Episode 43 - Barack Obama on Today
Barack Obama served Illinois state senate, Unite States Senate, and, most notably, as the 44th President of the United States for two terms between 2008 and 2016. In 2016, Howard University invited him to deliver the commencement speech to their more than 2,000 graduates. The speech was full of anecdotes, lessons, and wisdom. Doubtlessly, the graduates will remember that day for years to come.
In the speech, he talked about progress made and progress left to be made. He captured, succinctly and poignantly, the current state of the world and highlighted that, despite the ease with which we can slip into cynicism and complaint, the world was far better in 2016 for nearly everyone than it had been at any other time in history.
I would argue that trend toward positive progress has continued to today.
