RBG: Beyond Notorious

Take a moment to delve into the life and times of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Starting in present day and working back through history, each episode in this 6-part series highlights a decade of RBG's life. Hear from RBG herself in a new interview, and some of the people who know her best, including her granddaughter Clara Spera, law school classmate Professor Arthur Miller, and equal pay activist and Supreme Court plaintiff Lilly Ledbetter. CNN's Poppy Harlow and Jeffrey Toobin host this original series, going behind the scenes of the CNN Film RBG.

Episodes

Trailer: RBG: Beyond Notorious

August 9, 2018 • 3 mins

Join CNN's Poppy Harlow and Jeffrey Toobin for an unforgettable podcast journey through the decades of Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's life. Poppy and Jeffrey go behind the scenes of the CNN film everyone is raving about and hear from the people who have known RBG best throughout her legal career.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...

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Staying Power (Present Day)

August 20, 2018 • 37 mins

Poppy and Jeffrey begin the journey discussing RBG on the Supreme Court in the Trump era, hearing from her granddaughter Clara Spera on what she learned about her grandmother in law school. They also hear from CNN SCOTUS guru Joan Biskupic on how RBG's 2016 comments about then-presidential candidate Donald Trump have played out today and what to expect from RBG with the shifting makeup of court following Justice Kennedy's retiremen...

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Dissenter (2000's)

August 20, 2018 • 36 mins

Poppy and Jeffrey go back to the 2000's, when RBG's public profile exploded. She became the most senior liberal justice on the court and wrote some of her most memorable dissents, in cases such as Lily Ledbetter versus Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company (2006) and Shelby County versus Holder (2013). Poppy and Jeffrey sit down with Ledbetter to discuss her case and the impact of RBG's dissent. They also catch up with Shana Knizhnik, t...

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A Higher Court (1990's)

August 21, 2018 • 43 mins

Episode 3 goes through RBG's Supreme Court nomination and her first decade on the High Court. Poppy and Jeffrey speak with Professor Margo Schlanger, one of RBG's clerks during her first term, who breaks down RBG's first opinion on the Court. They also discuss RBG's landmark majority opinion in the United States versus Virginia (1996) -- the case that struck down the male-only admissions policy at the Virginia Military Institute --...

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The Odd Couple (1980's)

August 22, 2018 • 21 mins

Episode 4 takes us back to President Carter's appointment of RBG to the DC Circuit of the US Court of Appeals, discussing her transformation from litigator to jurist. Poppy and Jeffrey speak with Eugene Scalia, one of the late Associate Justice Antonin Scalia's sons, about his father and RBG's unlikely friendship.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit pod...

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Flaming Feminist Litigator (1970's)

August 23, 2018 • 40 mins

This 1970's episode delves into RBG's work as an attorney leading the ACLU Women's Right's Project, taking on clients who had experienced gender-based discrimination. Poppy and Jeffrey hear from two of the plaintiffs in these cases - Sharron Cohen (of Frontiero versus Richardson) and Stephen Wiesenfeld (of Weinberger versus Wiesenfeld) on how RBG argued their cases. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.c...

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Her Origins (1950's/1960's)

August 24, 2018 • 45 mins

In the final installment, Poppy and Jeffrey go back to RBG's origins, beginning with her Brooklyn upbringing through to her time as a young lawyer struggling to secure a job despite being top of her class. They sit down with Professor Arthur Miller, who knew RBG and her husband Marty at Harvard Law School. Finally, CNN Supreme Court reporter Ariane De Vogue helps tie it all together and walks us through expectations for the coming ...

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RBG: Beyond Notorious

Episodes

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Dissenter (2000's)

A Higher Court (1990's)

The Odd Couple (1980's)

Flaming Feminist Litigator (1970's)

Her Origins (1950's/1960's)

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Trailer: RBG: Beyond Notorious

Staying Power (Present Day)