Michelle Obama: The Light Podcast

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Eric Kim

Episode Date: May 1, 2024

Eric Kim, staff writer and essayist for The New York Times food section, introduces us to his mother Jean’s exceptional Korean cooking, and to the sub...

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Natalie Morales

Episode Date: April 24, 2024

Journalist and television news personality Natalie Morales takes us back to her globetrotting childhood as a daughter in a military family. She remini...

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Mark Bittman

Episode Date: April 17, 2024

Award-winning food writer and journalist Mark Bittman walks us through the evolution of his relationship with all things culinary, beginning with his...

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Dr. Sharon Malone

Episode Date: April 10, 2024

Nationally renowned women’s health advocate Dr. Sharon Malone takes us back to her childhood in Mobile, Alabama where she lived through a monumental m...

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Nicole Avant

Episode Date: April 3, 2024

In this episode, Nicole Avant—daughter of legendary music mogul Clarence Avant—looks back at her bustling childhood kitchen, where prominent Black fig...

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Kristin Hannah

Episode Date: March 27, 2024

Award winning, best-selling author Kristin Hannah recounts her outdoorsy childhood living in farmhouses and campsites built by her adventurous dad. We...

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Judy Blume

Episode Date: March 13, 2024

Bestselling children’s book author and literary legend Judy Blume takes us back to her childhood New Jersey kitchen in the ‘40s, where she ate lamb ch...

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Mark Cuban

Episode Date: March 6, 2024

Mark Cuban — entrepreneur, fixture on the reality TV show Shark Tank, and born outsider — joins Michele this week. Mark shares how he acquired a do-wh...

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Tayari Jones

Episode Date: February 28, 2024

Award-winning novelist Tayari Jones speaks on her childhood in Atlanta, Georgia, where she was raised in the midst of the historic civil rights moveme...

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Bryant Terry

Episode Date: February 21, 2024

Bryant Terry – cookbook author, chef, food activist, conceptual artist and publisher – joins Michele at his University of California Berkeley art stud...

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George Takei

Episode Date: December 27, 2023

Michele is joined by author, civil rights activist, and famed Star Trek actor George Takei. George’s story of his mother’s kitchen is far different th...

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Jon Batiste

Episode Date: December 20, 2023

Singer, songwriter, composer, and genuine music lover Jon Batiste serenades us with his harmonica-keyboard while reminiscing on the sounds of his chil...

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Samin Nosrat

Episode Date: December 13, 2023

Michele joins chef Samin Nosrat, author of the New York Times bestseller Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking, to tell storie...

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Jeff Tweedy

Episode Date: December 6, 2023

Singer and songwriter Jeff Tweedy discusses cherished memories from his childhood kitchen in Illinois,and the invaluable time he spent at his kitchen...

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Michael Pollan

Episode Date: November 29, 2023

Author, journalist, and professor Michael Pollan talks about the influence Julia Child had on his mother’s kitchen and the nature of kitchens in Ameri...

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Al Roker

Episode Date: November 22, 2023

On this special Thanksgiving episode, we’re joined by America’s weatherman Al Roker. He shares Thanksgiving traditions new and old, plus tips on how t...

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Hari Kondabolu

Episode Date: November 15, 2023

In this episode of Your Mama’s Kitchen, comedian, writer and TV host Hari Kondabolu talks about growing up in Queens, New York City, where his mother...

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Andy Garcia

Episode Date: November 1, 2023

Actor Andy Garcia is someone who loves everything about food. Cooking it, shopping for it, talking about it. And that might be a surprise to some, bec...

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Matthew Broderick

Episode Date: October 17, 2023

Matthew Broderick has been celebrated for the iconic characters he’s played on stage and on screen. In this episode, he talks about what it was like t...

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Kerry Washington

Episode Date: October 11, 2023

 Kerry Washington is many things—actress, producer, director, activist, mother, and wife. She’s always projected a strong, family-focused persona...