Gail Collins
The Origins Podcast with Lawrence Krauss
Lawrence M. Krauss
4.4 • 592 Ratings
🗓️ 6 August 2019
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Lawrence joins author and New York Times columnist Gail Collins to discuss her book When Everything Changed, which chronicles the progress of women’s rights in America from 1960 through today. Gail Collins was the first woman to hold the position of Editorial Page Editor for the New York Times (from 2001 to 2007), where she currently provides a semi-weekly op-ed column.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, and welcome to the Origins Podcast. I'm your host Lawrence Krause. |
| 0:11.6 | I've been a fan of Gail Collins' New York Times opinion columns for years. |
| 0:16.6 | I was particularly happy when she returned for being the first female editor of the editorial page of the New York Times, |
| 0:23.4 | a dream position for many, to again be a columnist for that paper's opinion pages, |
| 0:28.2 | where she provides lively, humorous, and provocative takes on the absurdity of much of modern American political life. |
| 0:35.8 | I recently read her book, |
| 0:38.6 | When Everything Changed, |
| 0:41.7 | which documents the changing role of women in U.S. society between 1960 and today. |
| 0:44.6 | It's astonishing how far things have come |
| 0:46.6 | and also how backward things were even a generation ago. |
| 0:50.6 | Our discussion moved beyond the ideas in that book |
| 0:52.9 | to her personal interest in journalism |
| 0:54.7 | and also to the state of journalism today, as well as the future print journalism and its |
| 1:00.0 | fight against a world of fake news on the internet. |
| 1:03.3 | It was a charming, insightful, and illuminating discussion that was a highlight as we visited |
| 1:08.3 | the very busy New York Times building on a day a particularly significant news story broke. |
| 1:14.5 | Patreon subscribers can find the full video of this program |
| 1:17.4 | in all our programs the day they appear at patreon.com |
| 1:21.2 | slash origins podcast. |
| 1:23.9 | I hope you enjoy the show. |
| 1:42.0 | Well, Gail, thanks for welcoming us to the New York Times. |
| 1:46.4 | As I told you before, I love waking up with you in the morning, at least metaphorically. |
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