Madeleine Albright On Ambition and Obsoleteness

Death, Sex & Money

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Business, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Careers, Relationships, Sexuality

4.6 • 7.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

The former secretary of state reflects on how now, in her 80s, she's re-experiencing a feeling she had in her 20s—after graduating from college and putting her career aside for family.

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0:00.0	To this day, people talk about Dr. Brzynski and Dr. Kissinger, but very rarely does anybody
0:07.3	call me Dr. Albright.
0:09.4	But I do have a better title, Secretary of State, or just plain Madeline, which is what I like.
0:14.7	I like being called Madeline.
0:16.6	This is Death, Sex, and Money.
0:21.7	I think I'm in love with you.
0:23.7	Did you meet with friends?
0:25.5	The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot.
0:28.9	How much did this cost?
0:31.0	And need to talk about more.
0:33.0	Almost ashamed of area.
0:35.7	I'm Anna Sale.
0:36.9	When I talked to Dr. Madeline Albright a few weeks ago, she was at home alone, face timing
0:45.7	me from her book-lined library.
0:48.2	It'd been five weeks since she left the house.
0:50.8	Has this been the longest period of time in your adult life when you've been physically
0:55.3	mostly on your own?
0:57.8	Yes, absolutely.
0:59.6	Because I am an extrovert, and I seek out people, and I'm trying to learn to be an
1:06.4	introvert, and I'm not doing very well.
1:08.9	So this is not my normal way of operating.
1:12.4	Like what does it mean to not be doing very well?
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