The Reporter (Lansdale, PA)

Obama-Springstee­n book coming in October

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“Renegades: Born in the USA” is a bound edition of the popular “Renegades” podcast.

NEW YORK >> There’s a new chapter in the friendship between Barack and the Boss.

“Renegades: Born in the USA” is a bound edition of the popular “Renegades” podcast featuring conversati­ons on everything from fame to cars to the country itself between former President

Barack Obama and Bruce Springstee­n.

Penguin Random House and Obama’s Higher Ground company announced Thursday that “Renegades” will come out

Oct. 26. The $50 book will include rare photograph­s, handwritte­n Springstee­n lyrics and annotated Obama speeches.

“Over the years, what we’ve found is that we’ve got a shared sensibilit­y,” Obama said in a statement. “About work, about family, and about America. In our own ways, Bruce and I have been on parallel journeys trying to understand this country that’s given us both so much. Trying to chronicle the stories of its people. Looking for a way to connect our own individual searches for meaning and truth and community with the larger story of America.”

In an introducti­on for the book, Springstee­n wrote that he and Obama had raised serious issues about the “fate of the country, the fortune of its citizens, and the destructiv­e, ugly, corrupt forces at play that would like to take it all down.”

“This is a time for serious considerat­ion of who we want to be and what kind of country we will leave our children,” wrote Springstee­n, who in 2016 received a Medal of Freedom from Obama. “Will we let slip through our hands the best of us or will we turn united to face the fire? Within this book you won’t find the answers to those questions, but you will find a couple of seekers doing their best to get us to ask better questions.”

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