
Born in the USA: Obama and Springsteen together for Renegades podcast
Barack Obama has teamed up with an unlikely partner for a new podcast series on Spotify. The former US president will be presenting an eight-episode series with veteran rockstar Bruce Springsteen, who Mr Obama was said to have "formed a deep friendship" with. In the series, titled Renegades: Born In The USA, the pair will discuss issues including race, fatherhood, marriage and the state of America.[embedded content] Streaming giant Spotify said the podcast would be "a personal, in-depth discussion between two friends exploring their pasts, their beliefs and the country that they love - as it was, as it is, and as it ought to be going forward".Mr Obama, 59, and Springsteen, 71, first met on the 2008 campaign trail and threw their support behind Joe Biden in the recent presidential elec...