Podcasts about Blanche Wiesen Cook

Blanche Wiesen Cook, Graduate Center historian and the definitive biographer of Eleanor Roosevelt, on her former home, now a CUNY-affiliated think tank in the Upper East Side.

Heather reviews three books for this episode and adds a book to Heather's Hits. The books discussed in this episode are:Chatter by Ethan KrossConfident Women: Swindlers, Grifters, and Shapeshifters of the Feminine Persuasion by Tori TelferThe Stars are Fire by Anita ShreveHeather's Hit: Eleanor Roosevelt Vol. 1 1884-1933 by Blanche Wiesen Cook

I know, I know…. This weekend's episode is NOT the one you expected. Instead of completing the Blanche Wiesen Cook biography of Eleanor Roosevelt, as intended, I am offering you ANOTHER Presidential themed episode. Almost 3 years ago, I reviewed the humorous, yet enlightening, book “Party Like A President” by Brian Abrams. For your listening pleasure, I have revamped, reedited, and reissued Episode FOUR of the Brook Reading podcast! I hope you enjoy, and stay tuned for next weekend, when I will ACTUALLY finish our journey with Eleanor. Happy reading! Intro Theme Song Provided By: Sean Faust Outro Theme Song Provided By: Victoria Timpanaro

In this (late) episode of Brook Reading, I STILL learn about the trials and tribulations of Eleanor as she fights for African-American citizens, women, and those who have no voice. Also, don't forget to visit the website, where I've added lots of extras for you to peruse! Happy listening!Promo: Reel Feels PodcastIntro Theme Song Provided By: Sean Faust Outro Theme Song Provided By: Victoria Timpanaro

Episode 117 brings us back to the tumultuous era of the 1930s in America, specifically Washington, D.C., where Franklin Delano Roosevelt sits in the Oval Office and his wife, Eleanor, continues to run the country. Oooh, burn!! But, seriously, join me as I return to the trials and tribulations of Eleanor as she fights for African-American citizens, women, and those who have no voice. Also, don't forget to visit the website, where I've added lots of extras for you to peruse! Happy listening!Intro Theme Song Provided By: Sean Faust Outro Theme Song Provided By: Victoria Timpanaro

This weekend's episode of Brook Reading is the second in a long series about the fascinating, adventurous, and inspirational life of Eleanor Roosevelt. I have reviewed for you “Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 1: The Early Years, 1884 - 1933” by Blanche Wiesen Cook in two parts. In these last ten chapters, we look at Eleanor's journey through activism, feminism, teaching, and her stint in the Governor's Mansion, up to her move to the White House. Don't forget to visit the blog and check out my friends Pitney and Amelia at the Bitchen' Boutique as they gear up for their LIVE New Year's Eve Extravaganza! Enjoy! Promo: Pitney and Amelia's Bitchen' BoutiqueIntro Theme Song Provided By: Sean Faust Outro Theme Song Provided By: Victoria Timpanaro

This weekend's episode of Brook Reading is the first in a long series about the fascinating, adventurous, and inspirational life of Eleanor Roosevelt. I have reviewed for you “Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 1: The Early Years, 1884 - 1933” by Blanche Wiesen Cook in two parts. Join me tonight for Part One, and next week, for Part Two. Also, check out my friend, Dan, and the Assorted Goods Podcast, featured in this week's promo. Intro Theme Song Provided By: Sean Faust Outro Theme Song Provided By: Victoria Timpanaro

A First Lady who broke the mould: Eleanor Roosevelt was not just a hostess at her husband's side, but a spokeswoman for the disadvantaged, a journalist, and an early civil rights campaigner, who placed herself at the heart of American politics, acting as a prominent adviser and representative for her husband, Franklin Roosevelt, the longest-serving president of the United States. But she was also in office in ‘no ordinary time' as she put it – a period which encompassed the challenges of the Great Depression and World War Two. So who was Eleanor Roosevelt? What shaped her? How transformative was she? And how should we assess her legacy? Joining Bridget Kendall to discuss how Eleanor Roosevelt transformed the office of First Lady are Blanche Wiesen Cook, Professor of History at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York and author of a seminal three-volume biography of Eleanor Roosevelt; Maurine Beasley, former Professor of Journalism History at the University of Maryland; and Amy Bloom, Professor of Creative Writing at Wesleyan University and author of White Houses, a novel which explores a secret love affair in the Roosevelt White House. Produced by Jo Impey for BBC World Service (Photo: Eleanor Roosevelt Credit: BBC)

This week's guest, Blanche Wiesen Cook, is a distinguished professor of history at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and The Graduate Center, CUNY, where she also teaches in the women's studies program. Cook is the author or editor of seven books including the seminal trilogy of Eleanor Roosevelt — the only trilogy published about an American woman — which she completed 35 years after embarking on what she presumed to be a one-volume biography. Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 3: The War Years and After, 1939-1962, the final volume, was completed in 2016. Until she took on the Eleanor Roosevelt project, Cook considered herself a “hard historian,” or a military historian. In 1981, she published the controversial The Declassified Eisenhower: A Divided Legacy of Peace and Political Warfare, which made The New York Times best-sellers list. Eisenhower's and Roosevelt's legacies serve to inform the public's understanding of contemporary events. Cook is the expert historian to help us contextualize today's events in a world that seems challenged at every turn.

In this episode of The Gotham Center podcast “Sites and Sounds,” Blanche Wiesen Cook talks about Roosevelt House, the private home of Franklin and Eleanor, in Manhattan’s Upper East Side, now a progressive think tank affiliated with Hunter College. Cook is Distinguished Professor of History at John Jay College and The Graduate Center, City University of New York, as well as the definitive biographer of Eleanor -- a powerful force in the making of the New Deal, the founding of the UN, and post-war American liberalism. Here, Cook reminds us that it was in this home that Eleanor first came to her own, leaving behind the doubt and depression of her early years to become, as many knew her, the "First Lady of the World."  For more podcasts like this, and for more Gotham Center programming, visit us at GothamCenter.org and sign up to our mail list. Thanks for listening.

Jepson student Lina Tori Jan, ’20, interviews Jepson Leadership Forum speaker Blanche Wiesen Cook, Distinguished Professor of History and Women’s Studies at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, prior to her lecture "Toward an Inclusive Democracy: Eleanor Roosevelt's Legacy." Take 5 is a series of informal interviews with the scholars and experts who present as part of the Jepson Leadership Forum. Dec. 4, 2018

The Jepson Leadership Forum presents Blanche Wiesen Cook for a presentation on "Toward an Inclusive Democracy: Eleanor Roosevelt's Legacy." Dr. Cook is Distinguished Professor of History and Women's Studies at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Dec. 4, 2018

"Some of us have too much of this world's goods​... and we are thereby separated too widely from each other," ​wrote Eleanor Roosevelt, the subject of Blanche Wiesen Cook's three-volume biography​. ​For Women's History​ ​Month, Laura speaks to Cook about ​Eleanor - the First Lady of the World - and why her work still resonates. ​Plus, a documentary by filmmaker Ross Watne on Arthurdale, the ​​experimental​, government-funded community Roosevelt ​championed in Depression-era West​ ​Virginia.  Music featured:  “Superman” by violinist Richmond Punch featuring Christian LACE and Tomea Coleman from Richmond's album “Finally”.  Why not become a LFShow member? Do so and unlock more content. Help us reach our goal of $2G together by July!

The Koch brothers, the GOP's biggest donors, didn't support Trump for president—but he's supporting their pro-business and anti-environmental agenda now. Jane Mayer of The New Yorker explains; her book Dark Money is out now in paperback. plus: Who's the political figure in our history most different from Donald Trump? The answer is easy: Eleanor Roosevelt. Blanche Wiesen Cook comments—the third and final volume of her biography of Eleanor is out now.

The Koch brothers, the GOP’s biggest donors, didn’t support Trump for president—but he’s supporting their pro-business and anti-environmental agenda now. Jane Mayer of The New Yorker explains; her book Dark Money is out now in paperback. plus: Who’s the political figure in our history most different from Donald Trump? The answer is easy: Eleanor Roosevelt. Blanche Wiesen Cook comments—the third and final volume of her biography of Eleanor is out now.

Blanche Wiesen Cook author of 3 works on Eleanor Roosevelt, says that we're still talking about the same issues: race and refugees. In "Eleanor Roosevelt: Vol 3" Cook discusses her core issues: economic security, racial equality, New Deal and refugees.

The Koch brothers, the GOP’s biggest donors, didn’t support Trump for president—but he’s supporting their pro-business and anti-environmental agenda now. Jane Mayer of the New Yorker explains; her book Dark Money is out now in paperback. Plus: What Trump has actually done that matters, not just what he’s tweeted, during his first month: George Zornick reports. Also: Who’s the political figure in our history most different from Donald Trump? The answer is easy: Eleanor Roosevelt. Blanche Wiesen Cook comments—the third and final volume of her biography of Eleanor is out now.

Michael Chabon discusses his new novel, and Blanche Wiesen Cook talks about the third volume in her biography of Eleanor Roosevelt.

Blanche Wiesen Cook, Distinguished Professor of History and Women's Studies, John Jay College, and author _Eleanor Roosevelt_ (2 vols.), and Marcia Gallo, Professor of History, UNLV, and author, _Different Daughters_.

A distinguished panel of scholar-activists gather to reflect on Bettina Aptheker’s memoir - Intimate Politics: How I Grew Up Red, Fought for Free Speech, and Became a Feminist Rebel - the historical movement she recounts and the broader political issues raises by this intimate history of left activism. Panelists include Johnetta Cole, Angela Davis, Ericka Huggins and Blanche Wiesen Cook. Series: "The Center for Cultural Studies at UC Santa Cruz presents" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 13166]

A distinguished panel of scholar-activists gather to reflect on Bettina Aptheker’s memoir - Intimate Politics: How I Grew Up Red, Fought for Free Speech, and Became a Feminist Rebel - the historical movement she recounts and the broader political issues raises by this intimate history of left activism. Panelists include Johnetta Cole, Angela Davis, Ericka Huggins and Blanche Wiesen Cook. Series: "The Center for Cultural Studies at UC Santa Cruz presents" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 13166]