Brand New Day: Checking In w/ World Peace
Checking In with Michelle Williams
The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 578 Ratings
🗓️ 23 September 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
On this solo episode, Michelle brings listeners up to speed on a whirlwind few weeks filled with music, purpose, and powerful moments on the global stage. From singing the national anthem for the Raiders in Las Vegas to joining Andra Day and thousands of musicians at the United Nations Foundation’s Better Together event, Michelle reflects on what it means to stand for peace, unity, and hope in today’s world. This heartfelt check-in is part inspiration, part vulnerability, and part celebration of life’s opportunities—reminding us that even in heavy times, we can rise up, stay grounded, and find joy in connection.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.4 | Welcome to checking in with Michelle Williams, |
| 0:06.6 | a production of IHeart Radio and The Black Effect. |
| 0:17.5 | Hey, everybody, I miss you all so much, but if you stay tuned, I'll let you know what's been going on. |
| 0:29.0 | Hello, everybody. How I missed y'all so much over the past week. It has been an extraordinary past two weeks, including an |
| 0:46.2 | incredible opportunity that I will talk with y'all about in a few. So thank you all for |
| 0:53.8 | bearing with me and thank you for your patience. I could not wait to get back on |
| 0:58.1 | this microphone to check in, to check in and just see how y'all are doing and tell you what's been |
| 1:06.6 | going on with me. All is well. Again, it has been a busy, productive couple of weeks. |
| 1:19.5 | Feeling like, you know, thriving. But I can't say that I have done what I have instructed us to do. |
| 1:32.2 | The last episode, I talked about taking your days, making sure you're resting. |
| 1:40.4 | Well, because of these crazy opportunities that have come, I have not been able to take my days. |
| 1:48.7 | I've just had to kind of like, wait, did I take a day? |
| 1:52.5 | I did. |
| 1:53.1 | I took half a day. |
| 1:54.6 | I did take half a day. |
| 1:57.2 | So let me start with today. |
| 2:01.8 | No, no, no. |
| 2:02.4 | Let me start with last week in Las Vegas. |
| 2:07.8 | That opportunity came to me a few months ago. |
| 2:12.0 | And I have sang for the Raiders, like, it would have been three years in a row. I just wasn't able to do it last year because of freshly opening death becomes her on Broadway. But since 2022, I have sang for the Raiders. I've done the National Anthem. And the Raiders, that organization, |
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