Support Your Village with Regina and Reina King
IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Higher Ground
4.3 • 13.6K Ratings
🗓️ 21 January 2026
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
On this week’s IMO, Regina and Reina King join the show to talk about their bond as sisters. The two share what it’s like to be Los Angeles born and bred, their early forays into child acting, and how they have been grieving the loss of Regina’s son, Ian, who died in early 2022.
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| 0:00.0 | My mother had read that in China, they discipline their kids by kneeling on rice. |
| 0:05.3 | So she said, you can kneel on rice for 10 minutes or we take a break and you get the rest of these licks. |
| 0:13.0 | And so that's commitment to the lips. |
| 0:16.5 | And Raina was like, I'll take the rice. |
| 0:18.2 | And I was like, I just knew. |
| 0:19.9 | I was like, if only I knew, said I should have just got the rest of the list. Like, you could have been finished. Yeah. How about your mother researching Asian punishment? Right. You know, I mean, it's like that. A teacher. Right. You're like, let me find some real good stuff. Cut off. |
| 0:38.0 | Don't work. |
| 0:38.3 | Right. |
| 0:47.2 | This episode is brought to you by Therflu. |
| 0:50.8 | Hey, little girl. |
| 0:52.0 | Craig Robinson. |
| 0:53.9 | What's happening with you? I like your sinks. I have those. You have these? Yeah, I girl. Craig Robinson. What's happening with you? |
| 0:55.0 | I like your sinks. |
| 1:10.6 | I have those. You have these? Yeah, I do. Eleven's in black. No, I'm not the same. But I have that style, that high top. No, 11s are what they are, not the size. Oh, okay. I didn't know that. I don't know what things are all. Yeah, I see that. It's like, no, I don't wear an 11. |
| 1:12.6 | Especially not a men's 11. |
| 1:14.9 | Jeez. |
| 1:17.6 | Oh, my goodness. |
| 1:19.0 | What's going on? |
| 1:20.6 | You know, excited that to be here. |
| 1:24.3 | Yes. |
| 1:25.1 | Excited with our guests that we will introduce at some point. |
| 1:29.1 | I know. |
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