For decades, NPR listeners have heard the political reporting and commentary of Cokie Roberts. Tonight, she’ll appear at the Governor Jim Blanchard Public Service Forum in the Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre, starting at 7:30 p.m. Before the event, Cokie Roberts spent a few minutes with WKAR’s Scott Pohl.
SCOTT POHL: This is not the first time we’ve met. Back in 1992, Michigan State University hosted one of the Clinton-Bush-Perot Presidential debates, and you were here for that debate. You came to WKAR the next morning to talk on “Morning Edition,” and you even indulged me in a short interview for our local listeners that morning. What I most remember about that morning is how terribly sick you were, and yet you sounded great on the air! You had a bad cold, but every time the microphone was on, you sounded great. Welcome back to East Lansing.
COKIE ROBERTS: Thank you! It’s great to be back. That was quite a night. I was remembering it as I was approaching this trip. A quite remarkable debate. It was cold here as I recall, even though it only October, so that’s probably why I wasn’t feeling so well.
SP: People are hearing you these days on the “Morning Edition” “Ask Cokie” segments. I wanted to ask you what you like about that, and do you get to be involved in picking the topic of the week?
CR: Oh, I’m very involved, I generally do pick the topic. It’s fun to do. It’s a little bit hokey, but people love it, and I…
