Barack Obama To Be First Visitor On Michelle Obama’s New Podcast

New York:

Michelle Obama is launching her new podcast, and who higher to be her first visitor than her husband, the previous US president.

She revealed Friday that Barack would star within the premiere of her podcast on July 29.

“The Michelle Obama Podcast,” to be completely broadcast on Spotify, will likely be a sequence of interviews pairing America’s first black first girl with one visitor per episode.

“I can not anticipate you all to listen to the conversations I have been having for the #MichelleObamaPodcast,” she tweeted.

“My mother, my girlfriends, my colleagues, and plenty of others all cease by, together with somebody you are fairly accustomed to: @BarackObama is my first visitor on 7/29.”

Others listed within the tweet as future company embrace former Obama aide and pal Valerie Jarrett, and discuss present host Conan O’Brien.

The podcast is produced by Increased Floor Productions, the corporate fashioned by the Obamas in 2018, which has additionally made content material offers with Netflix.

Among the many subjects to be mentioned by the Obamas are the coronavirus disaster and the protest motion sparked by the demise in police custody of George Floyd, in line with Hollywood business information outlet Selection, which heard a part of the primary episode.

The previous US president has been invited on podcasts earlier than — most lately in 2017 on “Pod Save America,” which is hosted by a few of his former staffers and speechwriters.

His well-liked spouse scored a publishing world victory along with her memoir “Turning into,” which was launched in November 2018.

Since then, greater than 11.5 million copies have been offered, and tens of hundreds of individuals attended guide occasions throughout the USA and overseas.

The guide additionally spawned a documentary, which was launched on Netflix in Could.

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