Best Of: News Anchor Katy Tur / Linda Villarosa On Racism & Healthcare

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🗓️ 18 June 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Katy Tur's parents ran a helicopter news service in LA in the '80s and '90s. While she loved the rush of flight, her family dynamic was a volatile one. We talk about her unusual childhood and her early career in journalism. She's now an anchor for MSNBC and a correspondent for NBC News. Tur's memoir is Rough Draft.

1619 Project journalist Linda Villarosa says bias in the healthcare system and the "weathering" affect of living in a racist society are taking a serious toll on Black people in America. Her new book is Under the Skin.

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0:00.0	From WHY-Y Infolidelphia, this is Fresh Air Weekend.
0:04.6	I'm Dave Davies and for Terry Gross.
0:07.2	Today, NBC News correspondent and MSNBC host Katie Turr.
0:12.1	In her new memoir, she reflects on her childhood, family relationships, and professional career.
0:17.5	Turr grew up around cameras and microphones.
0:20.2	Her parents ran a breaking news service in Los Angeles, shooting video from the helicopter
0:25.1	her dad piloted.
0:27.0	Her writes about her difficult relationship with her father, who she says was talented
0:31.4	and charismatic, but had a volatile temper and was at times abusive.
0:36.0	In 2013, her dad came out as a trans woman.
0:39.6	Also, journalist Linda Villarosa talks about why black people in the United States have
0:43.7	poorer health outcomes than whites.
0:45.9	She used to think it was poverty, but she says there's something else.
0:50.2	Racism.
0:51.2	Villarosa says studies show the stress of living with racism undermines health, and there's
0:55.7	evidence of bias in health care delivery.
1:00.4	My first guest, MSNBC anchor Katie Turr, was last on Fresh Air to talk about her book
1:05.9	Unbelievably, which chronicled her experience covering Donald Trump's first presidential
1:10.8	campaign.
1:12.4	Her new book is a more personal memoir, in which she reflects on her childhood, family relationships
1:18.0	and professional career.
1:19.9	In some ways, she seemed destined to be a broadcast journalist.
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