Summer Break: Laverne Cox
Next Question with Katie Couric
Katie Couric Media
4.4 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 9 August 2018
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
To kick off their summer break series, Katie and Brian revisit their conversation with actress and activist Laverne Cox. By the time Laverne had stepped onto the national stage (and the cover of TIME magazine) in 2014, she'd been dedicating her life to acting for well over a decade. "Being an artist is what informs everything that I do," she says. Laverne joins Katie and Brian to discuss everything from acting opportunities for trans women, her breakthrough role as Sophia on Netflix's Orange is the New Black, and her childhood in Mobile, Alabama. Plus, Katie and Laverne revisit the teachable moment they confronted together.
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| 0:09.0 | She conditioned them to be monsters. |
| 0:11.0 | In the world of murderous cults, if Charles Manson is king, Cecilia Stein is queen. |
| 0:17.0 | She was telling people the Bible since she was going to kill, but actually she was taking revenge. |
| 0:22.0 | Listen to Queen Havoc and her murder cult. On the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:31.0 | What do a flirtatious gambling double agent in World War II? |
| 0:36.0 | An opera singer who burned down an honorary to kidnap her lover. |
| 0:39.0 | And a pirate queen who walked free with all of her spoils, haven't comment. |
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| 0:49.0 | You can hear these stories and more on the Womanica podcast. |
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| 1:00.0 | Last season, millions tuned into the betrayal podcast to hear a shocking story of deception. |
| 1:05.0 | I'm Andrea Gunning, and now we're sharing an all-new story of betrayal. |
| 1:10.0 | Ashley Litten was helping her husband set up a business fan mail account when she discovered a terrible secret. |
| 1:16.0 | I saw a hidden folder, and I opened it. |
| 1:19.0 | What the hell did I just see? |
| 1:24.0 | Listen to season two of betrayal on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:31.0 | Hi, Brian. |
| 1:33.0 | Hi, Katie. And hello, dear listeners. |
| 1:35.0 | Well, we're officially in the dog days of summer. |
| 1:38.0 | I don't know where that expression came from, dog days of summer. |
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