Jonathan Alter: Obama Needs to Innovate Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email U.S. President Barack Obama delivers his first State of the Union speech to a joint session of the U.S. Congress on Capitol Hill January 27, 2010, in Washington, DC. ( Getty Images / Getty ) Produced by Arwa Gunja and Andrea Swalec Produced by PRI and WNYC