Maureen Dowd: Talks Green

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By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues This week, we take a look at the Fresh Dialogues archives. Last April, I met with the enchanting Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Maureen Dowd. We had an animated conversation during a green-themed morning in downtown San Jose. Over cups of delicious mint tea, we discussed Maureen’s Irish heritage and how that inspires her fiery prose. We also discussed her belief in America’s green future. In this excerpt, we discuss fellow New York Times Columnist, Tom Friedman (whom she describes as “her office husband”) and his new book, Hot, Flat & Crowded. “I try to get advice from Tom Friedman who is Mr. Solar around our office. He’s done a new book which is very involved with energy and his whole house is solar designed… I ask him and he’s trying to coach me in how to be more environmentally correct.” . Download or listen to this lively Fresh Dialogues interviewhttp://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Maureen-Dowd-Green-Inspiration.mp3We welcome feedback at FreshDialogues.com, click on the Contact Tab | Open Player in New Window “This was the first campaign I’ve ever covered where I’d go and watch Hillary and Obama in the primary and they were both competing to come up with a plan for green jobs and for me it’s very exciting because for the eight years that Bush and Cheney were in it felt like we were going backwards in every way. You know we weren’t coming into the 21st Century and we were kinda like the Flintstones – we were just not moving forward. So I love all that.” . To read the TRANSCRIPT of the full interview click here To see many other exclusive videos at the FRESH DIALOGUES CHANNEL click here For a full archive of interviews with Tom Friedman, Paul Krugman, Martin Sheen and many other celebrities click here

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