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Geri Jewell on having to perform a dance number on the first The Facts of Life episode on which she appeared ("Cousin Geri")

Geri Jewell on having to perform a dance number on the first The Facts of Life episode on which she appeared ("Cousin Geri")

Geri Jewell on having to perform a dance number on the first The Facts of Life episode on which she appeared ("Cousin Geri")

Geri Jewell on the challenges she faced when her manager stole the money she earned from The Facts of Life and how the show's producer Al Burton tried to help her

Geri Jewell on the challenges she faced when her manager stole the money she earned from The Facts of Life and how the show's producer Al Burton tried to help her

Geri Jewell on why there was an expectation she would be nominated for Emmys for her work on The Facts of Life, and why she thinks she never was

Geri Jewell on why there was an expectation she would be nominated for Emmys for her work on The Facts of Life, and why she thinks she never was

On her childhood and early influences; on going to a taping of The Carol Burnett Show when she was a kid and what Burnett meant to her

On acting in high school and her time in college; on her first time doing stand-up comedy; on her stand-up routine

On her relationship with Norman Lear and Ed Simmons; on being cast on The Facts of Life

On her contribution to her character on The Facts of Life and becoming a recurring character on the show; on challenges she faced navigating the entertainment industry and her own sexuality and identity

On growing up in Bremerton, WA and the racism his parents faced in that place and time, and on how he did not experience similar discrimination; on a trip to Texas when he was a teenager and "Dixie" being played at an event dinner, and on how his mom helped him understand this challenging experience; on his interest in other countries and current events when he was in high school, and his particular interest in Paris; on the atmosphere in Bremerton, WA when he was growing up there

On the traits he inherited from his parents; on attending graduate school in Paris, and on moving to New York after graduation and working in public relations for Mobil; on how he got into television news, his first on-camera work while making a documentary about Easter Island for ABC News, and on how he came to be hired as a correspondent for ABC News; on studying international politics as an undergraduate at the University of Washington and in graduate school at the Sorbonne in Paris

On moving to New York after graduate school, and on how he came to work at ABC News; on his early days in journalism at ABC News, and on his interactions with Peter Jennings while working there; on his friendship with Pierre Salinger, and on how he felt about beginning to appear on-camera; on interviewing President Bill Clinton in the Oval Office in the late 1990s; on why ABC News sent him to Easter Island to make a documentary early in his career 

On how he came to be assigned to report from Saigon during the Vietnam War, and on the danger he faced while reporting there; on the logistics of journalists traveling on military helicopters in Vietnam, and on how film was processed and broadcast in the United States during the war

On the importance of journalistic coverage of the Vietnam War, and on reporting from Cambodia; on how he dealt with the trauma he experienced as a war correspondent, and on reporting from Angola during the Angola War of Independence; on how a foreign correspondent can know who to trust when reporting from conflict zones, and on working with translators

Jim Giggans on how he first go into television, and on how making a documentary about Easter Island for ABC News led to his first on-camera work and from there to a job as a correspondent for ABC News

Jim Giggans on getting his first job in television through a meeting with then-president of ABC News Elmer Lower

Jim Giggans on interactions with Peter Jennings when he was working at ABC News

Jim Giggans on his friendship with Pierre Salinger when they both lived in Paris

Jim Giggans on his early days at ABC News

Jim Giggans on the danger he faced as a foreign correspondent reporting from Saigon during the Vietnam War, and on his first near-death experience while reporting on the war

Jim Giggans on the danger he faced as a foreign correspondent reporting from Saigon during the Vietnam War, and on his first near-death experience while reporting on the war

Jim Giggans on the logistics of journalists traveling on military helicopters during the Vietnam War, and on how the film shot by journalists in Vietnam was processed and broadcast in the United States

Jim Giggans on the logistics of journalists traveling on military helicopters during the Vietnam War, and on how the film shot by journalists in Vietnam was processed and broadcast in the United States

Jim Giggans on the importance of journalistic coverage of the Vietnam War, and on a life-threatening experience he had while reporting in Cambodia

Jim Giggans on the importance of journalistic coverage of the Vietnam War, and on a life-threatening experience he had while reporting in Cambodia

Jim Giggans on how he handled the trauma he experienced as a war correspondent, and on facing dangerous situations reporting in Angola during the Angolan War of Independence

Jim Giggans on how he handled the trauma he experienced as a war correspondent, and on facing dangerous situations reporting in Angola during the Angolan War of Independence

Jim Giggans on how a foreign correspondent can know who to trust when reporting from conflict zones, on following local customs when in different countries, and on working with translators