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 the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. See more in Northwestern Magazine: https://bit.ly/3M9CaQW | Northwestern University

Stephen welcomes former White House speechwriter Cody Keenan for a chat about his time writing for President Obama, and learns the “dirty little secret” of how he earned his nickname. Cody’s new book, “Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America,” is available now. | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert