STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Former President Jimmy Carter has lived long enough to receive another award. To his Nobel Peace Prize, he can now add an honor for writing.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: We have a childhood memory of the late Jimmy Carter's presidency. Carter was elected in 1976, when his grandson, Jason Carter, was 1 year old.

Jimmy Carter faced many challenges during his four years as president: Soaring energy prices, high inflation and foreign unrest — including the Iran hostage crisis. Sponsor Message STEVE INSKEEP ...

Steve Inskeep: Why was [Jimmy Carter] an outlier, as you called him? Kai Bird: He was an outlier in all sorts of ways. He grew up in south Georgia playing as a child with African-Americans.

Steve Inskeep: Why was [Jimmy Carter] an outlier, as you called him? Kai Bird: He was an outlier in all sorts of ways. He grew up in south Georgia playing as a child with African-Americans.

Steve Inskeep, Destinee Adams Dec. 30, 2024 Listen 6 min MORE President Jimmy Carter waves to the crowd while walking with his wife Rosalynn and their daughter Amy along Pennsylvania Avenue from the ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep talked to Jason Carter in September, who at that time, reflected on what it was like growing up in the shadows of his grandfather, former President Jimmy Carter.

In the wake of Jimmy Carter's death, biographer Kai Bird, author of 'The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter' discusses the late president's successes and failures.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: We have a childhood memory of the late Jimmy Carter's presidency. Carter was elected in 1976, when his grandson, Jason Carter, was 1 year old.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talked to Jason Carter in September, who at that time, reflected on what it was like growing up in the shadows of his grandfather, former President Jimmy Carter.