From The Archives: A 2008 Conversation With Barbara Walters

Diane Rehm: On My Mind

WAMU 88.5

Artists And Thinkers Right Here As Diane Transitions This Podcast To Weekly Episodes That We’ll Be Calling “On My Mind.”, News, Writers, Fans Of The Diane Rehm Show Can Continue To Listen To Its Trademark Conversations With Newsmakers

4.7 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In honor of Women’s History Month, today’s episode of On My Mind is a conversation from the archives with legendary broadcaster Barbara Walters. She died in December at age 93.

Walters joined Diane in the studio in 2008, shortly after the release of her memoir, “Audition.” She talked about the challenges of her childhood and her status as a pioneer in the television news industry.

Walters told Diane that she was not deliberately “paving the way,” but rather when faced with unfair treatment was simply saying: “You cannot do this to me because I’m a woman.”

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hi, this is Allison, producer here at On My Mind.
0:08.0	Today's episode is a conversation from the archives in honor of Women's History Month,
0:12.2	with legendary broadcaster Barbara Walters.
0:15.2	She died in December at age 93.
0:18.1	Walters joined Diane in the studio in 2008, shortly after the release of her memoir titled
0:22.4	Audition.
0:23.4	She talked about the challenges of her childhood and her status as a pioneer in the industry.
0:28.6	Walters told Diane that she wasn't deliberately paving the way, but when treated unfairly,
0:32.9	she was simply saying, quote, you cannot do this to me because I'm a woman.
0:37.5	The interview has been edited for Length and Clarity.
0:58.6	Thanks for joining us, I'm Diane Reim.
1:12.3	Barbara Walters says, young people starting out in television often say to her, I want
1:19.5	to be you.
1:21.1	She always replies, then you have to take the whole package.
1:27.8	Most people know her as a groundbreaking journalist and one of the most famous interviewers
1:34.4	on television.
1:36.6	Now for the first time, she's unwrapping the whole package in a new memoir titled Audition.
1:45.5	She talks openly about her public and her private life, and she joins me in the studio.
1:53.4	We'll take your call throughout the hour.
1:56.2	Join us on 800-433-8850.
1:59.8	Send us your email to DRShow at wamu.org.
2:08.3	Barbara Walters, welcome.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from WAMU 88.5, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of WAMU 88.5 and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.