusXM, please go to: www.siriusxm.com.
About Crooked Media
Crooked believes that we need a better conversation about politics, culture, and the world around us -- one that doesn’t just focus on what’s broken, but what we can do to fix it. At a time when it’s increasingly easy to feel cynical or hopeless, former Obama staffers Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, and Tommy Vietor have created a place where people can have honest conversations and tell stories that inform, entertain, and inspire action. In 2017 they started Crooked with Pod Save America—a no-bullshit conversation about politics. Since then, they’ve continued to add new shows, voices, and opportunities for activism through our Vote Save America platform, because it’s up to each of us to do our part to engage in our democracy and build a better world.
Source: SiriusXM
Media Contacts:
Danielle Lynn, SiriusXM
Danielle.Lynn@siriusxm.com
Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis for Crooked Media
crooked@sunshinesachs.com
Released October 13, 2022