When JFK was assassinated in Dallas, Lady Bird’s whole life changed in a single afternoon. The violent end of one presidency meant the unexpected beginning of another. In this bonus episode, producer Carly Rose tells the story of the assassination...
An increasingly confident Lady Bird hits the campaign trail yet again as her husband makes a bid for the U.S. Senate. She’s not just smiling and shaking hands anymore. She’s becoming a political force. Lady Bird meets Jackie Kennedy, a young...
The Johnson inner circle knew Lady Bird as LBJ’s closest adviser. That meant that often Lady Bird would “grade” LBJ’s speeches. Hear a recorded phone call between Lady Bird and LBJ as she critiques one of his presidential speeches.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
