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Invictus: E111 We Have Mandela at Home
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- Remember Shuffle
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- Feb 28, 2026
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- 5290
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Summary
With the campaign of Barack Obama in 2007-2008, the U.S. saw a resurgence in interest in Nelson Mandela, with Americans projecting a parallel with our own first black president. You can almost hear the gears turning in Clint Eastwood’s mind watching 2009’s Invictus–hoping to goad Obama towards symbolic reconciliation rather than expropriative redistribution. We look at Obama’s initial posturing and discuss whether or not he was doing the Mandela affect. Bibliographical information for the books we used on this episode:John Carlin, "Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game that Made a Nation," Penguin Books 2008.Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine: the Rise of Disaster Capitalism," Metropolitan Books, 2007 Huge thanks to Isaac for guesting on this episode! Check him out @coexist.inc on instagram, as well as his podcast, Coexist Inc., here , and on twitter as @ coexistinc Check out our website to search for episodes at: remembershuffle.com Give Remember Shuffle a follow on Twitter And on Instagram @RememberShufflePod to interact with the show between episodes. It also makes it easier to book guests.