Diane Rehm receives the Peabody Award (Peabody Awards)
It is difficult to capture the essence of NPR's veteran broadcaster Diane Rehm in only a few words, but perhaps the National Journal came closest in calling her “the class act of the radio talk world.” At the helm of The Diane Rehm Show for 37 years, she has interviewed prominent newsmakers, journalists, and authors including Barack Obama, former presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, former Vice President Dick Cheney, former secretaries of state Colin Powell and Hillary Clinton, retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, Nobel laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Toni Morrison, and actors Cate Blanchett and Kevin Spacey. And these are just a few of the interviews audiences have listened to over the years.
Rehm has been named “Washingtonian of the Year,” and one of the “150 Most Influential People in Washington” by Washingtonian magazine. In 2014, President Barack Obama presented her with the National Humanities Medal. Tonight, in a wide- ranging conversation with NPR correspondent Tom Gjelten, learn a bit more about the person behind the radio voice.
Her book On My Own (Knopf) is available for sale and signing.
