Abigail Thernstrom: Media Appearances

Television and Radio Since January 2003 | Selected media prior to 2003 | Public Lectures

2005

  • January 17, 3:00 PM, radio, 1360 WPTT, Jerry Boyer Show, Pittsburgh

2004

  • October 12, 9:30-9:50 PM, “The Other Side”-KMSR-AM, Dallas, TX.
  • September 21, 6:30 PM, “The David Gold Show”-KMSR-AM, Dallas, TX.
  • February 23, 9:30-10:00 AM, WSOY-AM/ “Byers & Co.," Chicago, IL
  • January 26, 10:30 AM, NE Comcast, “Books of our Time” Massachusetts School of Law, Andover, MA,
  • January 14, 1:00-2:00 PM, WYPR-FM/ Baltimore Public Radio, “Mark Steiner Show.”
  • January 13, 1:00-2:00 PM , radio, KRLA-AM/ “The Dennis Prager Show.”
  • Mind the Gap, Uncommon Knowledge, Filmed on May 3, 2004. Guests: Bernard Gifford, Abigail Thernstrom, and Stephen Thernstrom
  • Book TV at the Brookings Institute on June 10, 2004, CSPAN2, 7-9-04

2003

  • KTAR-AM/ “The Preston Westmoreland Show,” Phoenix, AZ. October 2, 8:53-8:57 PM.
  • CABLE RADIO NETWORK/ (National Syndication),“American Breakfast Radio Show.” October 6, 7:00-7:20 AM.
  • WGNU-AM/ “Nick Kasoff Show,” St. Louis, MO, October 7, 3:00-4:00 PM.
  • WYLL-FM/ “Scott Thomas Show,” Chicago, IL, October 7, 5:10-5:50 PM.
  • WIBR-AM/ “The Ed Buggs Radio Show,” Baton Rouge, LA, October 7, 7:10-8:00 PM.
  • Taped TV, NY 1 News / “New York Closeup,” October, 4:15 PM, 4:30-5:00 PM,.
  • WLW-AM/ “Midday with Mike McConnell,” Cincinnati, OH, October 13, 11:00-11:30 AM.
  • KPRI-FM/ “KPRI Morning Show,” San Diego, CA, October 13, 12:10-12:20 PM.
  • WMBD-AM/ “The Dan DiOrio Show,” Chicago, IL, October 14, 9:00-10:00 AM.
  • WZLX-FM/ “Common Ground,” Boston, MA, October 14, 10:30-11:00 AM.
  • FOX NEWSCHANNEL “Dayside,” October 14, 1-2:00 PM.
  • WVON-AM/ “Cliff Kelley Show,” Chicago, , October 16, 9:04-9:50 AM.
  • Talk America Network, “The Shmuley Show, National Syndication, October 16, 3:00-3:20 PM.
  • Sunday Times of London, print interview, October 16, 3:30-3:50 PM.
  • Catholic Radio Ntwk/ “Kresta in the Afternoon,’” National syndication, October 16, 4:30-4:50 PM.
  • WDWS-AM/ “Mark Schultz Show,” Champagne, IL, October 16, 5:20-5:30 PM.
  • WOAI-AM/ “Dual & Dooms,” San Antonio, TX, October 16, 6:35-6:50 PM.
  • PREMIERE RADIO NETWK/ “Rush Limbaugh Show,” Guest host: Dr. Walter Williams, October 17, 12:30-12:45 PM.
  • WTKK-FM/ “Bruce Stevens Show,” Boston, MA, October 18, 7:10-7:25 AM.
  • KNWZ-AM/ “Norman Mark Show,” Palm Springs, CA/ San Diego, CA/ LA, CA, October 18, 2:15-3:00 PM.
  • Westwood One Radio Ntwk/ “Jim Bohannon Show,” October 20 in Washington, DC, 11:00 PM-12:05 AM.
  • FOX NEWSCHANNEL/ “O’Reilly Factor,” October 21, 6:-00-7:00 PM in Washington, DC.
  • WOC-AM/ “Albracht in the Morning,” Davenport, IA, October 22, 8:05-8:30 AM.
  • KTSA-AM/ “Eliza Sonneland Show, ” San Antonio, TX, October 22, 12:05-12:25 PM.
  • Wisconsin Public Radio/ “Conversations w/Kathleen Dunn” Nationally syndicated, October 23, 11:00-12:00.
  • WHDH-TV/ “Urban Update, ” live TV tape, Boston, October 24, 9:00 AM.
  • WLVI-TV/ “Keller at Large,” live TV tape, October 24, 4:15 PM.
  • WCBN-FM/ “The Bottom Line, ” Ann Arbor, live by phone, 4:45-5:15 PM.
  • NEW ENGLAND CABLE NEWS/ “NewsNight,” TV taped in studio, October 27, 7:45-8:00 PM
  • KTSA-AM/ “The Carl Wiglesworth Show,” San Antonio, TX, October 28, 7:35-7:55 PM.
  • WMJI-AM/FM/ “Lanigan and Malone, ” Cleveland, OH, October 29, 7: 10-7:25 AM.
  • KPCC-FM/ “Air Talk with Larry Mantle, ” Southern California Public Radio/ Los Angeles, KPCC, live with call-ins, taped at WBUR-FM, Boston, November 5, 2:00-3:00
  • WEAA-FM/ “DayBreak w/ Anthony McCarthy, NPR Affiliate, Baltimore, MD, November 7, 7:42-7:50 AM .
  • American Family Radio News, Nationally syndicated, November 7, 10:30-10:45 AM.
  • WASO-AM/ “The Keith Rush Show,” New Orleans, LA, November 7, 12:00-1:00 PM.
  • SALEM RADIO NTWK/ “Michael Medved Show,” national syndication, November 10, 4:00-5:00 PM.
  • Powernomics Radio/ “The Tom Pope Show,” Syndicated to 5 states, November 12, 12:00-1:00 PM.
  • WPTT-AM/ “The Jerry Bowyer Show,” Pittsburgh, PA, November 18, 7:07-7:30 AM.
  • WBNW-AM/ “Pages to People,” taped in studio, Newton, MA, 3:00- 3:45 PM.
  • NPR/ “All Things Considered,” Taped at New York studios, November 20, 11:30 AM-12:00 PM.
  • The "Mike Rosen Show," December 3,  12:00-1:00 PM.
  • KMOX-AM/ “Morning Meeting, ” St. Louis, MO, December 4, 11:20-11:55 AM.
  • “The Linda Chavez Program,” Liberty Broadcasting Network, December 4, 12:20-12:45 PM.
  • WTAR-AM/ “Special Edition Saturday,” Waterbury, CT, December 6, 1:30 PM.
  • WKVL-AM/ “Common Sense,” Knoxville, TN, December 8, 9-:30 AM.
  • KION-AM/ “Karen Grant Show,” Monterey, CA, December 16, 7:30-8:00 PM
  • WPTT-AM/ “The Jerry Bowyer Show,” Pittsburgh, PA, December 18, 7:07-7:30 AM
  • WIBC-AM/ “Greg Garrison Show,” syndicated in Indiana, December 18, 10-11:00 AM.
  • CABLE CT TV/ “Contemporary Issues, ” Conn., December 19, 4:30-5:30 PM
  • C-SPAN/ “Booknotes,” taped in Washington, D.C., December 23, 1:30-2:27 PM

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Selected media prior to 2003

  • Hardball with Chris Matthews, CNBC, July 11, 2001, on a Washington Post/Kaiser Foundation/Harvard University poll on racial disparities between whites and blacks.
  • Debate with Christopher Edley on US Comm'n for Civil Rights' Florida report, Washington Journal, C-SPAN.
  • Fox News with Tony Snow, June 27, 2001.
  • Hardball with Chris Matthews, CNBC, June 5, 2001, on U.S. Commission on
  • Civil Rights Florida report.
  • Nightline (on the SATs), March 15, 2001.
  • Fox News (on Linda Chavez), January 8, 2001.

2000

  • The Jim Lehrer NewsHour, PBS, November 15, 2000 (on the results of the 2000 presidential election). "

1998

  • Good Morning America," ABC-TV, July 9, 1998.
  • "Talk of the Nation," NPR-Radio, hour-long discussion of racial issues with three other guests, May 28, 1998.
  • "Both Sides with Jesse Jackson," (one-on-one discussion with J.J. about our "Citizens' Race Initiative), CNN, May 10, 1998.
  • "BET Tonight with Tavis Smiley," Black Entertainment Television, Washington, D.C., discussion of affirmative action, March 3, 1998.
  • Interview, NPR News, March 1, 1998, on the Kerner Comm'n Report's 30th anniversary.
  • Interview, ABC World News Tonight, March 1, 1998, on the Kerner Comm'n Report's 30th anniversary.
  • Interview, CNN Sunday, March 1, 1998, on the Kerner Comm'n Report's 30 th anniversary.

1997

  • CSPAN Washington Journal, host Brian Lamb, December 19, 1997. (Good Morning America, ABC Television, December 19, 1997.
  • "Fox News Sunday" with host Tony Snow, on President Clinton’s Race Initiative “town hall meeting,” Akron, Ohio, December 7, 1997.
  • "Both Sides with Jesse Jackson," on the Akron, Ohio, “town meeting,” December 7, 1997.
  • "CNN & Company," on President Clinton's "town meeting" on race in Akron, Ohio. December 4, 1997.
  • "Hannity & Comes," Fox News, TV, on President Clinton's "town meeting" on race in Akron, Ohio, December 3, 1997.
  • Interview, BBC World Series, Washington, D.C., on affirmative action with host Henry Astier, November 19, 1997.
  • The Jim Lehrer News Hour, PBS-TV, discussion of America in Black and White with David Gergen, November 11, 1997.
  • Discussion of America in Black and White, "Cover to Cover," a NPR program, with Henry Tischler, host. November 10, 1997
  • "Fox News Sunday" with Tony Snow, host, November 2, 1997. (General discussion of race.)
  • "Both Sides with Jesse Jackson," on recent books on race, including America in Black and White, CNN, October 19, 1997.
  • "The Sean Hannity Show," on America in Black and White, WABC, New York, September 23, 1997.
  • "Hannity & Comes," Fox News, TV, September 23, 1997, on America in Black and White. Thirty-minute interview (with Stephan Thernstrom),
  • Crossfire Sunday, with Kweisi Mfume on affirmative action in higher education, , May 25, 1997.
  • "Both Sides with Jesse Jackson," on affirmative action in higher education, May 18, 1997.

1996

  • The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, PBS, December 9, 1996, on voting rights cases before the Supreme Court.
  • "At Issue," Fox-TV, December 9, 1996, on voting rights cases before the Supreme Court.
  • "Think Tank," with Ben Wattenberg, host, special program on affirmative action, September 6, 1996.
  • All Things Considered, segment hosted by Nina Totenberg on the two Supreme Court decisions in voting rights cases, June 13, 1996.
  • Morning Edition, WBUR-Radio (public radio), Boston (on racial quotas), April 26, 1996.
  • ABC/Nightline hosted by Ted Koppel, participant, extended discussion on race, , January 25, 1996. (Aired in June, but my appearance was confined to a still-shot.)

1995

  • "Talk of the Nation," National Public Radio (debate with Christopher Edley on the President's speech on affirmative action), July 19, 1995.
  • "All Things Considered," National Public Radio, Interview with Nina Totenberg, June 29, 1995.
  • "Morning Edition," NPR, interview with Bob Edwards on affirmative action, June 20, 1995.
  • MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour, PBS, extended interview with Charlayne Hunter-Gault on affirmative action, the April 25, 1995.
  • "Talk of the Nation," National Public Radio, debate on racial redistricting, April 19, 1995.
  • The Charlie Rose show, New York, PBS, March 20, 1995.
  • CNBC, "America is Talking," on minority voting rights, December 13, 1994.
  • MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour, PBS, extended interview with Charlayne Hunter-Gault on affirmative action, June 5, 1991, with follow-up on June 14.

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