Feminist icon Gloria Steinem is the third subject to now appear on Netflix’s “Famous Last Words,” the series that banks interviews with notable figures meant to be shared only after their death.
The first episode of “Final Last Words” featured chimpanzee expert and conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall, who died in October 2025, followed by an episode in February that ran after the death of actor Eric Dane.
Steinem was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama in 2013.
Based on the Danish format Det Sidste Ord, “Famous Last Words” is taped in a closed-door recording session. And keeping the privacy of the recording, the chat will be shot by remotely operated cameras. At the end of the interview, subjects (including Steinem) are asked to look into a camera and give their final message, their last words to the world. The footage is then kept confidential until the subject’s passing.
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is also an executive producer and the home of the show’s archives.
Meanwhile, although the “Famous Last Words” interview will be the final chat with Steinem that is posted, it actually wasn’t quite her last interview. On Sept. 17, Audible plans to release Steinem’s final public appearance, which took place July 14 and 16 at its Minetta Lane Theatre in New York.
Those two evenings, dubbed “Yes to the Unknown: A Night with Gloria Steinem,” were led by Amy Richards, who conducted conversations with Steinem, and also featured Keri Russell, who performed excerpts from Steinem’s writing during the July 14 show.
