Sally Field starring as Gidget in 1965. As she writes in her new memoir, Gidget's bright cheery world was very different from Field's real life as a struggling teenager.
The world has known her as Gidget, Norma Rae and Mary Todd Lincoln – but now actress Sally Field is revealing her own story. In her new memoir, “In Pieces,” she seeks to put together the painful moments of her life that she had been afraid to confront. Behind the celebrity status and Academy Awards, Field was haunted by the sexual abuse she faced as a child, and a question that had vexed her for years – why didn’t her mother protect her?
Then, sexual misconduct has taken center stage at the hearings of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. As his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, sets terms for testifying in the Senate, the echoes of Anita Hill are impossible to overlook. We listen back to Diane’s 1997 conversation with Anita Hill in which she reflects on her experience.
You can find an excerpt of Diane’s interview with Anita Hill on this week’s podcast, or you can listen the interview in its entirety right here.
Rethinking leadership in the U.S. African AmericanStudies professor Eddie S. Glaude Jr. says Americans have looked to the political class to create a just democracy for too long – and it hasn't worked. In a new book he argues that we are the leaders we have been looking for and explains what that means for the 2024 election.
Menopause. Once a taboo topic, the "m" word is having a moment – among celebrities, in the media, and in Washington, where President Biden recently signed an order that supports research into women's health. Dr. Sharon Malone says it's about time, and explains why understanding "the change" is critical for a woman's ability to get – and stay -- healthy.
Donald Trump regularly ends his rallies with prayer. He has repeatedly compared himself to Jesus. And last week he started selling a version of the Bible. Robert P. Jones of the Public Religion Research Institute weighs in on Trump’s growing embrace of Christianity.
Donald Trump has made cognitive ability a central issue of the presidential race. But he rarely talks about his own family's experience with dementia. The Washington Post's Michael Kranish on Fred Trump Senior's Alzheimer's disease and what voters deserve to know about a candidate's mental fitness.