Terry Gross Talks with David Remnick
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The New Yorker
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🗓️ 6 January 2020
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
David Remnick has appeared as the guest of Terry Gross on “Fresh Air” a number of times over the years, talking about Russia, Muhammad Ali, and other subjects. Hosting “Fresh Air” for nearly forty-five years, Gross is a defining voice of NPR, and is perhaps the most celebrated interviewer of our time. In October, 2019, the tables turned, and Gross joined Remnick as his guest for a live interview at The New Yorker Festival. They spoke about how she first found her way to the microphone, the role of feminism in establishing NPR, the limits of her expertise, and what she has had to give up to prepare for serious conversations day after day.
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| 1:25.7 | I'm Dorothy Wickendon on today's Politics and More podcast, David Remnick talks with Terry Gross. They discuss her early days in public radio, her four decades as the host of fresh air, and the secrets of a great interview. |
| 1:30.8 | I've got a confession to make. |
| 1:34.5 | When I first started doing this program, I was a little anxious. |
| 1:37.5 | I've been a print journalist all my life, a writer and an editor, |
| 1:43.6 | but talking to you in my own voice on the radio or a podcast, felt a little strange. |
| 1:46.8 | So to prepare myself, I decided to study the great ones, |
| 1:50.7 | and at the very top of that list has got to be Terry Gross. |
| 1:55.2 | Gross has been the host of Fresh Air for nearly 45 years. |
| 2:01.0 | And over that time, she's interviewed thousands and thousands of guests from Ray Charles to Hillary Clinton to, I don't know, |
| 2:07.0 | any summary of her big guests doesn't actually do her justice. Terry is perhaps the best interviewer of our time. Let's strike the perhaps. She is. Terry Gross joined me in October |
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