The podcast co-hosted by Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen is called Renegades: Born in the USA. As titles go, it’s not so hot. It lacks the zing of, for example, Born in the U.S.A. It has the feel of a much-workshopped and whiteboarded compromise, hammered out in bleary Zoom sessions by people who know that money is at stake and that the interests of three big brands—including Spotify, the exclusive outlet for the eight-episode series—must be met. The title is also false advertising. At one time, Obama and Springsteen may have qualified as rebels, or something along those lines. (As Obama puts it in the series’ premiere: “We both felt like outsiders as kids.”) But the rule of thumb is, if, like the former POTUS and the Boss, you’ve been spotted off the coast of Tahiti, lunching with Oprah Winfrey and Tom Hanks on David Geffen’s $300 million “superyacht,” your claim to the mantle “renegade” must be rescinded. The same law applies if you’ve been in possession of the nuclear codes, or starred in a Super Bowl commercial for Jeep.