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Title: City of Arts San Francisco: Molly Ivins Hosted by Maya Angelou., City of Arts San Francisco: Molly Ivins Hosted by Maya Angelou.
Identifier: e_mi_019
Contributor: Ivins, Molly, Angelou, Maya
Topic: Separation of church and state, Firearms--Law and legislation, Christian fundamentalists
Dates: 1994-11-29
Resource: Molly Ivins papers
Description: Recorded Sppech of Molly Ivins at City of Arts San Francisco. In this speech, Molly covers some of her favorite subjects including the First Ammendment, Separation of Church and State, and Gun control. She also discusses the state of modern white Evangelical Christians and how their fear has affected the political landscape.

Title: City of Arts San Francisco: Molly Ivins Hosted by Maya Angelou., City of Arts San Francisco: Molly Ivins Hosted by Maya Angelou.
Identifier: e_mi_020
Contributor: Ivins, Molly
Topic: Mass media criticism, Radio talk show hosts, Texas--History--1846-1950
Dates: 1994-11-29
Resource: Molly Ivins papers
Description: The second part of Molly's appearance at City of Arts San Francisco. In this section Molly addresses audience questions and discusses the ugliness of the discourse put out by talk radio hosts and other political commentators as well as Texas politics and history.

Title: City of Arts San Francisco Molly Ivins (Rough Dub), City of Arts San Francisco Molly Ivins (Rough Dub)
Identifier: e_mi_011
Contributor: Ivins, Molly
Topic: Freedom of speech--United States, Political satire, American, Christian fundamentalists
Dates: 1993-10-28
Resource: Molly Ivins papers
Description: Recorded Speech of Molly Ivins at City of Arts San Francisco hosted by Doug Foster of Mother Jones Magazine. This speech has many elements of other speeches that Molly does around this time. Topics that she focuses on include freedom of speech, fundamentalists in politics, the lampooning of Texas politicians including Gib Lewis, gun control, the beginning of the Clinton administration, and some of her reflections on the 1992 presidential race. Of particular interest are her answers to some audience questions after the speech where she reveals her thoughts on Lyndon B. Johnson and crticizes the hurtful satire that the Right was engaging in at the time.

Title: City of Arts San Francisco Molly Ivins (Rough Dub), City of Arts San Francisco Molly Ivins (Rough Dub)
Identifier: e_mi_012
Contributor: Ivins, Molly, Angelou, Maya
Topic: Waco Branch Davidian Disaster, Tex., 1993, Populism--United States, Texas--Politics and government--1951-
Dates: 1993-10-28
Resource: Molly Ivins papers
Description: The second part of Molly Ivin's appearance at City of Arts San Francisco. Continuing where e_mi_011 left off, Molly continues taking questions from the audience. Beyond just her normal lampooning of Texas politicians such as H. Ross Perot and Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Molly also discusses the Branch Davidian Disaster and the tradition of Texas populism. She also at one point briefly mentions future presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders.

Title: "Women on the Verge": Susan Faludi & Molly Ivins in Conversation on Stage
Identifier: e_mi_089
Creator: Faludi, Susan
Contributor: Ivins, Molly, Faludi, Susan
Topic: Press--United States, Second-wave feminism, Women politicians--United States
Dates: 1992-05-06
Resource: Molly Ivins papers
Description: The second part of Molly Ivins' appearance with Susan Faludi. Molly continues speaking about her early journalism career and the folding of the Dallas Times Herald. The question and answer session after the Molly and Susan's talk features answers related to feminism in the 1990s, LGBT inclusion in second wave feminism, and women and politics.

Title: "Women on the Verge": Susan Faludi & Molly Ivins in Conversation on Stage
Identifier: e_mi_088
Creator: Faludi, Susan
Contributor: Ivins, Molly, Faludi, Susan, Foster, Douglas
Topic: Feminism--United States, Civil rights--United States--History, Women--Books and reading--United States
Dates: 1992-05-06
Resource: Molly Ivins papers
Description: This is a recording of Molly Ivin's appearance with Susan Faludi at an event for Mother Jones Magazine. Doug Foster, the editor of Mother Jones performs the introduction. In the discussion, Molly and Susan ask each other questions about their lives and their books, Molly's "Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She?" and Susan's "Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women". Of particular interest are Susan Faludi's thoughts on her mother and the criticism of her book as well as Molly Ivins' reflections on her childhood and young adulthood and the civil rights era.