Jonathan Capehart
Guest on IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson · Guest on Mick Unplugged
Jonathan Capehart is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American journalist and liberal television commentator. He is co-host of MSNBC’s The Weekend and a political analyst for PBS NewsHour’s “Brooks & Capehart,” and previously served as an opinion writer and associate editor on The Washington Post editorial board.
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Becoming👍 Recommends
…connecting personal experiences of discrimination with similar stories by prominent women
“But what's interesting, Mick, is when I read Michelle Obama's book, Becoming, when I read Valerie Jarrett's book, Finding My Voice, to read the similar experiences that they went through with this same thing. With people telling them, well, you're not going to college or you're not going to Princeton or you're not going to Harvard or you you won't be able to do that.”
on Mick Unplugged
Becoming👍 Recommends
…discovering shared experiences of institutional bias in other notable memoirs
“And what's interesting, Mick, is when I read Michelle Obama's book, Becoming, when I read Valerie Jarrett's book, Finding My Voice, to read the similar experiences that they went through with this same thing. With people telling them, well, you're not going to college or you're not going to Princeton or you're not going to Harvard or you won't be able to do that. And I thought this, I knew this happened. But I didn't know that it's so widespread that a former first lady of the United States, former senior advisor to the president of the United States, went through the same thing.”
on Mick Unplugged
Finding My Voice👍 Recommends
…discovering shared experiences of institutional bias in other notable memoirs
“And what's interesting, Mick, is when I read Michelle Obama's book, Becoming, when I read Valerie Jarrett's book, Finding My Voice, to read the similar experiences that they went through with this same thing. With people telling them, well, you're not going to college or you're not going to Princeton or you're not going to Harvard or you won't be able to do that. And I thought this, I knew this happened. But I didn't know that it's so widespread that a former first lady of the United States, former senior advisor to the president of the United States, went through the same thing.”
on Mick Unplugged
Finding My Voice👍 Recommends
…connecting personal experiences of discrimination with similar stories by prominent women
“But what's interesting, Mick, is when I read Michelle Obama's book, Becoming, when I read Valerie Jarrett's book, Finding My Voice, to read the similar experiences that they went through with this same thing. With people telling them, well, you're not going to college or you're not going to Princeton or you're not going to Harvard or you you won't be able to do that.”
on Mick Unplugged
Fire Shut Up in My Bones👍 Recommends
…memoirs that inspired jonathan capehart's own memoir writing approach
“Fast forward 20 years, I read Charles Blow's memoir, Fire Shut Up in My Bones. Again, raw, open, honest, introspective. And it showed me where the passion came from in Charles's columns for the New York Times.”
on Mick Unplugged
Fire Shut Up in My Bones👍 Recommends
…citing memoir influences that shaped approach to writing his own book
“Fast forward 20 years, I read Charles Blow's memoir, Fire Shut Up in My Bones. Again, raw, open, honest, introspective. And it showed me where the passion came from in Charles' columns for The New York Times. So now you have these two diametrically opposed people. One gay, one straight. One black, one white. One male, one female. One in, you know, in the later end of her career and life. The other one sort of smack in the middle. And I thought, if ever I write a book, that's my guide.”
on Mick Unplugged
Gay Like Me: A Letter from a Father to a Son👍 Recommends
…mentors and authors who guided jonathan capehart's memoir writing process
“And then when I started writing, my friend Richie Jackson, who had just finished writing his book, Gay Like Me, A Letter from a Father to a Son, he said to me, Jonathan, remember, put yourself on every page. You have to put yourself on every page for the reader.”
on Mick Unplugged
Personal History👍 Recommends
…memoirs that inspired jonathan capehart's own memoir writing approach
“In 1999, 2000, I read Catherine Graham's memoir, Personal History. Catherine Graham was the owner, publisher of the Washington Post. The most powerful woman in journalism. One of the most powerful people in the country. And yet, she wrote this memoir that was so revealing, so personal, so raw and honest and open.”
on Mick Unplugged
Personal History👍 Recommends
…citing memoir influences that shaped approach to writing his own book
“In 1999, 2000, I read Catherine Graham's memoir, Personal History. Catherine Graham was the owner, publisher of The Washington Post. The most powerful woman in journalism. One of the most powerful people in the country. And yet she wrote this memoir that was so revealing, so personal, so raw and honest and open. I thought, whoa, this powerful woman put all her stuff out there for us to read.”
on Mick Unplugged
The Wiz👍 Recommends
…discussing powerful songs about self-belief and affirmation
“You know, Mick, as you were talking and in this part of the conversation, do you know the Wiz? Yeah. The Diana Ross version with Michael Jackson, the movie... There's another song in there that is one of my favorites. And when I listen to it, it gets me here because it is it is a mantra and it is believe in yourself. You know, Lena Horne when she's singing that song and, you know, it's a great song. And then you start listening to the words and you start. Yeah, I started internalizing them.”
on Mick Unplugged