IMO Live at SXSW: Combatting Hopelessness with Dr. Laurie Santos

Michelle Obama: The Light Podcast

Higher Ground

Self-improvement, Education, Society & Culture, Relationships

4.4 • 9.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Michelle and Craig host their first live podcast recording together at SXSW! They are joined by Dr. Laurie Santos, psychology professor and host of The Happiness Lab, to answer a listener question about finding hope in hard times. The group discusses how phones have contributed to the “always on” nature of stress, strategies to harness happiness is the everyday, and how to develop resilience for future challenges.

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by Rivian.
0:12.0	Please welcome to the stage, former First Lady Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson. Well, hey, South by Southwest.
0:37.4	Wow. Wow.
0:39.2	Austin.
0:40.8	Hi, Craig Robinson.
0:43.2	My big brother.
0:44.8	Yay.
0:46.8	He's so nice.
0:48.0	You all are nice.
0:49.8	But how about my sister, Michelle Obama?
0:52.3	Yeah.
0:56.9	You know, I'm not used to being up here with somebody.
1:00.9	Usually when I'm speaking, I'm speaking on my own, but I got company.
1:05.4	I appreciate it.
1:06.3	And I appreciate Monica remembering that I used to be a coach.
1:10.9	Go beavers.
1:11.9	We heard a lot of that.
1:13.7	Thanks, Monica.
1:14.7	Household.
1:15.7	You know, when was the last time we were on a big stage together, you remember?
1:20.6	It was been a while.
1:22.6	Yeah.
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