Lessons from Rosa Parks (with Soledad O'Brien)

Stay Tuned with Preet

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Society & Culture, Politics, Government

4.8 • 32.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2022

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Soledad O’Brien is a longtime TV news anchor and talk show host, best known for a decade-long career at CNN where she anchored the network’s flagship morning program. O’Brien currently hosts the weekly public affairs program Matter of Fact and is a regular contributor to HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel. Preet speaks with O’Brien about her pointed criticism of the news media, her new documentary about the civil rights icon Rosa Parks, and why she doesn’t feel the need to make new friends in her 50’s. Plus, updates on key DOJ prosecutions related to the January 6th insurrection, and what to look out for in the upcoming public hearings. In the bonus for CAFE Insiders, O’Brien talks about her propensity for cursing, what it was like to finish her college degree in her 30’s, and her love of horseback riding. To listen, try the membership for just $1 for one month: cafe.com/insider. For show notes and a transcript of the episode, head to: https://cafe.com/stay-tuned/lessons-from-rosa-parks-with-soledad-obrien/ Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at staytuned@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. Stay Tuned with Preet is brought to you by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From Cafe and the Vox Media Podcast Network, welcome to Stay Tuned.
0:06.0	I'm Pete Barara.
0:08.0	I think people, when it comes to civil rights, people like to...
0:14.0	people are made uncomfortable by the story of real aggression and real fighting and real strategy.
0:20.0	It's just a nice, easier story and it makes a lot of white people very comfortable when it's just a little old lady whose hair was in a bun,
0:27.0	who is a secretary who just one day was tired.
0:35.0	That's Soledado Bryan.
0:37.0	She's a journalist, documentary filmmaker, and author.
0:40.0	You may know her as a former long-time CNN Morning Show anchor,
0:44.0	or, as the current host of the Weekly Public Affairs TV program,
0:48.0	Matter of Fact was Soledado Bryan.
0:51.0	Her provocative and often unsparing commentary about media coverage
0:54.0	has also made her a firebrand of sorts on social media, especially Twitter,
0:59.0	where she has over 1.3 million followers.
1:02.0	O'Brien joins me to discuss how to improve political journalism in 2022.
1:06.0	Her new documentary about the civil rights icon Rosa Parks and its lessons for today
1:11.0	and why she doesn't feel the need to make new friends in her 50s.
1:15.0	That's coming up. Stay tuned.
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