"The Friendship Bubble" with Elizabeth Alexander
Michelle Obama: The Light Podcast
Higher Ground
4.4 • 9.1K Ratings
🗓️ 2 May 2023
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Legendary poet and teacher Elizabeth Alexander sits down with Michelle to discuss their 30 years of friendship, how they struggled as young mothers, and crucial support their friend group has given to them at the low points in their lives. Elizabeth also draws the curtain back on what really happens when you go on a retreat to Camp David with the First Lady.
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| 0:00.0 | The Light Podcast is presented by Starbucks and into it. |
| 0:07.0 | It is wonderful to be here. |
| 0:10.0 | And I'm so excited about the evening that we have ahead. |
| 0:13.0 | And I want to tell you about my beloved sister friend, Michelle Obama. |
| 0:19.0 | We're here to talk about a long friendship. |
| 0:25.0 | Michelle and I first met more than 30 years ago. |
| 0:29.0 | In a magical village in Chicago called Hyde Park. |
| 0:34.0 | President Obama and I were both teaching at the university there. |
| 0:38.0 | Well before he became the president. |
| 0:40.0 | Well before it was even an idea. |
| 0:43.0 | It was before any of us had children. |
| 0:46.0 | It was before we moved away to other cities and new adventures. |
| 0:51.0 | But from that moment on, Michelle and I have been on a life journey together. |
| 0:58.0 | We were pregnant with our first children, Malia and Solo, at the same time. |
| 1:04.0 | And called ourselves, comadres. |
| 1:08.0 | We called ourselves comadres. |
| 1:10.0 | And we've been at each other's sides through the changes of motherhood as they grew to adulthood. |
| 1:15.0 | The changing nature of familyhood. |
| 1:18.0 | The twists and turns of careers, evolving bodies, growing older, making new dreams. |
| 1:25.0 | So tonight I am so honored and so very, very happy to introduce to you my beloved sister of 30 years. |
| 1:33.0 | Michelle Levan Robinson Obama. |
| 1:39.0 | Hey everyone, this is Michelle Obama. |
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