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Settle In with Irin Carmon

PBS News Hour - Full Show

PBS NewsHour

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4.42.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Journalist Irin Carmon was eight months pregnant when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, returning the right to an abortion back to state lawmakers. In this episode of Settle In, Carmon tells Amna Nawaz about how her own experience informed her book “Unbearable,” which follows five other pregnant women in New York City and Alabama, and how the history of labor and delivery helps explain the fractured health care systems we have today. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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0:00.0

Hi everyone, it's Omna Navaz. Welcome to another episode of Settle In. Today's guest is author and really one of my

0:07.2

favorite journalists, Urin Carmon. Even if you don't know her by name, I guarantee you you have come into

0:13.7

contact with her work. She is one of the leading reporters when it comes to women's health and

0:19.0

reproductive rights and all of the impacts in America

0:22.4

to health care since the overturning of Roe v. Wade. You probably also heard of her because

0:27.4

she's the force behind the notorious RBG book documenting the life in times of Supreme Court

0:32.7

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. And she's written extensively on all of these topics. Her new book is called

0:38.9

Unbearable, and it documents the stories of five women who are all pregnant or trying to get

0:45.2

pregnant in modern America, and it all, of course, unfolds at a time when your health care

0:51.4

and your rights really depend on where you live. It's a beautifully written book, very intimately told.

0:57.1

And Erin also talks to us about how her own pregnancies informed her work and how she approaches

1:02.1

these interviews and these women.

1:04.2

She shares the story of the very first time that she and I met, which I didn't know

1:09.3

the backstory.

1:10.1

We both just ended up crying,

1:12.1

talking to each other on the set of this very big fancy photo shoot, which she tells very

1:16.3

in a funny way. But it's a great book. It's a great conversation. I hope you'll take a listen.

1:21.3

So settle in and enjoy my chat with author Irin Carmon.

1:29.1

Erin Carmon, it is such a pleasure to talk to you today.

1:32.4

Welcome to the podcast.

1:33.4

Thank you so much.

1:34.2

I'm so thrilled to be here.

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