What was the wildest policy pitch fmr WH Director of Speechwriting Cody Keenan ever got for a State of the Union? Abolish the penny

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To mark 100 years since the first presidential radio broadcast, BBC Radio 4 asked our own Cody Keenan to host a Very Special Episode of Archive on 4, leading a discussion with a panel including our friend Sarada Peri. Give it a listen!

bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Here is the list of books that I aspire to read this summer. 📚

Any recommendations to add to the list? ⬇️

A+ book selection, 10/10

Cody Keenan Sarah and I were so happy to walk into Dubray on Grafton Street in Dublin this morning and see “Grace” featured. Great company with Prince Harry.

Finally. I’ve been badgering him to open up about this for years

Friends, join us next Saturday for the Annapolis Book Festival festival! I get to interview one of the world’s BEST people - Cody Keenan about his beautiful book, Grace. April 29 at 1 pm.

The Obama Era had a lasting impact on the politics of our generation.

.Cody Keenan ’02 spent eight years as a White House speechwriter for President Barack Obama.

Now a visiting professor at Northwestern, Keenan teaches a course on speechwriting at Weinberg College at Northwestern. bit.ly/40p40wV

Celebrated Grace hitting #1 in Dublin the best way I know how...thanks to everyone who hosted me and hoisted pints over the week, feeling very lucky ☘️

Ambassador Claire Cronin Ambassador Claire Cronin welcomed guests to an evening with President Obama's speech writer Cody Keenan U.S. Embassy Dublin. Prof Patrick Geoghegan Trinity College Dublin as host.

Ambassador Claire Cronin introduces Cody Keenan, Obama’s former speechwriter, chatting to Patrick Geoghegan, Trinity College Dublin historian & Varadkar speechwriter, as part of Keenan’s tour promoting his White House memoir Grace

MORE on Grace here: irishtimes.com/culture/books/…

Prepping for an evening with Washington Ireland Program & Cody Keenan on Thursday 23rd at Custom House.

Go buy this book. It's full of hope & encapsulates so strongly the power of language to make positive change. Much needed in the current political and economic climate #Grace #ChangeisPossible

Can a school field trip to the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate advance the career of a future US Senator? Most definitely, and I won't be a bit surprised if it did so today.

New thread: Today is the 58th anniversary of the start of the Selma to Montgomery marches and 8 years since President Obama delivered a speech commemorating those historic events. youtube.com/watch?time_con…

Six years ago I was told to prepare to die.

This is the improbable, inspiring, love-filled, hope-filled, true story about the extraordinary campaign that happened next.

This is where you come in: please share this trailer with everyone so that we can bring hope to everyone.