Inside the East Wing: The Role of the First Lady

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🗓️ 11 October 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

CPF Director Bob Shrum and Marylouise Oates, former activist and LA Times journalist, join former First Lady staffers Anita McBride, Noelia Rodriguez, and Tina Tchen for a discussion on the influence of presidential First Ladies on politics, policy, and American society.

Featuring:

Anita McBride: Former Chief of Staff to First Lady Laura Bush
Noelia Rodriguez: Former Press Secretary and Director of Communications for First Lady Laura Bush; Former CPF Fellow
Tina Tchen: Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy and Impact Officer for the Obama Foundation; Former Chief of Staff to First Lady Michelle Obama
Marylouise Oates: Former Activist and LA Times Journalist who covered First Ladies
Bob Shrum: Director, Center for the Political Future; Warschaw Chair in Practical Politics, USC Dornsife

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Bully Pulpit from the University of Southern California Center for the Political Future.
0:11.8	Our podcast brings together America's top politicians, journalists, academics, and strategists from across the political spectrum for discussions on hot button issues where we respect
0:22.0	each other and respected truth. We hope you enjoy these conversations. Welcome everyone to what I
0:31.2	believe will be a lively and insightful event, focused on the role and significance of First
0:36.5	Ladies in America. And I guess I should add,
0:39.4	perhaps soon, a first gentleman. We don't know that yet. I'm Bob Schrum, the director of the
0:44.1	Center for the Political Future, here at USC Dornside, for those of you who don't know me. Let me
0:49.1	introduce our panelists and my co-moderator. Tina Chen is the Executive Vice President, Impact Officer at the Obama Foundation,
0:56.9	and the former Chief of Staff to First Lady Michelle Obama. Anita McBride is Director of the First Ladies Project
1:03.6	at American University, former Chief of Staff to First Lady Laura Bush, and former Director of White House
1:10.5	Personnel under President Reagan
1:12.6	and President George H.W. Bush. She is also the co-author of a fascinating new book. Remember
1:18.5	the First Ladies, a groundbreaking survey of their influence across American history. And by the way,
1:24.9	when we conclude for about a half hour, she's willing to sign
1:29.4	books for you. We have books for you if you go out that door. She can't bi-locate and be in both
1:37.0	places. Thank you. Nualia Rodriguez is the chief of staff at MetroLink, former deputy mayor of
1:43.3	Los Angeles, and the press secretary
1:45.7	and director of communications in the White House for Laura Bush. And I have to add, she was a
1:51.0	spectacular fellow for us at the Center for the Political Future. My co-moderator is Mary Louise
1:57.7	Oates, who covered both Nancy Reagan and Barbara Bush for the Los Angeles Times.
2:03.6	And I have to add, she's the love of my life, and has put up with me and kept me going for four decades.
2:14.6	We'll have a conversation with the panel for about 40 minutes and then take questions from our audience.
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