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 sister, Michelle Obama in the South Side of Chicago. He talks about the lessons he learned at the kitchen table when his family wasn’t very well off and how his mother was always a big supporter — Even when he and his sister started a kitchen fire as kids. Plus, he tells us how to make his mama’s Fried Chicken. See Privacy Policy at and California Privacy Notice at .

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How Coach Craig Robinson Almost Burned His House Down is an episode from Michelle Obama: The Light Podcast by Higher Ground.

This episode is 00:57:42 long.

This episode was published on Sep 23, 2025.

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