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Michelle Obama: The Light Podcast

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Upon the release of her second bestselling book The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times, former First Lady Michelle Obama set out on a very special highly anticipated, six-city U.S...

Episodes

20 of 90 episodes

How Carla Hall Went from Theater Kid to Top Chef

Top Chef star and renowned cooking show judge Carla Hall takes us back to the Sunday Suppers she grew up going to at her grandmother's house...

00:54:57Dec 9, 2025

Happy Thanksgiving From Your Mama's Kitchen

On this special Thanksgiving episode of Your Mama's Kitchen, we take a walk down memory lane to reminisce on some of the greatest holiday ho...

00:35:22Nov 25, 2025

Padma Lakshmi’s Take on American Cuisine

Former Top Chef host and best-selling author Padma Lakshmi takes us back to her early childhood in Chennai, India where she was raised by he...

01:09:50Nov 18, 2025

Phil Rosenthal is Anthony Bourdain “If He Was Afraid of Everything”

Food adventurer Phil Rosenthal joins the show to talk about his childhood, his love of fluffy eggs, and how his breakout hit, Everybody Love...

01:01:47Nov 11, 2025

Life Is a Party and They Are The Hosts: A Conversation with Brie Larson & Courtney McBroom

Oscar-winning actress, Brie Larson, and her best friend, chef and dinner party guru Courtney McBroom, drop by to talk about their new cookbo...

00:54:43Nov 4, 2025

How a Crush on a Cute Guy Kickstarted Nancy Silverton’s Culinary Empire

In this special episode, we join James Beard Award-winning chef, baker and author Nancy Silverton in her new beautiful restaurant, Osteria M...

00:55:57Oct 28, 2025

Reggie Watts Has Made a Career Out of Being a Weirdo

Comic, musician, and actor Reggie Watts comes on the show to talk about his multi-faceted life. From being born in Germany to growing up in...

00:57:54Oct 21, 2025

The Second Opinion: It’s Not Hysteria! ft. Dr. Karen Tang

Did you know the word hysteria comes from the Greek word hystera , meaning uterus? On this episode, Dr. Karen Tang and Dr. Sharon chat about...

00:33:13Oct 20, 2025

How Tig Notaro Learned to be Funny Through it All

Comedian, actress and writer Tig Notaro joins us to share some of the most valuable lessons she learned from the darkest times in her life a...

00:57:40Oct 14, 2025

Scott Evans' Mama: We Are Not The Kool Aid House

Access Hollywood and House Guest host Scott Evans, brings us into the Indiana houses he lived in during his early years. From a young age, S...

00:50:17Oct 7, 2025

Erika Alexander's Journey From Starlight Inn to Stardom

Actress, producer and Living Single star, Erika Alexander opens up about her childhood home, which was at one point room in the Starlight Mo...

01:03:34Sep 30, 2025

How Coach Craig Robinson Almost Burned His House Down

Basketball coach and podcast host Craig Robinson shares his side of the story on what went on in the childhood kitchen he shared with his si...

00:57:42Sep 23, 2025

Kardea Brown's Shrimp and Grits Starts with Bacon

American chef and T.V. host Kardea Brown tells her family’s stories of Edisto Island and the Gullah Lowcountry in South Carolina. Kardea tal...

00:44:51Sep 16, 2025

How America Revealed Itself to Ocean Vuong

Novelist and poet, Ocean Vuong, traces his family’s path from Vietnam to a refugee camp in the Philippines to a new life in Connecticut. He...

01:00:26Sep 9, 2025

Jurnee Smollett Clocks in as the Flavor Flav of the Family

Actress Jurnee Smollett talks lessons in activism and creativity from her family. Being one of six children, Jurnee recounts how her mother...

00:49:30Jul 29, 2025

Sam Sanders on the Healing Powers of Smothered Chicken

Journalist, podcast host and radio star Sam Sanders takes us back to his roots in Texas, where everyone one in his house was a cook and ther...

00:51:55Jul 22, 2025

Molly Jong-Fast on Alcoholism, Dementia and a Mom Addicted to Fame

Michele chats with author, journalist, and political commentator Molly Jong-Fast. Molly's new book, How to Lose Your Mother: A Daughter's Me...

00:48:40Jul 15, 2025

How Pyet DeSpain Won Next Level Chef By Embracing Her Roots

Chef, cookbook author, and winner of Next Level Chef, Pyet DeSpain, shares how her Mexican and Native American roots shaped her extraordinar...

00:56:30Jul 8, 2025

Kevin Kwan's Crazy Rich History

Bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians , Kevin Kwan, reflects on his “Huck Finn-style” childhood in Singapore. He shares the real-life insp...

01:10:12Jul 1, 2025

The Borinquen Family that Keeps Lala Anthony Grounded

Actress, producer, best selling author, and previous MTV VJ, Lala Anthony talks about her Brooklyn upbringing. She shares how boricua food w...

00:54:59Jun 24, 2025