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Michelle Obama has launched a new podcast called IMO (as in, ‘in my opinion’)

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Former US first lady Michelle Obama has launched a new podcast called IMO .

Co-hosted by her and her brother, Craig Robinson , the pod’s aim, according to Obama , is to let people in’ and have honest conversations about how people are working it through’ The faux-humility soon grates, but IMO is not quite what it seems.

She assumes the Democratic base which, let’s face it, is the only source of audience for this show will consume any old slop. The rest of us, however, will give this empty, cliché-ridden affair a very wide berth. Jenny Holland is a former newspaper reporter and speechwriter. Visit her Substack here..

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English

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