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Newt's World

Episode 15: Founding Mothers

Newt's World

Gingrich 360

News, Politics

4.66.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

For Mother's Day, we're celebrating the Founding Mothers -- the wives, daughters and sisters who raised our nation. Newt's guest is veteran journalist and author, Cokie Roberts.

Transcript

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0:50.0

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0:52.8

On this episode of Newt's World, for Mother's Day, I invited Koki Roberts to join me to talk about her wonderful book, Founding Mother's, the women who raised our nation.

1:10.6

Koki and I have known each other for many years.

1:13.6

We first met when I came to Congress and Koki covered me for NPR. That was 41 years ago.

1:21.2

In her more than 40 years in broadcasting, she's won countless awards, including three Emmys.

1:27.9

She has also been inducted into the broadcasting in K-Bahal of Fame.

1:32.0

She is currently a commentator for Morning Edition, one NPR, and a contributor to ABC News.

1:39.2

We both share a passion for the history of the founding of our nation and a passion for this process of Democratic self-government.

1:47.5

I'm really pleased to welcome her as my guest.

1:50.9

Koki, it's wonderful to still be friends after four decades.

2:07.2

One of the things that binds us the most people don't know about is that not only is my wife, Callista, an ambassador to Vatican,

2:14.7

but your mother, who is probably the most beloved ambassador that the US has sent.

2:20.2

When we talk to people about her, it's just amazing the response to Lindy Boggs' name, the fact that she came over.

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