Political messaging and storytelling
Subject in Politics
Political messaging and storytelling has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Pod Save America. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Dan PfeifferCo-host of Pod Save America, author of the Message Box newsletter, and former White House communications director
Pfeiffer argued the biggest lesson from Obama is that political messaging is an overall narrative about values rather than slogans.
“politics and messaging is a storytelling exercise. It's not a slogan. It's not a soundbite. It's not a tweet”
Pod Save America: LIVE(ish) from the Obama Presidential Center (Jun 19, 2026) · Listen from 39:41
Pfeiffer recounted that Obama insisted on answering a marijuana legalization question at a YouTube town hall because it was the top question, illustrating his rule of addressing the elephant in the room.
“he's like, you always have to talk. He's like, well, if it's the number one question, we're going to talk about it”
Pod Save America: LIVE(ish) from the Obama Presidential Center (Jun 19, 2026) · Listen from 40:37
Podcasts
- Pod Save America · 1 episode
Episodes
LIVE(ish) from the Obama Presidential CenterPod Save America · Jun 19, 2026 · 1 h 5 min
The Pod Save America hosts record from the new Obama Presidential Center, reacting to the Obamas' speeches, Trump's Iran MOU, JD Vance's book tour, and the Reflecting Pool algae.
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