“Kids Just Want Our Gladness” with Hoda Kotb

Michelle Obama: The Light Podcast

Higher Ground

Self-improvement, Education, Society & Culture, Relationships

4.4 • 9.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Hoda and Michelle go deep on the importance of shining our light for others, especially children. They also talk about how they’ve navigated the most daunting challenges in their lives—from Michelle’s time as the first Black First Lady or Hoda’s decision to adopt kids late in life.

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0:00.0	The Light Podcast is presented by Starbucks and into it.
0:06.2	Okay, I am so happy to be here today.
0:11.5	And we are going to talk about the light we carry.
0:14.3	All right, so you know the people who, when they walk into the room, it lights up.
0:19.9	You walk in the room and the lights go on.
0:22.2	Sometimes it's bright, sometimes it's soft.
0:24.6	But I was just backstage talking to one of the brightest lights I have ever seen.
0:29.9	I've never met Mrs. Michelle Obama.
0:36.9	Hi everyone.
0:38.3	This is Michelle Obama and I am thrilled to welcome you to the very first episode of my
0:44.9	new podcast called The Light.
0:48.4	Like so many of you over the past couple of years, I've sometimes felt isolated, disconnected
0:55.3	and discouraged.
0:56.8	So much of our lives were thrown up in the air.
1:00.0	Our daily rhythms were stopped.
1:02.3	We were pulled apart from one another.
1:04.6	And we were left to put the pieces back together alone.
1:09.0	The conversations in this podcast are about the ways I've tried to regain my footing.
1:15.2	To reconnect with the people and the practices that keep me afloat.
1:20.2	We'll be exploring the topics and questions that so many of us are wrestling with.
1:26.0	Things like, how do we overcome fear?
1:29.6	How do we connect with others when it feels like folks are drifting apart?
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