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IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson

Hoard Memories with Loved Ones with Dave Chappelle

IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson

Higher Ground

Education, Self-improvement, Society & Culture

4.313.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2026

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Summary

Legendary comedian Dave Chappelle joins Michelle and Craig from WYSO, the public radio station in Dave's hometown, Yellow Springs, Ohio. Dave dishes about growing up with a double life -- one in a small town and one in a city -- what he's learned about himself as a dad, how crucial it is to live in community, and how his mom taught him to not fear being great.

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0:00.0

I used to shout on my dad around town.

0:02.9

He had this thing he would do.

0:04.4

Not with everybody with certain people.

0:05.8

Hey, how are you doing?

0:06.6

I'm good, man.

0:07.5

And he would look at him and be like,

0:09.0

now, how are you doing?

0:13.5

And then they'd well, you know,

0:14.7

then they'd say what the real thing was.

0:17.0

But then it taught me again.

0:20.5

Everyone's like a book that I haven't read.

0:23.1

Yes. And man,

0:24.7

sometimes I can get past the cover. And man, I learned so much

0:28.6

from so many unlikely people.

0:31.9

So,

0:32.9

and then, of course, I take those lessons around the world

0:36.6

and make millions, millions of dollars.

0:46.2

This episode is brought to you by Chase Home Lending.

0:51.6

Hey, little girl. How are you doing?

0:53.4

Well, I'm doing just fine. We've got a special episode ahead. We are, we are out of the studio, and we are in Ohio in a beautiful town. Yellow Springs.

1:06.6

I was going to, you know, our guest is not supposed to be here.

1:11.3

He's not supposed to be talking, but I think it'll be. He failed the first test. He's not supposed to be here. But it's good to see you. I haven't seen you in a couple of weeks. I know. It feels like months I haven't seen you. It has been months. that we've been doing this podcast, I get to see my, my lovely sister at least once a month,

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