Hoard Memories with Loved Ones with Dave Chappelle
5/6/20261 hr 44 min
Legendary comedian Dave Chappelle joins Michelle and Craig from WYSO, the public radio station in Dave's hometown, Yellow Springs, Ohio. Dave dishes about growing up with a double life -- one in a small town and one in a city -- what he's learned about himself as a dad, how crucial it is to live in community, and how his mom taught him to not fear being great.
Have a question you want answered? Write to us at imopod.com.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Clips
Transcript preview
First 90 secondsDave Chappelle· Guest0:00
I used to shadow my dad around town, and he had this thing he would do, not with everybody, with certain people. "Hey, how you doing?" They'd be, "I'm good, man." And he'd be, and he would look at them and be like, "No, how are you doing?" [laughs] [laughs] And then they, "Well, you know..."
Michelle Obama· Host0:14
Yeah.
Dave Chappelle· Guest0:14
And then they- Yeah ... then they'd say what the real thing was. But then, uh, uh, it taught me again- Mm ... everyone's like a book that I haven't read.
Michelle Obama· Host0:22
Yes.
Dave Chappelle· Guest0:23
A- and, and man, sometimes I can get past the cover and, and, and man, I learn so much from, from so many unlikely people.
Michelle Obama· Host0:30
Mm.
Dave Chappelle· Guest0:30
So, uh, a- and then of course I take those lessons around the world and make millions and millions of dollars.
Michelle Obama· Host0:40
[laughs] [upbeat music] This episode is brought to you by Chase Home Lending.
Craig Robinson· Host0:50
Hey, little girl, how are you doing?
Michelle Obama· Host0:53
Well, I'm doing just fine. We've got a special episode ahead. We are, we, we are out of the studio, and we are in Ohio in a beautiful town.
Craig Robinson· Host1:03
Yellow Springs.
Dave Chappelle· Guest1:06
Yellow Springs.
Michelle Obama· Host1:06
I was gonna, you know, d- She was setting me up ... our guest is not supposed to be here.
Craig Robinson· Host1:11
He's not. He, he, he- And he's not supposed to be talking, but I think it'll be- He, he failed the first test ...
Michelle Obama· Host1:15
right.
Craig Robinson· Host1:15
[laughs] He's not supposed to be here.
Michelle Obama· Host1:17
[laughs] But it's good to, to see you. I haven't seen you in a couple of weeks.
Craig Robinson· Host1:20
I know. It's, it feels like months I haven't seen you. So- It has been months.
Michelle Obama· Host1:23
It has been months ...
Craig Robinson· Host1:23
now that we've been doing this podcast, I get to see my, my lovely sister at least once a month, but