{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Gloria Steinem-An Exceptional Life","description":"I\u2019m so sad I now live in a world without Gloria Steinem. Unlike many public personalities, Gloria was the real deal: modest, warm, smart, funny. She took her passion for equality, women\u2019s rights and human rights to a place that lit up the world. Gloria played a special role in my life: friend and mentor. She was the first guest on \u201cNow What?\u201d That was 11 years ago. We spoke in the brownstone she lived in since the \u201860s which is filled with objects she brought back from her travels around the world. Sitting in her living room, we chatted about her childhood, politics, feminism and Cathy, the elephant she rode in Botswana to celebrate her 80th birthday. Gloria wanted to live to be 100. She made it to 92. Her spirit lives on in this conversation. This episode of "Now What?" was produced with the help of Nellie Gilles, Allison Bernstein, Steve Zimmer, Lucy Little and Jackie Schwartz. Audio production is by Nick Ciavatta. ","author_name":"Now What? With Carole Zimmer","author_url":"http:\/\/www.carolezimmer.com\/podcast","html":"