Even the former FLOTUS is now a podcaster.
Michelle Obama is slated to host an eponymous podcast about relationships that will premiere exclusively on Spotify on July 29, the music giant announced Thursday.
The audio show — simply called “The Michelle Obama Podcast” — will explore the dynamics of all sorts of human connections between family, friends, mentors and lovers in order to “show us what is possible when we dare to be vulnerable,” the release states.
“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, 56, 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.”
The podcast will also afford the former first lady a platform to discuss topics not addressed in her 2018 best-selling memoir, “Becoming,” or in her subsequent 2020 Netflix documentary.Obama will be joined by an impressive list of guests each episode to discuss relationship topics, including Dr. Sharon Malone, an OB-GYN and wife of former Attorney General Eric Holder; Craig Robinson; Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser to Obama’s husband, President Barack Obama; writer Michele Norris, and late-night host Conan O’Brien.
“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,” Spotify chief content and advertising business officer Dawn Ostroff said in a statement.
The weekly show comes after Obama and her husband launched their own production company, Higher Ground, and brokered a partnership with Spotify in June last year.
Higher Ground’s first produced film, “American Factory,” went on to win the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2020. The Obama-backed company also produced the Netflix documentary “Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution.”
Michelle joins other celebs, including Kim Kardashian and Joe Rogan, in Spotify’s latest roster of shows.
