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How many hours of Lady Bird Johnson diaries are there?

In Plain Sight: Lady Bird Johnson on Apple Podcasts "In Plain Sight: Lady Bird Johnson" presents a surprising and original portrait of Lady Bird Johnson, told in the former first lady's own words -- from over 123 hours of her White House audio diaries, heard here largely for the first time ever.

What was Lady Bird Johnson's role in the Johnson White House?

It recasts Lady Bird's role in the Johnson White House as her husband's closest advisor and most trusted political partner and provides history-making revelations about LBJ's time in office.

What is Lady Bird doing in New England colleges?

On a trip to two New England colleges to give speeches supporting their new environmental studies programs, Lady Bird is confronted by outspoken dissent from both students and faculty who walk out of her speeches, picket her presence and circulate letters denouncing the war in Vietnam.

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What is the story of Lady Bird Johnson?

It's the story of how one vastly underestimated woman navigated the power, politics and polarization of her era to become one of the most influential members of the Johnson administration... even if we never knew it. An eight-part series from ABC Audio & Best Case Studios. Hosted by New York Times bestselling author Julia Sweig.

What is Lady Bird's role in the Johnson White House?

It recasts Lady Bird's role in the Johnson White House as her husband's closest advisor and most trusted political partner and provides history-making revelations about LBJ's time in office. It's the story of how one vastly underestimated woman navigated the power, politics and polarization of her era to become one of the most influential members ...

What was Lady Bird's first diary entry?

In her first-ever diary entry, recorded eight days after President John F. Kennedy is assassinated, Lady Bird presents a dramatic, cinematically detailed moment-by-moment account of those terrible hours in Dallas, and the days that follow.

How long was the first lady's diary?

In her first-ever diary entry, recorded eight days after President John F.

Where did Luci Johnson's wedding take place?

And an increasingly unpopular war in Vietnam begins to overshadow just about everything else. Luci Johnson’s wedding in Washington, DC becomes the setting of dramatic anti-war protests, and Lady Bird herself is the target of a bomb threat. Feeling the urgency, L... Read more.

When is Ep 4 of Lady Bird?

Ep. 4: Entangled. March 15, 2021 • 34 min. Network television comes calling for Lady Bird, as the president of ABC News convinces a reluctant first lady to host a documentary about her beautification work in DC. Lady Bird decides to use the opportunity to launch a full PR blitz to take her message to America.

Is Lady Bird a progressive?

Bird’s a true believer in progressive causes -- civil rights, environmentalism -- but she’s also the product of her own generation and background. On a trip to two New England colleges to give speeches supporting their new environmental studies programs, Lady Bird is confronted by outspoken dissent from both stude...

What is Lady Bird's role in the Johnson White House?

It recasts Lady Bird's role in the Johnson White House as her husband's closest advisor and most trusted political partner and provides history-making revelations about LBJ's time in office. It's the story of how one vastly underestimated woman navigated the power, politics and polarization of her era to become one of the most influential members ...

How long was Lady Bird Johnson in Plain Sight?

"In Plain Sight: Lady Bird Johnson" presents a surprising and original portrait of Lady Bird Johnson, told in the former first lady's own words -- from over 123 hours of her White House audio diaries, heard here largely for the first time ever.

Where was Lady Bird Johnson's audio diary recorded?

Recorded in the White House, the revealing 123 hours of tape is the basis of a new podcast and biography. Lady Bird Johnson recording her audio diaries at the White House in 1968.

Where did Lady Bird record her diary?

Lady Bird recorded most of her diary entries on a blue velvet sofa in a second-floor room at the White House that she used as a dressing room and office. “In winter, I often recorded sitting on the sofa looking at the fire burning merrily in the little corner fireplace,” she later wrote.

Who is the director of the LBJ Presidential Library?

“The diary is a new tool in trying to understand Lady Bird Johnson, but also, of course, indirectly, Lyndon Johnson and his whole presidency,” said Mark Atwood Lawrence, a Johnson scholar and director of the LBJ Presidential Library.

Did LBJ seek reelection?

A ‘Pearl Harbor in politics’: LBJ’s stunning decision not to seek reelection. “This was very much a political partnership, and she was an active member of his administration,” Sweig said in an interview. The tapes, she added, reveal “her role in history, observing it and helping make it.”.

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