Barbra Streisand's memoir looks back on a groundbreaking career

Barbra Streisand spent 15 years working to get her directorial debut, the movie Yentl , made. She writes in her new memoir, My Name is Barbra , that people in Hollywood often told her the story was "too Jewish" to appeal to a mainstream audience. In today's episode, Streisand speaks with NPR's Brittany Luse, host of the podcast It's Been a Minute , about that experience. She also talks about why she feels like her book gives her control over her legacy – and how she approached it as kind of a "director's cut" of her life. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy