Some Friendships Need to Go with Issa Rae

Michelle Obama: The Light Podcast

Higher Ground

Self-improvement, Education, Society & Culture, Relationships

4.4 • 9.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Issa Rae is an acclaimed actor, producer, writer, and restauranteur—but she’s also a student of modern adult friendships. She joins Michelle and Craig to answer a question from a listener who is struggling with the unexpected end of a long-term friendship. Issa asks why male friendships are so weird and shares lessons from a friendship falling out. Michelle offers lessons on how to maintain connections throughout life, and Craig takes a stand for the fellas – who, Issa and Michelle claim, have no idea how to use emojis to express actual emotion.

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0:00.0	Like, the crisis would require an emergency session.
0:03.4	Oh, my God.
0:03.9	Like somebody's on a train.
0:05.0	Yeah.
0:05.6	Flying.
0:06.5	You know, there's movement.
0:08.3	And you're not going to deal with a crisis.
0:10.2	Yeah, I was like, we're coming.
0:11.5	We're coming.
0:12.2	It's a crisis.
0:12.9	My friend's dog died.
0:14.1	We were all there at the house bringing her favorite snack.
0:18.0	Like, this is took off work.
0:21.0	That is a script.
0:22.1	That is something that you could write on television.
0:25.9	Plan and doing a text, like, you know, she's not going to be good.
0:28.5	Like, she doesn't need this right now, you know?
0:31.3	Right, right.
0:32.3	You know what's so horrible about that is guys would be like, damn.
0:35.4	Yeah.
0:36.9	That's not a crisis. Damn. That's not a crisis.
0:38.3	Damn.
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