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It's Bolzai. I'm Jesse Thorne. So there's an art to doing a really good sit-down TV interview.

Now, I'm not talking about most of the interviews that you see on the news these days. Those kind of like talk show things, talking heads in boxes, yapping about the NFL or whatever the hottest stocks are. Those are fine. Don't get me wrong. I'm talking about two people

in a room together, soft lighting, comfy chairs, B-roll of the reporter and guest strolling somewhere,

maybe looking at family pictures.

Usually a poignant moment where the guest cries, that kind of thing. And when it comes to that

kind of thing, Connie Chung, my guest, is one of the best ever. A congressman suspected of murder,

an NBA All-Star with HIV, presidential candidates. She'd

handled them all with the perfect mix of warmth and tenacity. Chung also anchored. She was the

first Asian American to host a major network news show, only the second woman ever to do so.

It's an extraordinary career, and the only thing that might top it is the road that she took to get to where she is. That's the story contained

in Connie, a memoir. She writes about her time as a local newscaster here in Los Angeles, her childhood

in and around Washington, D.C., her family's

perilous journey to the U.S. from China, and about her biggest interviews. And now, me interviewing

Connie Chun. Let's get into it. Connie Chung, welcome to Bullseye. I'm so happy to have you on the show.

Well, thank you. Thank you so much. It's an honor for me to be on your program, but seriously.

I think you're the first standing guest we ever had on our show.

May I explain?

Yeah, sure.

I have a bad back.

I've been flying, you know, sitting on planes, sitting in cars, sitting at interviews.

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