Ava DuVernay: Groundbreaker
Next Question with Katie Couric
iHeartPodcasts
4.4 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 24 August 2017
⏱️ 46 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Katie and Brian pay a visit to Disney's studios in Burbank, California to talk with the inimitable director of Selma and 13th about everything from A Wrinkle In Time to her relationship with Oprah. They also discuss #OscarsSoWhite, criminal justice and the Ava DuVernay Barbie doll. Plus, how Ava made the leap from publicizing movies to directing them.
Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody are you ready for a brand new podcast that you had no idea existed? |
| 0:04.8 | I'm Roy Scovall and I'm Daniel van Kirk and it's the Pen Pals podcast. |
| 0:08.0 | Maybe you've had a pen pal before. |
| 0:09.6 | Well you have two of them right now. |
| 0:11.4 | You send us your letters about anything going on in your life. |
| 0:14.4 | Got a mean grandma, need a new haircut, whatever it is, send it to us and we have guests like Will Ferrell, |
| 0:19.4 | Andy Sandberg, Rose Byrne, Brett Goldstein and Mandy Moore. |
| 0:22.7 | Listen to the Pen Pals podcast on Will Ferrell's Big Money Players Network on the iHeart Radio app, |
| 0:27.4 | Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:57.4 | From iHeart Podcasts Supreme, the Battle for Row, tells the story of the unlikely champions behind the landmark case, Roe V Wade, |
| 1:09.9 | starring Maya Hawk as 26 year old lead attorney Sarah Weddington for challenging the Texas abortion laws in federal court. |
| 1:16.7 | And Academy Award nominee William H. Macy as Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackman. |
| 1:21.9 | Time is not the most important factor, getting it right is. |
| 1:25.4 | Listen to the podcast Supreme, the Battle for Row on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:40.5 | Hi Brian. |
| 1:41.3 | Hi Katie. |
| 1:42.0 | Well I'm very excited about our podcast today. |
| 1:44.7 | It's a conversation with Ava DeVernay, who has become so accomplished. |
| 1:50.8 | She's everywhere these days. |
| 1:52.7 | I first met her at the Sundance Film Festival a couple of years ago and she really wasn't a household name back then. |
| 1:59.6 | But I think today she's become one. |
| 2:01.6 | Of course she's done such critically acclaimed documentaries like 13th. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from iHeartPodcasts, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of iHeartPodcasts and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.