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“Excellence Is My Practice” with Gayle King

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“Excellence Is My Practice” with Gayle King

By: Michelle Obama, Gayle King
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Parenting is the focus of this conversation: Gayle opens up about how she approached raising her “favorite daughter” and “favorite son," and Michelle discusses her fight to keep her daughters normal in the White House. (Spoiler: Driving lessons and dating are pretty tricky.) She also shares stories about watching the girls now that they’re launched and living together.

Find the episode transcript here: audible.com/tlp/episode6

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About the Creator and Performer

Michelle Robinson Obama served as First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School, Mrs. Obama started her career as an attorney at the Chicago law firm Sidley & Austin, where she met her future husband, Barack Obama. She later worked in the Chicago mayor's office, at the University of Chicago, and at the University of Chicago Medical Center. Mrs. Obama also founded the Chicago chapter of Public Allies, an organization that prepares young people for careers in public service.
The Obamas currently live in Washington, DC, and have two daughters, Malia and Sasha.

About the Guest

Gayle King is co-host of CBS Mornings. An accomplished television journalist, King interviews top newsmakers and delivers original reporting to CBS Mornings and all CBS News broadcasts and platforms. She is also editor-at-large of Oprah Daily and hosts a live, weekly radio show titled Gayle King in the House on SiriusXM.
Since joining CBS News in 2011, King has conducted revealing and news-making interviews with world leaders, political figures and celebrities, including former President Barack Obama; Secretary of State Mike Pompeo; Bruce Springsteen; Dave Chappelle; Dylan Farrow; Chris Rock; Elon Musk; Billie Eilish; R. Kelly; and Michelle Obama and her mother, Marian Robinson, in their first TV interview together. She also conducted the final interviews with Representative John Lewis and Cicely Tyson before their passing.
King has received numerous awards for her extensive work as a journalist, including three Emmys. Most recently, Gayle was honored with the 39th Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism presented by Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. In 2018 she was inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame and in 2019 she was selected for the TIME 100, Time magazine’s annual list of the hundred most influential people in the world.

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Didn’t know before that Gayle and Michelle were such good friends. Great conversation between them.

Uplifting

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This series is fantastic. More frank than I expected, less glitzy. Michele Obama is a force of nature.

Love it

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I’m a manly man from Hawai’i and I truly enjoyed Michelle’s podcast! Easy listening! Inspirational! I see why Mr. President is blessed 😇

Amazing Grace

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Positive, inspiring, and upbeat each time. Excellent reminder that practicing excellence will leads to living and leading with excellence.

Nothing but 5 stars

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I love listening to Michele Obama! She makes me believe I can do it!! I look forward to every episode of her Light Podcast!

What an inspiration!

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Thank you for brightening the world with your light! So relatable and encouraging. So articulate and inspiring.

Michelle, full of grace.

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This podcast, as are ALL things from Michelle Obama, is PHENOMENAL! Inspiration, Encouragement, Wisdom, Humor and SO MUCH MORE! Love, love, love! Michelle, if you’re reading this, I think we should be friends! I’ll try not to go all “fan girl” on you!

Listen to this podcast!

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Michelle Obama is such an inspiration. She’s funny, intelligent and just a real one through and through,

Love Michelle ❤️

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I just love these short interviews. I’ve read the books and I’m so grateful to have these interviews as an extension.

Lovely Interactions

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We all need people in our lives to remind us that the good fight is just that, a worthwhile and important fight; to love and to live life that is inspiring, impactful and empowering others to live the life they were called to live with love and gladness. Michelle has such a beautiful and wholesome way of expressing just that with a level of realness that is so appreciated. 💕👑✨

So much YES

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