Celebrating Norman Lear

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🗓️ 13 December 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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The celebrated writer and producer behind shows like The Jeffersons and All in the Family talks to Anna Sale about his childhood and how it shaped the way he's raised his own six kids.

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0:00.0	You're listening to the On the Media Midweek podcast, I'm Michael Lohanger.
0:04.1	Norman Lear, legendary screenwriter and producer, died last week at the age of 101.
0:11.8	There have been obits a plenty about him already so this week we're bringing you an
0:16.8	episode of death sex and money in which host Anna Sale and Norman Lear met and talked about family, death, and creativity.
0:25.9	The fact of my life is wherever you are at the moment it took every bit,
0:33.3	every second, every split second of your life to get there.
0:38.2	It's gone, you did it, it's over.
0:44.0	This is death death, sex and money.
0:46.0	This is a little girl.
0:47.0	Respect us for the debt.
0:48.0	Delivered me do.
0:50.0	The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot.
0:53.2	I think he's going through male menopause.
0:55.6	And need to talk about more.
0:57.3	We don't often talk about that sex, I'm money.
1:00.5	I'm Anna Sale. My name is Norman Lear.
1:05.0	I was born on the 27th of July,
1:08.0	1922, which makes me 93 if I'm counting correctly.
1:14.0	Norman Lear is the TV writer and producer behind iconic sitcoms like The Jeffersons,
1:20.7	all in the family good times and Maude
1:23.6	Carol you want to move then move you mean that no
1:29.5	His shows took real life and put it on the small screen.
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