About this transcript: This is a full AI-generated transcript of "Yes We Can" Signs, A Nobel Prize, And Other Cool Items On Display At The Obama Presidential Center from The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and Barack Obama, published May 7, 2026. The transcript contains 1,216 words with timestamps and was generated using Whisper AI.
"AND NOW JOIN ME JOINING PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA FOR A WALK THROUGH OF THE OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CENTER. THE OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CENTER HOUSES A MUSEUM DEDICATED TO THE PRESIDENT'S LEGACY. ITS FOUR LEVELS SHOWCASE ARTIFACTS FROM HIS POLITICAL AND PERSONAL LIFE. AND MY FRIEND BARACK WAS NICE ENOUGH TO..."
[0:06] AND NOW JOIN ME JOINING PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA FOR A WALK THROUGH OF THE OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CENTER.
[0:13] THE OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CENTER HOUSES A MUSEUM DEDICATED TO THE PRESIDENT'S LEGACY.
[0:18] ITS FOUR LEVELS SHOWCASE ARTIFACTS FROM HIS POLITICAL AND PERSONAL LIFE.
[0:22] AND MY FRIEND BARACK WAS NICE ENOUGH TO GIVE ME A TOUR.
[0:26] IT'S AN INCREDIBLE SPACE AND I'M CURIOUS WHAT DO YOU WANT PEOPLE TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE OBAMA
[0:32] CENTER MUSEUM? WHAT I REALLY WANT PEOPLE TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS IS THAT THEY ARE THE FORCE
[0:41] BEHIND CHANGE AND EVERY POSITIVE THING THAT'S HAPPENED IN THE COUNTRY.
[0:44] THEY ARE WHAT LIFTED ME UP TO THE PRESIDENCY.
[0:47] THEY'RE THE FOLKS THAT ULTIMATELY BRING ABOUT CHANGES TO MAKE THIS A FAIR BETTER COUNTRY AND I WANT
[0:53] THEM TO BE FIRED UP TO GO BACK IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES AND TRY TO MAKE THINGS BETTER THERE TOO.
[0:58] WHAT DO YOU THINK THE BIG DRAW IS GOING TO BE FOR THIS MUSEUM?
[1:01] MICHELLE'S DRESSES.
[1:02] THAT'S ACTUALLY A GOOD ANSWER.
[1:04] I WASN'T SURE IF YOU WERE GOING TO HAVE ONE FOR THAT.
[1:05] AND AN ACCURATE ONE.
[1:06] OKAY GOOD.
[1:07] BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE HERBERT HOOVER MUSEUM IN IOWA.
[1:09] HE HAS A DIORAM OF HIM FISHING, TROUT FISHING.
[1:12] SO HE HAD TO BEAT THAT.
[1:14] THAT WAS A BAR.
[1:15] IT'S FILLED WITH SOUVENIRS FROM THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFE.
[1:18] IS THERE ANYTHING YOU DIDN'T WANT TO PART WITH?
[1:20] THE NOBEL PRIZE IS HERE.
[1:21] AND I SORT OF FELT LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHO AM I SHOWING IT OFF TO?
[1:26] IT'S NOT LIKE I'M PUTTING IT AROUND ON A GOLD CHAIN, WEARING IT OUT TO DINNER.
[1:32] WELL, I DON'T KNOW.
[1:33] YOU GET PULLED OVER BY A POLICEMAN AND GO, EXCUSE ME, SIR.
[1:36] MY FRIEND ALFORD WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU.
[1:39] IS IT SAFE TO ASSUME THAT SOME OF THESE DISPLAYS COMMEMORATE YOUR GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS
[1:44] AS PRESIDENT?
[1:44] I THINK THAT IS FAIR.
[1:45] IS THERE A WING DEDICATED TO GREATEST BLUNDERS?
[1:49] IS THE TAN SUIT HERE?
[1:50] I'M ASKING IF THE TAN SUIT IS HERE.
[1:52] LISTEN, I OWN THAT TAN SUIT PRIDLY, BROTHER.
[1:55] WE HAVE THIS, IF YOU WANT TO PUT THIS ON DISPLAY SOME PLACE.
[1:58] I MEAN, I LOOK GREAT.
[2:00] A SHATTERED NATION LOOKED UP AND SAW THAT.
[2:03] WHEN YOU LOOK BACK AT THE TAN SUIT, WHAT OCCURS TO YOU?
[2:07] WHY?
[2:08] TELL ME ABOUT THESE SNEAKERS.
[2:09] DID YOU PUT THESE OUT FOR SALE?
[2:10] WHAT IS THIS?
[2:10] I DID NOT.
[2:12] WHAT WE HAVE IN THIS CASE IS ALL KINDS OF AMAZING STUFF THAT VOLUNTEERS
[2:16] MADE THAT WE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH.
[2:18] THEY CAME UP WITH COOL STUFF AND MADE ME LOOK COOL AND I WASN'T THAT COOL.
[2:23] OH, YOU'RE A LITTLE COOL.
[2:25] YOU'RE A LITTLE COOL.
[2:26] THEY WERE COOLER.
[2:27] I WASN'T GOING TO BE THINKING OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
[2:29] NOW THIS, NOW THOSE YES WE CAN SNEAKERS, I KNOW YOU STILL PLAY BALL.
[2:33] I'M JUST CURIOUS, AT 64, DO THE SHOES SAY YES WE CAN, BUT THE KNEES SAY MAYBE WE SHOULDN'T?
[2:40] OVER HERE, I NOTICED THE OBAMA-OHS.
[2:43] THIS IS AN INTERESTING STORY.
[2:44] WE'LL SEE.
[2:47] BRIAN CHESKE, THE CEO OF AIRBNB, GAVE THIS TO ME.
[2:51] AIRBNB HAD GOTTEN STARTED AND WAS LOOKING FOR SOME SORT OF EVENT WHERE THEY COULD, YOU KNOW,
[2:58] SHOW THAT THIS CONCEPT OF PEOPLE SLEEPING IN OTHER PEOPLE'S BEDROOMS MIGHT WORK.
[3:03] AND THE DENVER CONVENTION WAS ONE OF THEIR BIG LAUNCHING POINTS BECAUSE
[3:09] THEY FIGURED A WHOLE BUNCH OF VOLUNTEERS ARE COMING IN.
[3:11] THERE AREN'T ENOUGH HOTEL ROOMS.
[3:12] AND SIMULTANEOUSLY, THEY WERE RUNNING OUT OF MONEY.
[3:16] DID THEY SELL THESE?
[3:16] THEY SOLD THESE AS A WAY TO HELP FUND AIRBNB WHEN IT WAS SHORT
[3:21] ON CASH.
[3:22] THEY BASICALLY TOOK A BUNCH OF CHURRIOS AND THEN PUT THEM IN ANOTHER BOX.
[3:25] JUST LOOKING AT THE PHOTO, ON BEHALF OF CHILDREN EVERYWHERE,
[3:28] HOW ABOUT SOME MARSHMALLOWS, MAN?
[3:31] WHAT IS THE WORST THING THAT YOU HAD TO EAT FOR A CAMERA?
[3:35] WELL, I'M NOT SURE IT'S THE WORST TASTING.
[3:37] MOST DANGEROUS THING.
[3:38] WORST THING, UH, FRID SNICKER BAR.
[3:41] THAT SOUNDS GOOD, THOUGH.
[3:42] THAT'S WHY I SAID.
[3:43] THAT SOUNDS LIKE AMERICA.
[3:44] IT TASTED JUST FINE.
[3:46] THERE YOU GO.
[3:46] YEAH.
[3:47] THAT'S AMAZING.
[3:48] THAT, I HAVE TO SAY, WAS PRETTY COOL.
[3:50] PARTLY BECAUSE SPIDER-MAN WAS, ALONG WITH BATMAN,
[3:54] MY TWO FAVORITE SUPERHEROES WHEN I WAS 10, 11 YEARS OLD.
[3:58] THAT IS NUMBER 583.
[4:00] YEAH.
[4:00] THAT'S REALLY GREAT, 583.
[4:02] I'M ON VARIANT 573.
[4:05] YEAH.
[4:05] YEAH.
[4:05] IT HAPPENED FOR YOU FIRST.
[4:07] YEAH, IT HAPPENED.
[4:07] AND ARE THERE A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU COPYED THAT I DID?
[4:12] JUST THIS?
[4:13] I WAS THINKING ABOUT OTHER THINGS WHEN THIS THING CAME OUT.
[4:15] LIKE THE ECONOMIC CRISIS THAT WAS ABOUT TO PLUNGE THE WORLD IN THE GREAT DEPRESSION.
[4:19] YEAH, YEAH, YOU DID A GOOD JOB WITH THAT.
[4:20] I'M SURE YOU WERE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT GETTING YOUR FACE ON THE COVER.
[4:24] WE ALL HAVE OUR PRIORITIES.
[4:25] YOU SAID BATMAN WAS BIG FOR YOU TOO?
[4:27] I LOVE BATMAN.
[4:27] WHAT NUMBER OF BATMAN ARE YOU ON?
[4:28] I'VE NEVER BEEN ON BATMAN.
[4:29] OH.
[4:31] COME ON.
[4:31] OH, I'VE BEEN ON BATMAN ANSWER.
[4:34] AGAIN, IT'S NOT A COMPETITION.
[4:36] SO YOU SHOULDN'T FEEL HOWEVER YOU'RE FEELING RIGHT NOW.
[4:39] I'M FEELING A LITTLE LOW-T.
[4:40] YOU DID.
[4:41] NOW YOU'VE SAID THAT THIS CENTER REALLY ISN'T ABOUT YOU.
[4:46] IT'S ABOUT INSPIRING THE LEADERS OF THE FUTURE.
[4:48] TELL ME WHO THESE LOVELY PEOPLE ARE.
[4:50] HERE ARE FOUR EXAMPLES OF AMAZING YOUNG PEOPLE DOING AMAZING WORK IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
[4:55] AND THESE ARE THE FOLKS WHO ARE GOING TO BE CARRYING THIS STUFF FORWARD.
[4:59] YOU KNOW, THE GOAL OF THE FOUNDATION, JUST LIKE THE GOAL OF THE CENTER, IS TO FIGURE OUT WAYS
[5:04] WE CAN HELP THEM ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS.
[5:06] AND THE TRUTH IS IS THAT GUYS LIKE US ARE KIND OF OLD.
[5:10] WE'VE RUN OUT IDEAS, AND, YOU KNOW, WE NEED THESE PEOPLE TO HELP GET US OUT OF SOME OF
[5:16] THE BINDS WE'VE GOTTEN THEM INTO.
[5:17] AND HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE SORT OF A HUB FOR A LOT OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT GO ON FOR YEARS TO COME.
[5:24] NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS, HOW MANY OF YOU VOTED FOR OBAMA?
[5:27] WELL, THAT'S EMBARRASSING.
[5:31] YOU'VE HEARD THE FORMER FIRST LADY SPEAK, AND YOU'VE HEARD THE FORMER PRESIDENT SPEAK.
[5:34] WELL, YOU WANT TO RANK THEM?
[5:36] I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GO MICHELLE OBAMA.
[5:38] YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A LAY-UP.
[5:40] HIS SLOGAN WAS, YES, WE CAN.
[5:42] AS THE NEXT GENERATION, HOW WOULD YOU MODERNIZE THAT?
[5:47] IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WOULD CHANGE ABOUT THAT?
[5:48] YES, WE CAN.
[5:50] PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID THE CENTER IS ABOUT YOU, NOT ABOUT HIM.
[5:54] BUT OBVIOUSLY, HE'S INSPIRATIONAL.
[5:56] DOES ANYONE HAVE AN IMPRESSION OF BARACK OBAMA THAT THEY KNOW HOW TO DO IT?
[6:00] WELL, YOU KNOW, STEPHEN, THIS IS WHY WE'RE HERE AT THE OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL SENATE,
[6:07] BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO BRING CHANGE HOME.
[6:08] CAN I GIVE YOU A LITTLE...
[6:10] GIVE ME A NUGGET.
[6:11] MORE PAUSES.
[6:12] OKAY.
[6:13] SOMEHOW PAUSE BEFORE YOU TALK.
[6:14] OKAY.
[6:15] OKAY.
[6:16] AND JUST START WITH THE WORD LOOK, AND THEN DON'T SAY ANYTHING FOR A WHILE.
[6:19] LOOK, THIS IS WHY WE'RE HERE.
[6:22] THAT'S IT.
[6:23] THAT'S IT.
[6:24] HE'S READY.
[6:25] SIR.
[6:27] IT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU.
[6:28] THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE TIME.
[6:29] AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE.
[6:31] I MEAN, I KNOW WE ONLY GOT A FEW SHOWS LEFT, BUT I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE THEM COUNT,
[6:36] BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS HAVE.
[6:37] THANKS VERY MUCH.
[6:38] ALL RIGHT.
[6:40] WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
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