Nina Totenberg

Public Radio Oral History Project

Public Radio Oral History Project: NPR's Founding Mother and legal correspondent Nina Totenberg

Brian Bull

In an interview recorded December 11, 2024 Nina Totenberg discusses her early years beginning with National Public Radio, her coverage of the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas controversy, and getting rushed to the ER after a tape-splicing accident. Totenberg also reflects on fighting shyness and imposter syndrome, and why she doesn't play Wordle.