Katie Couric, America's iconic journalist: Going There, (We happily went there and bought the t-shirt!)

Published: Dec. 5, 2023, 8 a.m.

b'In this week\'s episode of You Are What You Read, get to know Katie Couric as you never have in a conversation about the books that built her soul. Themes of culture, family, faith, and love will inspire and delight you. Katie is an award-winning journalist who has used her storytelling skills to bring us together. She is the ultimate cancer care advocate, the visionary behind Katie Couric Media (KCM), and the #1 New York Times bestselling author of her page-turning autobiography,\\xa0Going There.\\xa0Katie elevates our conversation with her curiosity, gusto, humor and grace. Listen to Katie\'s "Next Question" podcast and sign up for her daily "Wake-Up Call" newsletter from\\xa0Katie Couric Media.\\xa0\\nWe\'d also like to thank our sponsor Book of the Month.\\xa0Head over to bookofthemonth.com and use Promo Code ADRI to get your first book for just $9.99.\\nThank you for listening, and thank you for reading.\\nKatie Couric\\u2019s \\u201cYou Are What You Read\\u201d Book List\\nDr. Seuss\\xa0\\nAre You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman\\nGo, Dog, Go! by P.D. Eastman\\nSnow by Roy McKie\\nMiss Flora McFlimsey by Marian Foster Curtiss\\nCharlotte\\u2019s Web by E.B. White\\nThe Trumpet Swan by E.B. White\\nWinnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne\\nA Thurber Carnival by James Thurber\\nThe Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen\\nFrom the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg\\nA Patch of Blue by Elizabeth Kata\\nLight a Single Candle by Beverly Butler\\nIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote\\nLovely Bones by Alice Sebold\\nThe Luckiest Girl by Beverly Cleary\\nFifteen by Beverly Cleary\\nThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald\\nJim Thorpe: Olympic Champion (Childhood of Famous Americans) by Guernsey Van Riper Jr.\\nBabe Didrikson: Girl Athlete (Childhood of Famous Americans) by Lena Young De Grummond and Lynn de Grummond Delaune\\nThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain\\nThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain\\nNancy Drew by Carolyn Keene\\nThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath\\nDopesick by Beth Macy\\nExpenses by Amy Blume\\nSignal Fire by Dani Shapiro\\nGlass Castle by Jeannette Walls\\nHang the Moon by Jeannette Walls\\nSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'