Forward of former First Woman Michelle Obama and her brother Craig Robinson‘s look right here at SXSW, the duo have introduced a brand new podcast collection, IMO with Michelle Obama & Craig Robinson which can launch on March 12 with two episodes. The 2 will take the stage in Austin on Thursday, March 13 at 1PM CT the place they’ll be recording one other episode of IMO.
Larger Floor, the media firm that Michelle Obama based with President Barack Obama, is producing the collection.
On IMO, the previous First Woman and her older brother, Craig Robinson, give their opinions and candid views to the on a regular basis questions shaping our lives, relationships, and the world round us. The primary two episodes of IMO, will function an intro episode and one with Issa Rae.
Every week on IMO, Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson might be joined by a particular visitor with lived expertise to deal with viewers questions with sensible recommendation and relatable anecdotes. Rae might be speaking in regards to the challenges of mismatched expectations in grownup friendships.
“With every little thing happening on the planet, we’re all searching for solutions and other people to show to,” mentioned former First Woman Mrs. Michelle Obama. “My brother Craig and I launched the IMO podcast to create an area for individuals to come back as they’re, ask sincere questions, give their opinions, and have considerate conversations about life. There isn’t any single technique to take care of the challenges we could also be going through — whether or not it’s household, religion, or our private relationships — however taking the time to open up and speak about these points can present hope.”
“We grew up speaking by way of life’s massive and small questions collectively,” added Robinson, government director of the Nationwide Affiliation of Basketball Coaches (NABC). “And now, we’re inviting listeners into that dialog, with the hope that it sparks new concepts, new views, and creates the connection we might all use proper now.”
Different episodes embody scientific psychologist Dr. Orna Guralnik, who’ll focus on constructing wholesome connections in a wedding. Keke Palmer will share her journey of discovering stability between private sacrifices and profession success. Social psychologist and bestselling creator Jonathan Haidt will discover what number of can reverse the 2 main interlocking adjustments to childhood: the lack of play-based childhood and the rise of the phone-based childhood. Seth and Lauren Rogen will share their expertise caring for growing old mother and father and being a part of the “sandwich era.” Jay Shetty delves into the dangers of taking profession leaps whereas sustaining household priorities. Company all through the season additionally embody Glennon Doyle and Abby Wambach, Tyler Perry, Elaine Welteroth, Tracee Ellis Ross, Angie Martinez, Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union, Logan Ury and Brian Chesky amongst others.
Larger Floor has been behind a number of podcasts together with The Surprise of Stevie, a seven-episode collection that covers the performer’s profession; Your Mama’s Kitchen, the place award-winning journalist Michele Norris and her friends discover the complexities of household life and the way their earliest culinary experiences helped form their private {and professional} lives; Michelle Obama: The Mild Podcast, an Audible Authentic which options the previous First Woman’s conversations with Ellen DeGeneres, Tyler Perry, Conan O’Brien, and Oprah Winfrey; The Huge Hit Present, a collection of audio documentaries hosted by Alex Pappademas centered on items which have outlined and altered tradition; Inform Them, I Am, a podcast assortment of common tales from Muslim voices; Renegades: Born within the USA, a collection of conversations between President Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen; The Michelle Obama Podcast; and The Sum of Us podcast collection, based mostly on Heather McGhee’s bestselling e book.
IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson might be obtainable on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever podcasts can be found.
