>>> OUR --
>> OUR --
>> WHOOPS.
>> SO EXCITED.
>> OUR NEXT GUEST IS AN
ADVOCATE, AUTHOR, MOTHER, AND
FORMER FIRST DAUGHTER.
>> CHELSEA CLINTON IS NOW A
PODCAST HOST.
SHE TALKS WITH EXPERTS AND TAKES
A DEEP DIVE ON PUBLIC HEALTH
ISSUES FOR HER PODCAST, "IN FACT
WITH CHELSEA CLINTON."
SHE’S HERE TO TALK WITH US ALL
ABOUT IT.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
>> MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING, DYLAN AND
SHEINELLE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON
TODAY.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
FEELS LIKE YOU WEAR A MILLION
HATS OR A BUNCH AT ONCE.
NOW, YOU’RE ADDING PODCASTER TO
THE LIST.
TELL US ABOUT IT.
>> WELL, I LAUNCHED "IN FACT"
BECAUSE AT LEAST IN MY LIFETIME,
WE’VE NEVER HAD SO MANY PEOPLE
PAY ATTENTION TO PUBLIC HEALTH.
BECAUSE WE’VE BEEN LIVING IN A
PANDEMIC.
YET, I THINK FOR SO MANY PEOPLE,
THERE’S THIS EQUATION THAT
PUBLIC HEALTH EQUALS COVID-19 OR
MAYBE EQUALS INFECTIOUS
DISEASES.
I WANTED TO HELP BROADEN
PEOPLE’S UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT
PUBLIC HEALTH IS AND WHY WE
SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO PUBLIC
HEALTH EVEN WHEN WE’RE NOT IN A
PANDEMIC.
SO WE TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS AND
ADDICTION.
THE TERRIBLE STIGMA AROUND HIV
STATUS.
AND HOW CLIMATE CHANGE IS PUBLIC
HEALTH ISSUE AND A LOT OF OTHER
THINGS THAT I’M REALLY EXCITED
TO SHARE WITH THE AUDIENCE.
>> IN ONE EPISODE, YOU REFER TO
THE PHRASE MORAL REFRAMING.
YOU SAY IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO
CHOOSE YOUR WORDS WISELY, WHICH
IS REALLY HOW YOU EXPLAIN
SOMETHING.
CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT?
>> YEAH. THANK YOU, DYLAN.
THANK YOU, DYLAN.
SO WHEN I SPOKE WITH FRANK LUTZ,
WHO I VEFR WOULD HAVENEVER WOULD
TO BE IN A CONVERSATION WITH,
REPUBLICAN, STRATEGIST WHO
WORKED TIRELESSLY, AND I SAY AS
A PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRAT,
UNFORTUNATELY AT TIMES FROM MY
PERSPECTIVE ON SUCCESSFULLY
ELECTING REPUBLICANS UP AND DOWN
THE BALLOT, BUT HE REALLY CARES
ABOUT HELPING ENSURE EVERY
AMERICAN HAS ALL THE INFORMATION
THAT WE NEED TO MAKE THE CHOICE
TO GET VACCINATED.
SO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, HOW DO
WE SITUATE VACCINES AND
VACCINATIONS OUT OF POLITICS AND
INTO LANGUAGE AND CONTEXT THAT
WE ALL SHARE?
LIKE WE ALL WANT WHAT’S BEST FOR
OUR KIDS.
WE ALL WANT THE BEST FOR OUR
GRANDPARENTS.
SO FRAMING QUESTIONS AND
CONVERSATIONS AROUND
VACCINATIONS, INSTEAD OF KIND OF
ALL THE SCIENCE, ALTHOUGH, IT IS
IMPORTANT IF YOU WANT TO KNOW
THE SCIENCE THAT YOU’RE ABLE TO
ACCESS ALL THAT INFORMATION,
TOO, BUT SITUATE THE
CONVERSATIONS IN, LIKE, HOW
IMPORTANT IS IT THAT YOU’RE ABLE
TO PROTECT YOUR GRANDPARENTS?
>> I KNOW.
>> I THINK YOU’RE RIGHT.
IT IS THE HUMANITY OF IT.
WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO
LOSE THAT PIECE.
SO FOR PEOPLE WHO DON’T WANT TO
WEAR THE MASKS, FOR EXAMPLE,
THINK ABOUT THE CHILDREN WHO
CAN’T WEAR MASKS.
ON THAT NOTE, YOU TALKED ABOUT
WHEN YOU GOT YOUR FIRST SHOT,
HAD YOUR VACCINATION, YOU SHED A
FEW TEARS.
I THINK A LOT OF US DID.
WHAT WAS THAT MOMENT LIKE FOR
YOU?
>> IT WAS REALLY EMOTIONAL.
GOSH, I’M WELLING UP EVEN
THINKING ABOUT IT.
I VOLUNTEERED STARTING IN
JANUARY EVERY SATURDAY AT THE
ARMORY MASS VACCINATION SITE UP
IN WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, WHICH WAS
ONE OF THE MOST MOVING AND
PROFOUND EXPERIENCES OF MY LIFE.
I THINK I WAS THERE, GOSH, LIKE
17 SATURDAYS IN A ROW.
WITH JUST THIS EXTRAORDINARY
TEAM OF VACCINATORS AND
VOLUNTEERS FROM ACROSS THE
COLOMBIA PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL
SYSTEM, WORKING WITH EMTs AND
NURSES, NURSE-PRACTITIONERS WHO
COME FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY
TO HELP US VACCINATE NEW
YORKERS.
IT WAS ALREADY SUCH A MOVING
EXPERIENCE, AND THEN TO BE
VACCINATED BY ONE OF THE PEOPLE
THAT I WAS WORKING WITH.
TO KNOW THAT, KIND OF, WHICH WAS
MY JOURNEY BACK TO A NEW NORMAL,
IT WAS JUST SO MANY EMOTIONS
COLLIDING IN ME.
I DEFINITELY CRIED.
THE NURSE IS LIKE, ARE YOU OKAY?
I’M LIKE, I’M OKAY.
I’M NOT IN PAIN.
I JUST AM SO GRATEFUL.
>> GRATEFUL.
>> THEY WERE LIKE, OKAY.
OKAY, DO YOU NEED A MINUTE?
NO, I’LL GET UP SO YOU CAN
VACCINATE THE NEXT PATIENT.
>> ON TO THE NEXT PERSON.
>> IT WASN’T JUST A FEW TEARS,
IT WAS A LOT.
>> I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE FELT
THAT EMOTION.
I WANT TO SWITCH GEARS AND TALK
ABOUT YOUR BOOK SERIES,
CHILDREN’S BOOK SERIES, "SHE
PERSISTED."
I LOVE WHAT YOU’RE DOING.
EVERY MONTH THIS YEAR, YOU’RE
GOING TO COME OUT WITH A NEW
BOOK ABOUT AN INFLUENTIAL WOMAN.
WHY WAS THIS SO IMPORTANT FOR
YOU TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT
THERE FOR KIDS?
>> WELL, WHEN I WAS ON THE BOOK
TOUR FOR THE FIRST "SHE
PERSISTED" PICTURE BOOK BACK IN
2017, IT WAS JUST SO INSPIRING
TO MEET SO MANY YOUNG READERS,
GIRLS AND BOYS ALIKE, WHO WERE
HUNGRY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THESE
WOMEN.
SO THANKFULLY, I HAD THE CHANCE
TO TURN THE PICTURE BOOK SERIES
NOW INTO A CHAPTER BOOK SERIES.
THIS YEAR, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, 13
COMING OUT WITH THE FIRST 13
WOMEN IN THE "SHE PERSISTED"
BOOK.
THANKFULLY, I CAN’T SAY ANY MORE
THAN THIS, BUT WE HAVE MORE
CHAPTER BOOKS IN FUTURE YEARS
ABOUT OTHER INSPIRING WOMEN.
AND SO IT JUST IS REALLY
MEANINGFUL TO ME.
THESE WOMEN THAT MEANT SO MUCH
TO ME THROUGHOUT MY LIFE HAVE
FULLY FLUSHED OUT CHAPTER BOOKS
WRITTEN BY AN EXTRAORDINARY
GROUP OF WOMEN AUTHORS.
WE’VE CALLED OURSELVES THE
PERSISTERHOOD.
>> SPEAKING OF CHILDREN QUICKLY,
THE PANDEMIC ALLOWED A LOT OF US
TO PUSH THE PAUSE BUTTON AND
SPEND TIME WITH EACH OTHER.
YOU HAVE THREE LITTLE ONES.
DID GRANDMA AND GRANDPA, WERE
YOU ABLE TO KIND OF COME
TOGETHER FOR A LITTLE BIT?
>> YES.
I’M SO THANKFUL TO MY PARENTS.
I MEAN, WE PODDED WITH MY
PARENTS LAST SUMMER, AND THEY
WERE HUGE HELPS WITH MY KIDS.
IT HAS BEEN SUCH A SPECIAL
EXPERIENCE TO WATCH THE INTENSE
BONDING THAT’S HAPPENED BETWEEN
ALL THREE OF MY KIDS.
>> WHAT DO THEY CALL THEM,
GRANDMA, GRANNY?
>> GRANDMA AND POPPOP.
>> MY DAD IS A POP-POP.
>> FORMER POP-POP PRESIDENT.
>> YEAH.
>> CHELSEA, YOU ARE A DELIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
>> THANK YOU.