Aspire with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson: The Power of Knowing Your "Why"

Aspire with Emma Grede

E13 Media

Entrepreneurship, Business, Society & Culture

4.6 • 877 Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Emma sits down for an intimate, inspiring conversation with former First Lady Michelle Obama and her big brother, Craig Robinson. In this special episode, Michelle and Craig open up about family, leadership, and the values that shaped them, from their early years sharing on Chicago’s South Side to the White House. Michelle reflects candidly on balancing motherhood, public life, and personal ambition, while Craig shares heartfelt stories that highlight the emotional intelligence and unwavering support they learned from their parents. Together, they discuss how everyone can create meaningful change—starting exactly where they are. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	On today's very special episode of the Aspire podcast straight from Washington, D.C.,
0:15.0	we're getting ready to learn some life lessons from two of the best.
0:18.6	Former First Lady Michelle Obama and her big brother Craig Robinson
0:22.7	have inspired millions and now they're sitting down with me to open up about the biggest
0:27.7	takeaways they've learned along the way. If you're thinking about how to give your life more
0:32.4	meaning or what really matters, this is the episode for you.
0:48.6	Craig, Mrs. Obama.
0:50.8	Thank you. Thank you.
0:50.9	Thank you.
0:51.8	That sounded odd.
0:53.1	Thank you for that because I have a lot of Mrs. Obama, Mr. Obama, Mrs. Obama,
0:57.0	all through my thing.
0:58.8	I was not going to take the liberty.
1:00.6	So thank you for that.
1:02.1	I was ready to Mrs. Obama while away through this whole thing.
1:05.1	I wouldn't have let you do that.
1:06.7	I would not have let you.
1:08.1	She might have kept it.
1:09.2	Listen, she stopped me straight away, which I'm very, very grateful for. Thanks for. But I want to start by saying, I'm so happy to have you. I'm extremely grateful for the time and extremely excited to have this conversation. So we're here. Well, this is family here. Thank you. So we are happy to be here. You've been such a support to us, the foundation. You are amazing. And we're so proud of all that you're doing here. So we are thrilled. I will speak for my brother.
1:36.9	She is as she'd want to do.
1:40.0	Well, that means the most coming from you. And we can just finish now. Because that's all my name.
1:45.2	I am honestly, it's just been so wonderful, even doing the research about the two of you.
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