Michelle Obama: Becoming, Part 1

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4.6 • 32.9K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2018

⏱️ 41 minutes

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At the Hearst Tower in New York City, Oprah Winfrey and Michelle Obama sit down for a conversation about Mrs. Obama’s much-anticipated memoir “Becoming.” The two speak in front of an audience that includes a group of local, female high school students. The former first lady, mother, wife, attorney and author discusses the life experiences that have shaped her. She reminisces about her humble childhood on the South Side of Chicago with her family, which she describes as “four corners of a square:” her mother, Marian, her late father, Fraser, and her brother, Craig. Mrs. Obama explains how her parents invested everything they had into her and her brother’s futures. She discusses her years as an attorney and executive in Chicago and how she worked to balance the demands of her career and raising two daughters. Mrs. Obama candidly discusses some of the challenges she and Barack Obama faced during the early years of their marriage, including a stint in counseling. She also opens up about her years in the White House and the pressure of being the “first black family” to live there. Finally, Mrs. Obama explains her thoughts on how she believes President Trump put her family’s safety at risk.

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0:00.0	I'm Oprah Winfrey. Welcome to Super Soul Conversations, the podcast. I believe that one of
0:07.0	the most valuable gifts you can give yourself is time, taking time to be more fully present.
0:15.5	Your journey to become more inspired and connected to the deeper world around us starts right
0:22.6	now.
0:23.9	I have known Michelle Obama now for 14 years and during that time we've done several fascinating
0:30.1	interviews together and let me tell you this, she is everything you think she is and
0:35.4	then some.
0:36.4	Today, a new conversation, our first interview since she left the White House. At the
0:41.6	herst hour in New York, we sat down with an audience that included a group of girls
0:46.1	from a local high school. You know Michelle and I both love a chance to talk with rising
0:50.8	young women. The world has been waiting to read her new memoir becoming and let me tell
0:55.5	you it's worth the wait. I loved it so much I chose it as my latest book club selection.
1:01.3	Michelle writes exquisitely about everything we all wanted to know from her humble childhood
1:07.3	to meeting and being courted by Barack Obama. There are revelations about their marriage
1:12.7	and her thoughts on President Trump. When she served our country as the 44th First Lady,
1:18.9	she did it with such dignity, grace and style. Not one scandal, not a misstep. She was the
1:26.6	epitome of what a First Lady could be. When you read becoming, you'll also learn that
1:32.8	she's really just like all of us. And at her core, she's still a girl from the south
1:38.5	side of Chicago.
1:40.1	Ladies welcome Mrs. Michelle Lavanne Robinson Obama to the stage.
1:49.1	Yes you.
1:58.1	Thank you.
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