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GBBP 220: Kate Mulgrew

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You might know her as Mrs. Columbo. Or maybe Mary Ryan from Ryan’s Hope. Batman: The Animated Series fans remember her as Red Claw. If you’ve watched Orange Is the New Black, you know her from her chilling portrayal of Galina “Red” Reznikov.

And if you’re a Star Trek fan, you know Kate Mulgrew from Star Trek: Voyager, where she boldly went and broke new ground for seven seasons as the franchise’s first female captain: Captain Kathryn Janeway.

Over the years, Mulgrew has also had a steady presence on the stage… and the page. In 2016, she published Born with Teeth, a memoir that traces her journey to becoming an actor and all the ups and downs that entailed. And out now is her second memoir – How to Forget – which is an intimate and searingly honest account of her life’s most challenging role: daughter.

In How to Forget, Mulgrew takes us on an introspective examination of her relationship with her parents as she cares for both of them in their final days (her father from lung cancer, her mother from Alzheimer’s). The book is a powerful look at family, memory, loss, and the legacy we leave behind.

On this episode, we talk with Mulgrew about How to Forget, the tricky job of mining your own life for stories, distilling facts and “truth” from an often muddled mix of memories and emotion, the enduring legacy and popularity of Kathryn Janeway, and much more.

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Jamie Greene
Jamie is a publishing/book nerd who makes a living by wrangling words together into some sense of coherence. Away from The Roarbots, Jamie is a road trip aficionado and an obsessed traveler who has made his way through 33 countries (and counting). Elsewhere on the interwebs, he's a contributor to SYFY Wire and StarWars.com and hosted The Great Big Beautiful Podcast for more than five years. Watch The Roarbots on Youtube

3 Comments

  1. Thanks to Marina Kravchuk who posted a link to your Great Big Beautiful Podcast on Kates Totally Kate Website I have discovered your excellent interview with Kate Mulgrew and all I can say is Wow what an awesome interview. You asked some really good questions and she answered them with such honestly and openness that it is easily the best of the interviews I’ve listened to ever. I’ll have to check out your some more of your podcasts.

    1. Thanks so much! I’m thrilled you found the show and enjoyed the episode. We have more than 200 more where that came from! 🙂

  2. Fantastic interview. The questions were fantastic. Great job.

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