Ep. 71 • Craig Robinson

Sep 24

How Coach Craig Robinson Almost Burned His House Down

Basketball coach and podcast host Craig Robinson shares his side of the story on what went on in the childhood kitchen he shared with his sister, Michelle Obama in the South Side of Chicago. He talks about the lessons he learned at the kitchen table when his family wasn’t very well off and how his mother was always a big supporter — Even when he and his sister started a kitchen fire as kids. Plus, he tells us how to make his mama’s Fried Chicken.

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Produced by Sonia Htoon.

Associate Producers are Camila Thur de Koos and Jenna Levin.

Sound design and engineering from Andrew Eapen, Ryan Kozlowski and Roy Baum.

Executive producers for Higher Ground are Mukta Mohan, Dan Fierman and Michele Norris.

The show’s closing song is 504 by The Soul Rebels.

Editorial and web design from Melissa Bear and Say What Media. Talent booker is Angela Peluso.