Youtube Stars interview the president

Youtube Stars interview the president

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Shortly after delivering his penultimate State of the Union speech last week, President Obama invited three prominent YouTube Creators and, by proxy, their millions of fans, to the White House to sit down for unscripted interviews with him. WBEZ’s director of digital, Tim Akimoff, is with us in studio to talk about YouTube creators and why the president decided to connect with their audiences in this way.