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Stevie Wonder Retrospective Podcast Series Features 40-Plus Songs, Celebrity Interviews — and Barack Obama Singing With the Legendary Artist


A five-year "classic period" in the 1970s of legendary musician Stevie Wonder is the subject of a new Audible original podcast series.

Featured guests include Barack and Michelle Obama, Questlove and musicians Smokey Robinson, Dionne Warwick, King Britt, Babyface, Bob Margouleff, Jimmy Jam, Ray Parker Jr., Janelle Monáe, Mereba, Yolanda Adams, Greg Phillinganes, Rick McLaughlin, Will Butler, Deniece Williams. Also interviewed for the series are journalists Robert Christgau, Maureen Orth, Alex Pappademas and Brittany Luse; art curator Thelma Golden; artist Lorna Simpson; activist Michaela Angela Davis; and entertainment executive Suzanne de Passe. “The Wonder of Stevie” is the third project from Audible and Higher Ground’s exclusive first-look deal, following “Michelle Obama: The Light Podcast” and “Your Mama’s Kitchen: Conversations from the Heart of the Home,” hosted by award-winning journalist Michele Norris.

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