"The Rules Were Fairly Clear" In Nina Totenberg's Friendship with Justice Ginsburg

[@Liam1H]

That was a delight. What a total class act! I know that my life has been richer because of her journalistic integrity. She has been nothing short of a gift to all of us with the good sense to listen to NPR. In fact, I think I'll go and up my donation.

[@TrevK0]

"journalistic integrity" is covering the supreme court and not disclosing a decade long personal relationship with one of the justices

[@tabularasa]

Love Nina so much, she has been educating me my entire adult life, and inspired my interest in law

[@richardmercer2337]

Wow... Ms. Totenberg has been just a voice on NPR for SO many years! As it turns out, she's a real person!

[@annelynn8708]

I love Nina so much - her voice has been a part of my drive for so many years. She is absolutely a national treasure.

[@thomasmcginnis3783]

*I just love her voice.* 1983 was my first exposure to NPR, and the NPR legal/judicial team was top-notch then, and ever since.

[@NomoreUS]

Nina “Totenbag” as Click and Clack the Tappit Guys used to call her, is indeed a national treasure and a REAL journalist (unlike anyone on Fox channels).

[@rosalie4797]

I miss The Tappit Guys!

[@tokejoker1261]

She's a wannabe journalist with horrible ethica

[@clonedintoevil]

Man, needed this interview to run like 30 mins. so good

[@myriamtuttle]

Her sharing how RBG called her from the ICU to tell her why she had forbidden her husband to tell her was such a picture of that precious leader and made me miss her more

[@DK-zu6tt]

It's funny, I have been listening to NPR for years, and every time I see people who I have exclusively heard on radio, but have never seen, they never look in real life, like they do in my imagination.

[@hninzilwin3288]

She is exactly what I expected

[@LindaC616]

Terri Gross!

[@JeffreyGoddin]

Terry Gross looks like Gillian Anderson in my imagination.

[@nickpaine]

It's because ears can't see.

[@makeitmakesense2616]

She is not at all what I expected I thought she look more like Lilly Tomlin

[@GenRN]

Nina Totenberg is a national treasure!

[@barbarajolley6578]

And a legend. I have been listening to her on NPR for a long time:)

[@laurenupshawesq]

1000% the best

[@iCanbEYOURrUKIA]

Absolutely! I love hearing her reporting, she's a legend!

[@calvinsaxon5822]

Hideous. That voice (the pretentious high-pitched squeaks). Ugh.

[@RabbiTucker]

A national PUBLIC treasure!

[@suzannepottsshorts]

I still want to get a Nina Totenbag as an NPR gift!!!

[@kuskesh_haramzadeh]

Best gift EVER!!!!!! 😁😁😁

[@shirleyrombough8173]

Suzanne Potts: I'd increase my donation to NPR to get a Nina Totenbag!

[@j.brown70]

Heard a great interview with her on Fresh Air today. Have been listening to her voice for years on NPR so nice to see her face! 😁 She didn’t like college and didn’t finish. She also pitched a story to her editor on birth control access being given at some MA colleges during a time when it was illegal and the editor asked her if she was a virgin, to which she replied yes, then asked if she had an “internal examination” to which she replied no , then he shot her story pitch down with no explanation. Terri balked at the extreme inappropriateness of his question but Nina didn’t seem to mind the question back then, such were the times before women’s and employee rights and no HR departments. It was a nice conversation.

[@meginmitchell5600]

Nina Rocks!!!! I have been listening for all of my adult life.

[@RobinaB530]

I have always enjoyed Nina's reporting. How sweet to hear about her relationship with RGB. Brought tears to my eyes.

[@MegMcCormack]

Nina is one of the most amazing voices (literally) for women and our struggle to be treated as equals. All my life I’ve been listening to her on the radio about politics and the Court. She and Ruth got their feet in the door… thank you, ladies. (Although… don’t get me started about Ruth staying on the Court that long…) RIP RUTH

[@mythrusthelema]

A face to the voice I have listened to for a looooonnnnngggg time. Wow

[@staceyleeweeaks-hernandez8583]

RBG is so missed. Thanks for showing us the person behind the robes.

[@petedog9581]

Her ego caused what SCOTUS is today. She should have retired in 2016 and wrote her own book before she died.

[@kathleen3699]

BEST Interview in a long time.

[@UkeCan1]

Way too short

[@katherenewedic8076]

Substance and style

[@courtney5796]

Remember when you could disagree with someone and either resolve it or just agree to disagree and then go get a drink? ahhhh, good times....

[@xanderw1460]

Plenty of us do. Those justices got along because they shared class interests. They all went to Yale or whatever and they collaborated to project a veneer of balance over an institution that exists to maintain a fundamentally unjust social order. They don't give a shit about us and that's why they can be friends.

[@nicotorio8627]

That was such a delightful interview that could also have ended very insightful had it not been prematurely cut short.

[@valeriesmith5780]

Yes, that was a delight. Thank you for the interview.

[@catzenhouse]

Too short of a stellar interview!! Love Nina and her fine work for years.

[@womanofsubstance8735]

I think RBG's comment, "...something to do with the distribution of weight" was accurate. Elephants can carry more weight on their shoulders than over their hips.

[@katebriscoe6103]

I love how I feel like I know her because I have listened to her for so many years

[@davidritchie1272]

Let us call the six on the court what they really are "The Ayatollahs of the Supreme Court"

[@catalinacurio]

Vote Beto Texas, love from your Scottish family. 😊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧

[@avidnongetit8710]

Nina has informed me and made me read more educational sources...for decades..

[@emu_warrior]

and achieved nothing because she treats them all like kings and queens not servants of the public

[@krisfrederick5001]

It's weird seeing people from NPR I've been listening to for years 👀

[@johnmavroudis2054]

Clarence Thomas is such a moral lightweight, he could have sat on the tail.

[@Styphon]

His position would be better suited Under the tail.

[@KohalaLover]

Reported as spam.

[@prof.scheere6933]

Under the tail and at the base

[@xanderw1460]

@@KohalaLover Don't knock it til you fry it

[@shirleyrombough8173]

John Mavroudis: Clarence Thomas should never been appointed to the Supreme Court in the first place.

[@NewMessage]

Except in my experience, those who gossip rarely witnessed what they talk about.

[@timisaac8121]

Steve: Not complaining BUT- Why not use that chair to enjoy the Queen with Nina??? That would be so fun to see these great women in the same shot with you!!

[@jujitsujew23]

RBG should’ve retired. She’s partly to blame why we’re in our current situation with the court. Don’t get me wrong, Mitch McConnell is primarily to blame but RBG should’ve let Obama choose a justice to replace her when the democrats had a majority

[@emu_warrior]

these egotistical maniacs are 100% why our democracy is being destroyed. they care more about their ego and "legacy" than democracy. even this cow now is toting her relationship and her own ego. they don't' CARE about the people, it's a disease in american society.

[@Liam1H]

She probably should have but who's to say that Turtle boy wouldn't have pulled the same BS illegal shenanigans ignoring Obama's right to provide her successor?

[@grandmanutty8904]

Trump broke protocol by sticking Barret in there when RBG had just died

[@carolyndukeanderson8880]

They blocked Obama’s other pick.

[@jujitsujew23]

@@carolyndukeanderson8880 I’m well aware

[@firsttimefarmer4666]

"something to do with the distribution of weight"- RBG making fat jokes 😜😂😂😂😋😋🤩🤩

[@womanofsubstance8735]

She may have been, but it is true that elephants can carry more weight on their shoulders than over their hips. The mahout thus would have placed RGB behind Scalia, which must have blocked her view.

[@carolyndukeanderson8880]

In the most kind, truthful, and neutral way!

[@RenegadeMysticLLC]

LOVE Nina Totenberg!

[@zackslabs]

Delightful lady

[@tomatlanta2665]

RBG was a force ~ but her decision not to resign is unforgivable

[@jackrusso5103]

Loved it.

[@leonardosgood7819]

Term limits for ALL offices.

[@prof.scheere6933]

I hate that disgusting supreme court. If you can even call it a court. The conservatives have made a mockery of our flag and have made me ashamed of our country. Our flag shows up next to the Confederate flag and the swastika far too much for me not to feel this way.

[@gonzonyc]

Love Nina!

[@claudiahumphrey2163]

Almost done with the book. I love it!

[@michaelrowave]

That was so great.

[@cz2165]

“The rules were fairly clear “. If only the radical conservatives on the current SC would follow those rules.

[@TheWoodsugar]

Who shrunk Christine Baranski ?

[@moniqueengleman873]

Lol. You are correct 😁

[@traviselrod7803]

Nina Totenberg has been a Supreme Court reporter for NPR for a long time. I find this kind of cozying up to people your reporting on troubling.

[@KohalaLover]

Love Nina. Love RBG. I never realized how stupid people are until I began reading the comment sections of KZbin and Twitter.

[@LunaShimmyDiva]

YOLO Court indeed!

[@21972012145525]

She has great interviews on pbs frontline regarding the Supreme Court.

[@jamiboothe]

Weight distribution! hajahaja, Nina, you have a good memory, in all the good ways.

[@irvingsherwood1234]

Kagan is absolutely right.

[@edwoll]

I heard some excerpts read from the book. I get the feeling that Nina was actually (secretly and madly) in love with Ruth.

[@communitygardener17]

Sisterhood. It was a time of sisterhood.

[@paulmosca4351]

Compare the anecdote told at minute 4:16 to how Ron deSantis treats other humans on planet earth. Which political philosophy do you want in a leader?

[@marybell3013]

Not deSatan’s! Ruth is one of wisest and strongest women in history, and she really stood up for women. One of the saddest days in my memory is hearing the news that she had died… And then how Mitch McConnel wouldn’t even let her lie in state, and the hypocrisy of the Republicans ramming through the nomination of a super conservative Supreme Court justice only 2 weeks before the election. That is a stolen seat in my view

[@nickpaine]

RBG's

[@markhammond7452]

"Conservative" appears to be an elastic term.

[@dactylntrochee]

I still think of NPR as Nina, Linda and Cokie, with Susan and Bob (or Noah, or some other baritone) at the anchor desk. Sprinkled with poets, thinkers, and regional specialists. That was the days of news. Now that news has been replaced [everywhere] with advocacy, I feel terribly disenfranchised. At least if WNYC (my local NPR carrier, and the original NPR subscriber) changed its name to WSJW, it wouldn't be such a slap in the face. Maybe, given the way the country has developed, it was necessary, but I miss the old places -- both my local station and NPR. I guess if you live in the US, you must join up -- Jets/Sharks, Cryps/Bloods, Reds/Blues. But it's sad. There's nearly nothing there for me anymore. Anyhow, it's great to see Nina. I had no mental picture of her before this, but I always thought the world of her (and that early gang).

[@MrsMcIlrath]

Going to buy now

[@laurahoward5426]

I love Nina🥰

[@patrickhinh]

Love Nina

[@fanaticforager6610]

Nice 😂 how Diplomatically put, on the elephant ride reBUTTal 🤣🙌🏽

[@TighelanderII]

In an interview today on NPR, Nina said that Ruth gambled and she lost. No. She gambled and we lost.

[@suomynona4607]

When you're given a lifetime appointment, it's best not the trust fate to decide when an amoral grifter will pick your replacement. RBG should have given Obama her seat to fill.

[@gmh471]

It was her one and only mistake. But I am quite sure that if she would have stepped down a year before she died, McConnell still would have blocked Obama's nominee.

[@cz2165]

Moscow Mitch would have stolen her seat too.

[@RabbiTucker]

Obama DID have a seat to fill. The Senate blocked even considering Merrick Garland, and we wound up with Neal Gorsuch (sp?)

[@suomynona4607]

@@RabbiTucker The first 2 years of Obama's first term had Democrat majorities in both houses. Timing matters.

[@wilsonsmom411]

Nina Totenberg is my shero. If I’d had my act together as a young person, I would have tried to emulate her professionally.

[@adeleacheson716]

The smugness of these two... sublime!

[@jawuanmwalters]

Does anybody know the name of the intro song playing as Nora walks out?!

[@stevenwilkinson2031]

Make American great again put Trump in jail.

[@C3yl0]

Rutgers! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@hammun6]

If we had only women in the SC, all problems would be solved. It is that simple.

[@nycatlady2314]

Really? Women like RBG or like Amy Handmaid Barrett?

[@sweiland75]

Yeah you are simple.

[@KohalaLover]

As a feminist, your comment is sexist and rude. What about Amy Coney Barrett? Conservative John Roberts did not vote to withdraw abortion rights.

[@bengibbardofficial]

nina totes!!!!! such a good story; but the story doesn't quite land on this late night audience :\

[@jadedbrad]

There was a substantial chance that RBG would be replaced by a Republican president. Her decision not to retire is unexplained.

[@SimielBlack]

Seems like you missed the part where Republicans blocked the Dems from appointing a supreme court justice for over a year just because they had the power to do so.

[@muckymucks]

It's relatively simple: those in power rarely give it up willingly.

[@druidictroy1157]

@@muckymucks do you use the speech to text feature? Not being an ass, I'm seriously asking cause the mistake in wording looks exactly like a speech to text error rather than a typo.

[@muckymucks]

@@druidictroy1157 No, it's just late and I'm half asleep. Thanks for letting me know. I fixed it.

[@joelbagodonuts124]

Yes, she was clearly aware of the importance of her position on the court and her serious health issues.

[@reneekad]

Yeah law school was not easy. PhD not easy. But we celebrate if I can breathe from 2014 on? Uhm, no.

[@reneekad]

Goes back to prepare for comprehensive and timely rehabilitation.

[@vladtepes97]

she's one of the tiny people who live in my car radio.

[@KimberlyBishh]

I just don't understand when some of the biggest issues that could change the country or could offer women more rights so they could be on equal footing with men, Don't change a friendship when you don't see eye to eye.. I do not understand, And I don't think I want to understand that relationship.

[@opheliahamlet3508]

What a gal

[@joetortolano]

This sort of cosiness is what has brought the USA to the brink of death.

[@bravocharlie639]

Nina Totenberg is a legacy of the old NPR, the one before Newt Gingrich defunded NPR and PBS. Now? Both are becoming more like the rest of television : "What Corporations/the 1% want us to hear".

[@johannkarsten]

Yes, use foie gras as an illustration.

[@elliottswanson9307]

Totenberg = Kill Mountain in English. Very weird, as totenkopf = death head. We get stuck with our names by husbands and parents, but I'd sure want to lose anything that begins with Toten...

[@paulclissold1525]

What amazing hubris imagine outliving pancreatic cancer at that age well at least rbg passed on the baton to acb neither believed in the law behind roe v wade.

[@ericclaptonsrobotpilot7276]

Why are people still fawning over this woman? She singlehandedly screwed us over with her egotistical refusal to retire when she should have. Now we will be stuck with a terrible court even longer than we would have if she had exercised better judgement late in life.

[@nycatlady2314]

Because in the decades of work before she inconveniently died she overcame barriers, succeeded against the odds and worked diligently to shape a more fair and balanced country. Her dedication to the country made her want to serve until the end.

[@ericclaptonsrobotpilot7276]

@@nycatlady2314 her “dedication” was severely misguided. Someone with all their faculties would see the writing on the wall and get the hell out of the way. Typical boomer selfishness.

[@fdryer5116]

@@ericclaptonsrobotpilot7276 You may have either clairvoyance or shortsightedness. Supreme court justices are nominated for a lifetime and usually serve for many years until circumstances dictate retirement. Perhaps their roles in interpreting rules of law demands so much of themselves in dedication to deliberating America's important issues leaves little to determine when to leave. If you were in a similar position, would you be able to foresee retirement for the same reasons you think RBG should have retired due to politics?

[@mariacatherine229]

I have lost all respect for Nina Totenberg. So she's close friends with the people she's reporting on? Isn't that called conflict of interest?

[@21972012145525]

You either die a hero or see yourself live long enough to become the villain lol

[@StevenTorrey]

I don't know, with a name like "Totenberg"--city of death--I would have changed it to something a less gruesome.

[@ricardodsavant2965]

💨

[@mattb3283]

So glad I have her book..as I ran out of toilet paper .

[@natepeace1737]

Her facelift doesn’t look half bad actually!

[@emilyc8262]

I hope Colbert is held accountable for pushing experimental shots

[@Stopcrazydance]

Allegory involving foie gras, surgeon second husband, consommé in the hospital… this interview drips privilege and elitism. Nina may be a national treasure but mostly for those with treasures.

[@joshuabelmares9988]

Is it just me or does she look like Reagan in drag?

[@redshan01]

RBG destroyed her legacy by not retiring when she should have. History will not be kind.

[@alnilam2151]

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[@kathybancroft656]

Crapulence

[@jeffjohnson7683]

Nina would look better without the red lipstick

[@johnsargent1668]

Why where pearls, and red lipstick. You can choose any look and choose Karen. I super trust you

[@nickpaine]

And you chose to critique fashion? Does it matter? And enough with that Karen nonsense.

[@KohalaLover]

Why not? Are you afraid she copied your style of wearing pearls and red lipstick?

[@KohalaLover]

And its “wear”, not “where”.

[@shirleyrombough8173]

There is nothing wrong with pearls and red lipstick. They convey a message: I'm serious and will be taken seriously.

[@colonelweird]

What a terrible human being - she's also friends with Brett Kavanagh. You'll never hear honest reporting from her. But at least we now all know she cares more about access to power than basic human rights.

[@nickpaine]

They like beer. So what?

[@cathywethington5913]

A thousand dislikes for you, buddy!

[@cestmoi1796]

@@cathywethington5913 oh you can dislike someone but he, Frank McManus, can't?...i agree w/ him .. she's a self confessed (superficial hobnobbing -no helpful honest reporting ) gossip ..enabler ..and i was not at all impressed or edified by anything she said.. and the poopooing excusing ..disregard..of the consequential effects of the ill intentioned poor judgement of the badly behaved ...is out of touch ..and downright inappropriate.. in these times. the interview was poorly executed (Colbert let her slide...boore..ing ) a disappointing waste of my time ..will avoid heretofore..

[@kregoryklements6918]

She buried a husband and has another . But she loves rbg. This is weird .

[@nickpaine]

How?

[@putinmahcochin1636]

I love(d) my friends? Those still alive, and certainly those who've died, will always have love in my heart. You're a shitty friend if this confuses you.

[@stevewalston7089]

@kregory klements - There's nothing "weird" at all about it. Maybe look up the definition of love if you're having trouble understanding it has multiple meanings and uses.

[@21972012145525]

Wow so widowers aren’t allowed to remarry now?

[@Vmaxfodder]

Ignoramus libtwits

[@stevewalston7089]

Go have a glass of oven cleaner

[@Vmaxfodder]

@Steve Walston you really need to stop your buttchugging ways Stevie

[@Vmaxfodder]

@Steve Walston I wont drink what you have proclivities to be slurping on !