Former first lady Michelle Obama has a podcast coming out soon.
The Michelle Obama Podcast, which is set to debut exclusively on Spotify on July 29, will feature conversations about “the relationships that shape us,” including spouses, friends, and family, as well as health. It’s the first project from Spotify and Higher Ground, the media production company founded by former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, since they became exclusive partners about a year ago, according to Variety.
“Hosted by Michelle Obama, the series will bring listeners the former First Lady’s most candid and personal conversations, showing us what’s possible when we allow ourselves to be vulnerable, to open up, and to focus on what matters most,” the two companies said in a press release.
Every relationship starts with a conversation.
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Obama‘s mother, Marian Robinson, her older brother, Craig Robinson, Conan O’Brien, former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett, journalist Michele Norris, and Dr. Sharon Malone, wife of former Attorney General Eric Holder, will be guests on the podcast.
“My hope is that this series can be a place to explore meaningful topics together and sort through so many of the questions we’re all trying to answer in our own lives,” Obama said in a statement. “Perhaps most of all, I hope this podcast will help listeners open up new conversations — and hard conversations — with the people who matter most to them. That’s how we can build more understanding and empathy for one another.”
“We believe that audiences across the globe will be inspired by these most candid, most human and most personal conversations between first lady Michelle Obama and her guests,” Dawn Ostroff, Spotify’s chief content and advertising business officer, said about the announcement.
