Portland Arts & Lectures 2026–27: Ben Rhodes

Ben Rhodes is a writer, political commentator, and national security analyst. He is the author of The New York Times bestsellers After the Fall and The World as It Is. From 2009 to 2017, Ben served as a speechwriter and deputy national security advisor to President Obama. He is currently co-host of Pod Save the World, a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times, a contributor for MS NOW, a senior advisor to former President Obama, and chair of National Security Action, which he co-founded with Jake Sullivan in 2018.