10 Aug 2014

Jennifer Frost : Let’s Talk About Gossip

From Sunday Morning, 11:26 am on 10 August 2014

Associate Professor of History at Auckland University Dr Jennifer Fros specialises in the social, cultural, and political history of 20th century America. Her last book Hedda Hopper's Hollywood: Celebrity Gossip and American Conservatism was named one of the five best books on Hollywood and politics by the Wall Street Journal. She speaks to Wallace about gossip, ahead of her forthcoming book - When Private Talk Goes Public: Gossip in United States History.