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AuthorJade Emerson

Host and Producer, "Lady Bird"

5. ‘She was the boss’

On the day the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, everything in the United States changed, including for Lady Bird. With Lyndon away for the war, she runs his congressional office at a time in which women didn’t have a seat at the table. She also starts a...

4. ‘I am afraid it’s politics’

After a life spent in Texas, Lady Bird moves to Washington, D.C., with her new husband. Lady Bird begins her life as a political wife and close confidant of a rising political star. LBJ runs for a U.S. House seat, and Lady Bird tries to keep her...

Bonus: The Love Letters

Lady Bird’s granddaughter Catherine Robb sits down with Jade Emerson to read her grandparents’ love letters from the 1930s. Catherine reflects on their relationship and the sweetness of two people falling in love via the U.S. mail.

3. ‘Something electric going’

With two degrees in hand from the University of Texas, Lady Bird tries to figure out what she wants to do with her life. In a chance encounter, she finally crosses paths with a young Lyndon Baines Johnson. Sparks fly, and he overwhelms her on their...

2. ‘A bigger world’

The world opens up for Lady Bird when she leaves home for college. She starts to come into her own when she moves to Austin, meets new people and imagines a career in journalism. Her father sends her on a trip to the East Coast as a graduation gift...

1. ‘Pretty as a Lady Bird’

A young girl grows up on the banks of Caddo Lake, deep in the East Texas woods. After suffering a personal loss at a young age, she finds solace in the natural world around her. Her nanny gives her a nickname that millions will someday come to know...

Introducing ‘Lady Bird’

In the years following her time in the White House, Lady Bird Johnson spent countless hours detailing her life experiences with historians for the LBJ Presidential Library. To bring her incredible story to life, host Jade Emerson unearthed those...

Meet the voice behind the ‘Lady Bird’ podcast

I remember the night I got asked to host The Drag’s “Lady Bird” podcast. A few months before that night, I’d been hired to help The Drag’s managing director, Katey Outka, with some research. I came into the project without really knowing anything...