Hi, my name is Michelle Obama, and I feel cautiously optimistic about being Conan O'Brien's

friend.

Hello, welcome to Conan O'Brien's Needs A Friend. This is Conan O'Brien. This is a very

special episode of our podcast. We're on a flight to Milwaukee, and the airline has kindly

let us set up our podcast equipment. I think in violation of most FAA rules. Today I'm going

to be speaking with former First Lady Michelle Obama, and we are really looking forward to

having her on our little show as a guest. I'm joined as always by my trusty team of Sleepy

Ninjas, Sonoma Obsession, my assistant, Hi, Sonoma. Hi, Conan. How are you? I am so happy

that I get to go on this trip. I have never been so happy to go on a trip with you. Have

you met the First Lady before? I've worked. I've worked with her a couple of times, but you

haven't met her. I've gone to a lot of the events where she is, but I've only stared at her

from far away. Yeah, that's creepy. Don't do that. When we-

We're gonna get our security room. Yes, and Matt Gourley, of course. Not sure what role you play

in this whole thing. I'm literally the producer. That's- That is my role and title. Yeah, never

really. I've been in the business a long time. In television, I've never really known what a producer

does. I know what I do. This is a thrilling mission, though. I'm so excited to be- Yes,

or- Now, this is- I want to get right to the point, because we don't have time to waste.

We're going to be interviewing Michelle Obama. This is a big deal. We need to act like professionals.

Okay. Now, yes, we- You're selling us. Well, I am, frankly, because- You know, we can get kind of

loose and we can get kind of goofy, and by we, I mean you too, I'm sort of the anchor, but this is

talking to an international icon, someone who's beloved around the world. As I said, a former first

lady, someone who has one of the biggest selling books in the world right now, certainly, and we're

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