Sorti calls imo, which is for In My Opinionthe new podcast that the former American First Lady Michelle Obama made with her brother Craig Robinsonand is available on YouTube And on the main platforms from March 12, 2025. The podcast, on a weekly basis, sees characters from the world of entertainment, sports, health and economics, such as the actress and producer Issa Rae, guest of the first episode.
«We live in difficult and confused times and people try to juggle family, work dynamics, relationships, parents who age and much more. These are the reasons why my brother and I decided to launch this podcast »explained Michelle Obama in Instagram post in which he announced the release of his new podcast together with his brother.
The mutual affection between the former First Lady and his brother Craig Robinson has been known for some time now: in her autobiography Mrs. Obama describes it how The best brother that a sister may askbut also a child, a loving and caring father and husband. Craig Robinson is only two years older than the famous sister, he is A well -known former American basketball playercoach and 2020 Executive Director of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) from 2020.
Michelle Obama during an electoral rally in Kalamazoo, Michigan. (Getty Images)
The first episode of Imo by Michelle Obama
The introductory episode of Imo it is already available together with the second, in which the guest Issa Rae – American actress, producer and writer -Dialogue with the duo Robinson-Obama on friendship in adulthood. “I always thought that if I had not become a writer, I would have made the waitress,” Issa Rae begins who recently opened Somervillea new restaurant in Los Angeles. In the first episode of the podcast entitled Some friendships need to goIssa Rae reviews the friendships behind the high school and then opens regard The painful breakdown of a friendship with one of his partner. Building real relationships when you are on everyone’s mouth is not easy and the former First Lady also knows that talks about her closest friends, her roommate Angela in Princeton and the need to make new friends even during the years at the White House.
Why a new podcast
Why did Michelle choose to start this project with your brother? The answer comes in the introductory episode of the podcast: «I think there are many brothers who have a good relationship, but ours comes from a physical closeness that we had, we were not wealthy, we grew up in the same apartment, we shared the bedroom, which was actually the living room. The combination of a special fraternal relationship with the desire to give voice to individuals thus translates into the new podcast imo. The promise is to report only true stories, because it is what people need at this moment.
It is not the first time that Michelle Obama ventures into the world of podcasts: in 2020 she produced The Michelle Obama Podcastin which Barack Obama gave a general overview of the situation in the United States of America and the duties and responsibilities that everyone has towards their own country, community and others.
In 2023, however, it was the turn of The Light We Carry In which the former First Lady dialogue with Ellen Degeneres, Tyler Perry, Conan O’Brien and Oprah Winfrey, and a lot of other faces known in the television and entertainment world.
Michelle and politics
In recent years the former First Lady has distanced himself from the world of politics, But sometimes his absences have sent real messages. Like his defection on the occasion of the state funeral of the Democratic President Jimmy Carter and the one to the oath of Donald Trump, on January 20 in Capitol Hill. No further official explanations were made regarding its absence, but the American press did not hesitate to make hypotheses: “Simply hates Donald Trump” supported the NYT Magazine.
But who in the last few time has missed Mrs. Obama can now fill this void every week with this podcast. “I’ll be honest, I don’t have all the answers but there will be many opinionsmuch to learn and laugh. Because we need moments of light now ». Word of Michelle.
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