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MythsogynyEleanor Roosevelt pt 4: "Then remaining silent is cowardly.""If silence seems to give approval then remaining silent is cowardly." - Eleanor Roosevelt, My Day September 1944.And now, dear listeners, C takes us on a voyage through the final years of Eleanor's life. From being a delegate at the first ever UN, to becoming the strongest champion for human right's we have ever witnessed. Eleanor took on huge challenges, built bridges, and never, ever stopped speaking out for what was right. She wrote more, politicked more, and in the end left a legacy of activism that would be a fine example for us all to follow...
2026-01-262h 59MythsogynyEleanor Roosevelt pt 3: "But For The Honor Of Our Country."Continuing the epic journey into the life of the finest first lady we've ever had, C takes us through Eleanor's White House years. Detailing her tumultuous relationship with Lorena "Hick" Hickok, Mrs. Nesbitt's terrible food, hot dogs with royalty, and the hard years of the depression. Throughout it all, Eleanor shined as a tireless beacon of hope for an exhausted nation that often did not know where our next meal was coming from. A steady voice helping embolden hearts as her hand helped to guide this nation right into WW2. She spoke reasonably about some of our most shameful...
2025-10-212h 45MythsogynyEleanor Roosevelt pt. 2: "You Gain Strength, Courage, and Confidence..."“...by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.” - Eleanor Roosevelt.In episode 2 of our Ken Burn's style odyssey about Eleanor, Chesnaye covers the roaring 20s. Flappers, teapot dome, tariffs, and of course the lesbians arrive! We got hundred year old political smackdowns coming your way along with some woodworking because what are lesbians without woodworking, right? So sit back, grab a nice hot dog, and get ready to dig into the next phase of Eleanor Roosevelt's life and find out how she helped shape yours today!Resources & Reading:
2025-08-312h 56MythsogynyEleanor Roosevelt pt. 1: "You Must Do...""...the thing you think you cannot do." - Eleanor Roosevelt. This episode is part one of a series on the life and legacy of a first lady who rose so far above the office that it was never really the same. She is one of C's favorite historical figures and for good reason. Part of the Roosevelt Dynasty, Eleanor grew from oddly humble beginnings to become one of the family's brightest stars, which in a family that includes Teddy "Life of the Party and if not he'll create his own party" Roosevelt and her husband, our longest serving US...
2025-07-282h 21
Ripples of Rebels12: The Legacy of Eleanor RooseveltAs First Lady, humanitarian, and civil rights advocate, Eleanor redefined the role of women in American politics and society. We explore her progressive yet controversial positions, her influence on President Franklin D. Roosevelt despite his infidelities, and her lifelong commitment to justice and human rights.Learn why Eleanor Roosevelt is often excluded from mainstream feminist history, even though her work helped pave the way for every wave of feminism—from suffrage to social justice. We also break down what the “waves of feminism” are and how Eleanor’s impact continues to shape advocacy and leadership today.Whethe...
2025-05-1145 min
Advanced TV HerstoryOriginal Media Influencer: Eleanor RooseveltIn this episode of Advanced TV Herstory, host Cynthia Bemis Abrams is joined by author Angela Beauchamp to explore how Eleanor Roosevelt, a trailblazing communicator, shaped early public affairs programming. They discuss Roosevelt's prolific media presence, from her "My Day" newspaper column and radio broadcasts to her groundbreaking television appearances. The conversation highlights how Roosevelt's political influence extended beyond her time as First Lady, using media to engage the public and advocate for change. Angela Beauchamp shares insights from her book Eleanor Roosevelt on Screen: The First Lady's Appearances in Film and Television, 1932-1962, detailing the evolution of Roosevelt's on-screen...
2025-02-0634 min
100 Most Popular Political Biographies"Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume One: 1884-1933" by Blanche Wiesen Cook"Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume One: 1884-1933" by Blanche Wiesen Cook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-08-0306 min
New Diplomatic History PodcastsBlanche Wiesen Cook and Samuel Zipp on interwar isms (5.2022)First lecture in the "Biographies of Interwar Isms" series, co-organized by GloBio (Global Biographies Working Group); Department of International History, LSE; Centre for Modern European Studies (CEMES), University of Copenhagen; the New Diplomatic History Network.
2022-05-2333 min
Gotham Center PodcastsRoosevelt House
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.
2021-09-1720 min
What Heather Is ReadingEp13 Heather Reviews Two Nonfiction and One Historical Fiction Book + a Women's History Month RecommendationHeather 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
2021-03-2616 min
The Brook Reading PodcastParty Like a President - The RebootI 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 Th...
2021-02-2151 minThe Brook Reading PodcastEleanor Roosevelt - The Defining Years (Volume Two, 1933 - 1938) by Blanche Wiesen Cook - Part TwoIn 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
2021-01-261h 19The Brook Reading PodcastEleanor Roosevelt - The Defining Years (Volume Two, 1933 - 1938) by Blanche Wiesen Cook - Part OneEpisode 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: Vict...
2021-01-101h 16The Brook Reading PodcastEleanor Roosevelt, Volume 1: The Early Years, 1884 - 1933 by Blanche Wiesen Cook - Part TwoThis 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...
2020-12-271h 02The Brook Reading PodcastEleanor Roosevelt, Volume 1: The Early Years, 1884 - 1933 by Blanche Wiesen Cook - Part OneThis 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
2020-12-2059 min
The ForumEleanor Roosevelt: Redefining the First LadyA 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...
2019-12-1940 min
CUNY Graduate CenterThe Thought Project - Episode 50 - Interview with Blanche Wiesen CookThis 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 his...
2019-04-0942 minThe Thought ProjectThe Thought Project - Episode 50 - Interview with Blanche Wiesen CookThis 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 his...
2019-04-0942 min
Jepson School of Leadership StudiesTake 5 with Blanche Wiesen CookJepson 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
2019-01-0205 min
Jepson School of Leadership StudiesToward An Inclusive Democracy: Eleanor Roosevelt's LegacyThe 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
2018-12-061h 07
Laura Flanders and Friends: Solutions-Focused Progressive Perspectives on Politics, News, and CultureWomen's History Makes The Future - Blanche Wiesen Cook"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 o...
2018-03-0828 min
Living in the USADark Money and Donald TrumpThe 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.
2017-03-0330 min
Start Making Sense ClipsJane Mayer: Dark Money and Donald TrumpThe 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.
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2017-02-2243 min
The Nation PodcastsJane Mayer: Dark Money and Donald TrumpThe 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.
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2017-02-2243 min
Keeping Relevant With Ronnie EldridgeBlanche Wiesen Cook "Eleanor Roosevelt-Vol 3, The War Years"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.
2017-02-2200 min
The Book ReviewMichael Chabon Talks About 'Moonglow'Michael Chabon discusses his new novel, and Blanche Wiesen Cook talks about the third volume in her biography of Eleanor Roosevelt.
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2016-11-1848 min
Full Trial Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, WomenEleanor Roosevelt: Volume I, 1884-1933 by Blanche Wiesen CookPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265134 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eleanor Roosevelt: Volume I, 1884-1933 Author: Blanche Wiesen Cook Narrator: Kate Reading Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 8 minutes Release date: July 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: Eleanor Roosevelt was born into the privileges and prejudices of American aristocracy and into a family ravaged by alcoholism. She overcame debilitating roots: in her public life, fighting against racism and injustice and advancing the rights of women; and in her private life, forming lasting intimate friendships with some of the great...
2016-07-0505 min
Full Trial Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, WomenEleanor Roosevelt: Volume II, The Defining Years, 1933-1938 by Blanche Wiesen CookPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/265135 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eleanor Roosevelt: Volume II, The Defining Years, 1933-1938 Author: Blanche Wiesen Cook Narrator: Kate Reading Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 28 hours 56 minutes Release date: July 5, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: The central volume in the definitive biography of America's most important First Lady. 'Engrossing' (Boston Globe). The captivating second volume of this Eleanor Roosevelt biography covers tumultuous era of the Great Depression, the New Deal, and the gathering storms of World War II, the years of the Roosevelts' greatest c...
2016-07-0505 min
Discover An Game-Changing Full Audiobook And Elevate Your Mindset.Eleanor Roosevelt by Blanche Wiesen CookPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/88705to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Eleanor Roosevelt
Series: Eleanor Roosevelt, Book 1
Author: Blanche Wiesen Cook
Narrator: Kate Reading
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Length: 22 hrs and 8 mins
Release date: 07-05-16
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 215 ratings
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2016-07-0510h 08
Advanced TV HerstoryFLOTUS on TV: Roosevelt & FordHost Cynthia Bemis Abrams concludes, "it's all in the sound!" Cynthia's research began when she was reading about First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt who was a pioneering and prolific communicator. While not often on TV unscripted, Roosevelt appeared on Frank Sinatra's show in 1959 and recited a poem in a voice that sends chills up a spine, as a distinct American voice and sentiment. Just 15 years later, Betty Ford, unapologetic feminist catapulted to the role of First Lady. Cynthia details how the resignation of Vice President Spiro Agnew, led to Cong. Gerald Ford's (MI) appointment. In August 1974, President Nixon's resignation elevated...
2016-02-0833 min
NexusNexus #14 - Blanche Wiesen Cook and Marcia GalloBlanche 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_.
2011-06-0729 min
UC Santa Cruz (Video)Intimate Politics: A RoundtableA 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]
2007-10-011h 22UC Santa Cruz (Audio)Intimate Politics: A RoundtableA 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]
2007-10-011h 22