Issa Rae on Friendships That Need to Go, from IMO

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Society & Culture, Comedy

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🗓️ 12 March 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Sharing a new show from our friends at Higher Ground, hosted by Michelle Obama. On IMO, Michelle and her big brother Craig Robinson bring their candid perspectives to the everyday questions shaping our lives, relationships and the world around us. Each week, they’re joined by a guest to tackle real questions from real folks just like you offering practical advice, personal storytelling, and plenty of laughs. Topics range from dating and relationships, to family and faith. Michelle and Craig share stories about being there for each other throughout their lives, from first crushes and fraught college years, to landing at the White House, to losing their mom. For six decades they’ve been each others’ most trusted counsel—and now, they want to be that counsel for you. In this episode, they’re joined by actress Issa Rae for a topic we've discussed many times on Unladylike: female friendships. Issa helps a listener navigate the challenge of mismatched expectations in adult friendships.

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0:00.0	Hey, on ladies, I have a treat for y'all today. I am dropping into your feeds, a brand new show from our friends at Higher Ground, hosted by the Michelle Obama.
0:13.6	On her new podcast, IMO, Michelle and her big brother, Craig Robinson, share their candid perspectives to the everyday questions
0:23.5	shaping our lives, relationships, and the world around us. Each week, they're joined by a guest
0:29.8	to tackle real questions from real folks just like us, offering practical advice, personal
0:35.7	storytelling, and plenty of laughs. For six decades, they have been
0:40.5	each other's most trusted advisors, and now they want to be those advisors for you. In this episode,
0:48.0	they're joined by actress and icon Issa Ray for a topic we've discussed many times on on ladylike,
0:54.0	female friendships. Issa helps a listener topic we've discussed many times on on ladylike female friendships.
0:55.9	Issa helps a listener navigate the very relatable challenge of mismatched expectations in
1:01.9	adult friendships. She also wonders why male friendships are so challenging and shares a friendship
1:09.2	falling out that she experienced herself. Michelle offers lessons
1:13.4	on how to maintain connections throughout life, and Craig takes a stand for the fellas, who,
1:20.7	Issa and Michelle claim, have no idea how to use emojis to express actual emotions. Okay, here comes the preview.
1:28.9	You can find more episodes of IMO wherever you get podcasts.
1:36.7	Like the crisis would require an emergency session.
1:40.2	Oh, my God.
1:40.6	Like somebody's on a train.
1:41.7	Yeah, flying.
1:43.3	You know, there's movement. And you're not going to deal with the crisis. Yeah, I was like's on a train. Yeah. Flying. You know, there's movement.
1:45.1	And you're not going to deal with a crisis.
1:46.9	Yeah, I was like, we're coming.
1:48.3	We're coming.
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