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Listen Online: From the WGN Radio Archives: A 1995 Interview with Barack Obama

January 19, 2017 by Gary Price

From WGN Radio in Chicago:

As his presidency reaches its final hours, we recall an early memory of Barack Obama, this 1995 appearance with Milt Rosenberg on Extension 720 to discuss the release of Obama’s book, “Dreams from My Father.”

The interview runs one hour.
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Filed under: Archives and Special Collections, Interviews, News, Profiles

About Gary Price

Gary Price (gprice@mediasourceinc.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. Before launching INFOdocket, Price and Shirl Kennedy were the founders and senior editors at ResourceShelf and DocuTicker for 10 years. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com, and is currently a contributing editor at Search Engine Land.

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