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24 alternatives to The Axe Files - Jon Favreau

Former Director of Speechwriting for Obama

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Axe Files - Jon Favreau launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Analysing Obama Speeches Since 2004▲9

   2016 · medium.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Pod Save America: Teaser Episode▲62

   Political podcasts, founded by Jon Favreau

   2017 · its alternatives →

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   Soundings From The New York Review - A Conversation w/ President Barack Obama▲60

   Another presidential podcast

   2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance▲66

   The story of Barack Obama

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Re/code Replay - President Barack Obama: The Kara Swisher Interview▲70

   Cyber warfare, diversity in tech hiring, & Silicon Valley

   2015 · serve.castfire.com · its alternatives →

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   NLP analysis of Trump’s Inaugural▲32

   2017 · trumpdata.org · its alternatives →

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   WTF with Marc Maron - Ep 613 w/ Obama▲152

   The first presidential podcast

   2015 · wtfpod.com · its alternatives →

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   I built a Hacker News userscript to make this site more legible▲102

   My personal itch to scratch just recently has been the umpteen formatting foibles of HackerNews. So, in the spirit of making the web more personal again, I knocked up a TamperMonkey userscript to fix up the worst of my personal bugbears. This isn't an attempt at a complete rebrand/redesign of the site, instead it's just fixing up what I think are the biggest design/readability issues whilst trying to remain true to the site's existing aesthetic. Key features: * Base font size increased * A little more room around headings * Top menu bar is full-width and with a little more padding…

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Discourse▲43

   New open source discussion platform from Jeff Atwood.

   2014 · discourse.org · its alternatives →

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    The Audacity to Win▲53

    The inside story & lessons of Obama's historic victory

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Post Script - The evolution of viral blogging▲59

    With Neetzan Zimmerman, Gawker's viral king

    2015 · feeds.soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

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    The Axe Files with David Axelrod - Joakim Noah▲81

    Chicago Bulls center on gun violence, race relations

    2015 · feeds.soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

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    Inside Podcasting▲126

    Curating the resurgence of the spoken word

    2017 · inside.com · its alternatives →

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    99% Invisible - Ten Letters for the President▲62

    President Barack Obama receives 10,000+ letters per day

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Truth, Errors, and Lies: Politics and Economics in a Volatil▲56

    Politics and Economics of the Future

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    NPR Politics - President Barack Obama▲72

    Steve Inskeep interviews Obama about ISIS, legacy, and more

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Talking With Alexa - Presidential Elections▲53

    A podcast co-hosted by Amazon's Alexa

    2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

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    Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator▲83

    The inside mechanics of how blogs & news are made.

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Re/code Decode - Nick Denton▲62

    Facebook is the boss, and Gawker will fall in line

    2016 · recode.net · its alternatives →

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    The Jay & Farhad Show: Peter Thiel’s Mission to Destroy Gawker▲57

    The case between VC Peter Thiel & Gawker Media

    2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

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    The Axe Files: Jon Stewart▲60

    Jon Stewart chats with David

    2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

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    We Are the Change We Seek▲2

    The Speeches of Barack Obama

    2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    a16z - Talking Humans and Machines with NYT’s John Markoff▲71

    Our changing relationship with technology and machines

    2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

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    Off Message - Glenn Thrush interviews President Obama▲55

    Iowa, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and the 2016 race

    2016 · feeds.soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

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