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Wholesome, intimate and suspiciously vague: The Michelle Obama Podcast reviewed

Michelle and Barack‘s admiration for each other feels real and clear – or at least brilliantly faked

Michelle Obama talks so much about ‘becoming we’ and ‘we-ness’ that it's quite easy to forget that mostly she is just talking about herself. Photo: Nathan Congleton / NBCU Photo Bank / Getty Images
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