How Coach Craig Robinson Almost Burned His House Down
Your Mama’s Kitchen
Higher Ground
4.6 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 23 September 2025
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Basketball coach and podcast host Craig Robinson shares his side of the story on what went on in the childhood kitchen he shared with his sister, Michelle Obama in the South Side of Chicago. He talks about the lessons he learned at the kitchen table when his family wasn’t very well off and how his mother was always a big supporter — Even when he and his sister started a kitchen fire as kids. Plus, he tells us how to make his mama’s Fried Chicken.
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| 0:00.0 | Your Mama's Kitchen is brought to you by Rivian. |
| 0:08.8 | We got this gigantic fire going and no fire extinguisher. |
| 0:14.9 | We don't know what to do. |
| 0:16.6 | And we're like, Mom, Dad, the toaster's on fire. |
| 0:20.7 | My mom jumps up out of the bed and she came into the kitchen, picked up the toaster, |
| 0:27.9 | unplugged it, picked it up and put it in the sink and turn the water on and put the fire out. |
| 0:33.9 | Just like that. |
| 0:35.4 | And we almost burned the house down. |
| 0:40.0 | And my mom was so understanding and caring. |
| 0:43.9 | She was more worried about us being traumatized that she said, oh man, I'm glad you all, |
| 0:51.2 | I'm glad the house didn't burn down and now I can get a new toaster. |
| 0:55.3 | So she was like celebrating the fact that we enabled her to get a toaster. |
| 1:01.5 | And I know she was probably scared to death when she came in there. |
| 1:05.2 | I mean, flames going up to the ceiling. |
| 1:14.4 | Aloha. going up to the ceiling. Hello, hello. |
| 1:15.3 | Welcome back to your mama's kitchen. |
| 1:16.9 | This is a place where we explore how we are shaped as adults by the kitchens that we grew |
| 1:21.2 | up in as kids, not just the food, but all the things that happened there. |
| 1:25.8 | The conversations, the laughter, the music on the |
| 1:29.5 | radio. I'm Michelle Norris, and our guest today is Craig Robinson. Now, there are a couple of |
| 1:35.3 | famous Craig Robinson's. There's the comedic actor known for his roles in the office and films like |
| 1:41.4 | Hot Tub Time Machine. he's a funny dude. |
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