The Light Podcast

Michelle Obama dives deep into conversations with loved ones—family, friends, and colleagues—on the relationships in our lives that make us who we are.

Sometimes all it takes to get back on track or out of a funk is a new perspective, an encouraging pep talk, or a reminder that we’re not alone in our struggles. Whether you’re looking for a great self-help discussion to encourage personal growth, or a motivational message from one of your favorite writers, artists, or tv personalities, you’ll find something in this inspiring podcast.

Recent Episodes

•   “Excellence Is My Practice” with Gayle King
•   “The Power of Small” with David Letterman
•   “Decoding Fear” with Ellen DeGeneres
•   “Telling Myself That I Was Enough” with Conan O’Brien
•   “We All Have A Light” with Tyler Perry
•   “Kids Just Want Our Gladness” with Hoda Kotb

In Michelle Obama: The Light Podcast, the former First Lady and her friends share personal stories and insights you won’t encounter anywhere else. As Tyler Perry interviewed Michelle, the former first lady shared the following:

“Everybody got a light. They do. And you can’t start looking for the light when they’re grown and already broken. Where the light is for all of us is when we’re born, we are all born… I don’t care what race, what political background, what part of the planet we are on … if you’ve held a baby of any kind, you know they come with a light. They come with this beautiful openness, all of them. All of them. And what happens to them, if they’re lucky, they are blessed, and that light is fueled. It’s fueled with love, investment, opportunity.

“But for too many of us, that light is snuffed out, and it’s snuffed out by neglect and abuse and disinvestment. And for those who are exhibiting a lack of light as an adult … this is where empathy comes in.

“For me, I have to think, what happened to you? What happened to you over the course of your life that you are bitter or greedy or selfish or lacking in compassion or unable to see beyond your own fear. Something happens to kids to get them to that place where they, as adults, do not have light or can’t find it. But we all have it, and I think part of what we have to do is find it in ourselves, to start. Because you can’t give what you don’t have, and you can’t count on other people to give you your life.”

Michelle Obama brings humor and compassion to her new Audible original series. Listen at podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/michelle-obama-the-light-podcast.