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Former President Barack Obama stopped by and was a guest on the July 16 episode of IMO, the show that Michelle co-hosts with her brother. The episode mainly revolves around a listener-submitted question about how to raise „emotionally intelligent, competent men“ in a world where the male loneliness epidemic exists. The former commander-in-chief shared his opinions, saying that men need a range of different role models, and gave the example of a gay professor he had in college.
This professor, Barack said, was out during a time when openly gay folks still weren’t out in life. „[He] became one of my favorite professors and was a great guy, and would call me out when I started saying stuff that was ignorant,” the former president said. “You need that! To show empathy and kindness.”