Speaker 1: This season. On Next Question with Katie Couric, our first
Speaker 1: guest is the very popular co anchor of the Today
Speaker 1: Show here on NBC. We're going to dive into ladies
Speaker 1: and gentlemen here. She is, Well, Katie, cos I don't
Speaker 1: know if you all have heard, but I've written a memoir.
Speaker 1: It's called Going There, and it's out on October, which
Speaker 1: just so happens to be right smack in the middle
Speaker 1: of our podcast season, So we figured why not just
Speaker 1: go there. I still can't decide whether I'm Katherine or Katie.
Speaker 1: We'll be looking at some of the biggest news stories
Speaker 1: I've covered in my career. I'm Katie Kurriic in New Orleans,
Speaker 1: wearing waiters for the first time in my life to
Speaker 1: deal with all the flood waters that are still quite
Speaker 1: high in several areas. I'm close up this morning the
Speaker 1: Clarence Thomas nomination. The Senate is to vote tonight on
Speaker 1: whether Thomas should get a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court.
Speaker 1: Early this morning, Matthew Sheppard passed away. The story has
Speaker 1: captured national attention and sparked a debate over the necessity
Speaker 1: for hate climb legislation and talk to some of the
Speaker 1: people behind those stories, like Anita Hell. The term believe
Speaker 1: all women is just our invitation to put in place
Speaker 1: systems and processes that allow us to be heard and
Speaker 1: believed as well as those who are inspired by them.
Speaker 1: You look at so many of Matt's friends and we've
Speaker 1: all kind of gone in our own paths. I was
Speaker 1: just like, I have to save the world. I have
Speaker 1: to do something. But we're also going to get pretty
Speaker 1: personal because I'll be taking you behind the making of
Speaker 1: my memoir. We really wrote the bulk of this book
Speaker 1: in the middle of a pandemic. Katie is a pack
Speaker 1: rad unlike this is not going to get done. She
Speaker 1: saved everything. It was a very intense experience. You can
Speaker 1: expect some special guests, intimate details and stuff about the
Speaker 1: book you won't get anywhere else. And maybe that's because
Speaker 1: of my our projection to can I lie down? I'm
Speaker 1: kidding so come from my signature curiosity? Are you still
Speaker 1: so angry at the federal government? I was curious what
Speaker 1: newspapers and magazines did you regularly read. How emotional was
Speaker 1: that for you? Tell me what was going through your mind?
Speaker 1: Can you explain what internet is? But stay for some
Speaker 1: of my own revealing answers. Find new episodes of Next
Speaker 1: Question with Katie Curic every Thursday. Subscribe and listen on
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