Michelle Obama Launches Podcast Based on ‘The Light We Carry’

Michelle Obama’s recent celebrity-filled book tour is turning into a podcast.

Audible announced on Wednesday that the former First Lady will launch the “Michelle Obama: The Light Podcast” on March 7. It’s based on Obama’s tour to promote her latest best-selling book, The Light We Carry, and features special guests Oprah Winfrey and Ellen DeGeneres, Tyler Perry, David Letterman and more.

“Although only a few thousand people were able to attend the events live, these remarkable conversations can now be heard by all,” Audible said in a press release. The eight-episode podcast “goes beyond the book as Michelle Obama and her friends share personal stories and insights listeners won’t find anywhere else.”

Obama said in a statement that the book tour was a way to expand on the book’s reflections on dealing with stress and change, and a chance to “reconnect with real people.” The podcast, she said, is “a deeper exploration of those fun and meaningful moments.”

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Obama released The Light We Carry on November 15 and began her publicity tour that same evening. She was joined in Washington for DeGeneres’ first event.

The podcast is the first original project in a multi-year deal between Audible and Higher Ground Productions, started by Barack and Michelle Obama after they left the White House. The company has produced several acclaimed documentaries, including the Oscar-winning film American Factory.

Episodes of The Light Podcast will be exclusive to Audible for two weeks, after which they will be widely distributed on other podcast platforms.