Michelle Obama and her brother, Craig Robinson, launched a new weekly podcast sequence titled “IMO with Michelle Obama & Craig Robinson”. The sequence will characteristic friends from the leisure, sports activities, well being, or enterprise fields. IMO is slang for “in my opinion.”
The podcast will tackle “everyday questions shaping our lives, relationships and the world around us,” in accordance to a press launch.
Ms. Obama elaborated in an Instagram publish on her motivation for launching the new podcast. “There’s a lot going on in the world right now. We’re living through some really complicated and confusing times and on top of that, folks are trying to juggle family life, work dynamics, relationships, aging parents, and more. That’s why my brother @CraigMalRob and I are launching our new podcast — @IMOPodcasts with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson.” she mentioned.
IMO podcast launch date and where are you able to pay attention?
The first two episodes of the IMO podcast— the primary is an introductory one and the second options actor Issa Rae — was premiered on March 12. New episodes can be launched weekly and can be obtainable on all audio platforms like Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. The new podcast is a manufacturing of Higher Ground, the media firm based in 2018 by the previous president and former first girl.
Following the discharge of the primary episode, Ms. Obama posted on Instagram “I’m so excited for you to get to know my big brother @craigmalrob on the IMO podcast! In our first episode, we share stories about growing up on Euclid Avenue in Chicago and the journey that led us to who we are today — from life on the South Side to going to college together to the White House and, more recently, our experience after losing our mom. It’s been a lot, but we always know that we’ll have each other’s backs.”
Who are on the guest checklist of Michelle Obama’s podcast sequence?
Some of the friends slated to converse to the previous first girl and Robinson, the manager director of the National Association of Basketball Coaches, embody the actors Issa Rae and Keke Palmer and psychologist Dr. Orna Guralnik.
Other friends embody filmmakers Seth and Lauren Rogan; soccer star Abby Wambach; authors Jay Shetty, Glennon Doyle and Logan Ury; editor Elaine Welteroth; radio character Angie Martinez; media mogul Tyler Perry; actor Tracee Ellis Ross; husband-and-wife athlete and actor Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union; and Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky.
What are Michelle Obama’s earlier podcasts?
Ms. Obama has had two different podcasts — “The Michelle Obama Podcast” in 2020 and one other in 2023, “The Light We Carry.” Her husband, Barack Obama, provided a sequence of conversations about American life between him and singer Bruce Springsteen.
Published – March 13, 2025 10:22 am IST
