--- description: With Youtube stars Destin Sandlin, Ingrid Nilsen, and Adande Thorne title: These YouTube Stars Are Going to Interview President Obama image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt769fa50b46bdbba4/6988787a0a4a2208e09c7d34/137986908.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [White House](/tag/white-house/) ## White House Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # These YouTube Stars Are Going to Interview President Obama by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 11, 2016 5:47 PM CUT  US President Barack Obama participates in an interview with YouTube and Google from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, January 30, 2012, as seen on a laptop in the Brady Press Briefing Room. The interview, held through a Google+ Hangout, marks the first completely virtual interview of a US President from the White House. SAUL LOEB—AFP/Getty Images US President Barack Obama participates in an interview with YouTube and Google from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, January 30, 2012, as seen on a laptop in the Brady Press Briefing Room. The interview, held through a Google+ Hangout, marks the first completely virtual interview of a US President from the White House. SAUL LOEB—AFP/Getty ImagesSAUL LOEB—AFP/Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 11, 2016 5:47 PM CUT The stars that rule YouTube will have a chance this week to ask some questions of the man who rules the free world. After President Obama delivers his State of the Union on Tuesday, he’ll sit for some live interviews on Friday with YouTube personalities including [Ingrid Nilsen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKpch%5FKYVNM&feature=youtu.be "undefined"), who goes by the name Missglamorazzi, as well as Destin Sandlin, who vlogs about science, and Adande Thorne, a professional gamer and video animator who goes by sWooZie. Nilsen, who has millions of subscribers on her lifestyle channel, posted a video Monday saying she is “so excited” to have the opportunity to interview Obama. “I’m going to be at the White House talking face-to-face with President Obama and asking him questions about issues that are important to me and you,” the bubbly YouTube star said. Nilsen plans to ask the President about women’s and LGBT issues, health care and unemployment. The interviews will air live on YouTube at 2:15 p.m. on Friday. The [White Hous](https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2016/01/11/youtube-interviews-president-obama-after-state-union "undefined")e says the interviews, along with the president’s call for engagement through the hashtag #YouTubeAsksObama, will help the American people experience the State of the Union in new ways. **Read Next:** [_Obama Steps Down from the Bully Pulpit_](http://time.com/3889355/barack-obama-media-strategy/ "undefined") Obama has been answering questions about the State of the Union on YouTube and Google since his first State of the Union address in 2010. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4175364/president-obama-youtube-star-interviews/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4175364/president-obama-youtube-star-interviews/"},"headline":"These YouTube Stars Are Going to Interview President Obama","datePublished":"2016-01-11T17:47:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:57:51.011Z","description":"Destin Sandlin, Ingrid Nilsen and Adande Thorne have some questions","url":"https://time.com/4175364/president-obama-youtube-star-interviews/","keywords":["White House","Barack Obama"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt769fa50b46bdbba4/6988787a0a4a2208e09c7d34/137986908.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt769fa50b46bdbba4/6988787a0a4a2208e09c7d34/137986908.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US President Barack Obama participates i","caption":"US President Barack Obama participates i","creditText":"SAUL LOEB—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4175364/president-obama-youtube-star-interviews/","name":"These YouTube Stars Are Going to Interview President Obama"}}]}] ```