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Josh Mankiewicz tours Palm Springs | Dateline NBC

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· 2 min · 305 words · 7 timestamped sections

This is the full, timestamped transcript of "Josh Mankiewicz tours Palm Springs | Dateline NBC", an episode of Dateline NBC published October 8, 2025 (2 min, about 305 words). It mentions 7 people, works and ideas, including Palm Springs, air conditioning, society columnist, black tie events, museum.

Who speaks in this episode?

What is discussed, and when

  1. – 1:57: Palm Springs, air conditioning, black tie events, museum

Notable quotes from "Josh Mankiewicz tours Palm Springs | Dateline NBC"

  • It was a retirement place for people that wanted to play golf. There's a magical thing here. People come to Palm Springs and they just fall in love with it.
    about Palm Springs · at
  • Doing now, which is just drive around and see these wonderful restored homes because each one is like a little museum piece. I'm starting to figure out what my problem is here…
    about museum · at

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

Products & tech

  • air conditioning — Product · 1 mention · first at
    Afford it, this is a wonderful place to either park yourself for the winter or on the weekends or you got air conditioning all year long. But you do have to have the do reay me to come and especially to buy one of these places.
  • Jeeps — Product · 1 mention

Concepts & topics

  • society columnist — Concept · 1 mention · first at
    When you were the society columnist, what kind of stuff were you writing about? What's what's going on behind the hedges here?
  • black tie events — Concept · 1 mention · first at
    People would have all these black tie events, these really ultra fabulous parties. They pulled out all the stops and it was very Laru.
  • museum — Concept · 1 mention · first at
  • golf — Concept · 1 mention

Places & events

Full transcript with timestamps

Hi Barbara. Welcome to Palm Springs. Thank you. We're going to have a little tour.

Yeah. Come on, get in. You're going to see and find out why everybody wants to come here, baby. You know, come one, come all, come fat, come tall, come short, come slim. You can all get in. Originally, it was a retirement place for people that wanted to play golf. There's a magical thing here. People come to Palm Springs and they just fall in love with it.

It's not hard to see why. If you can afford it, this is a wonderful place to either park yourself for the winter or on the weekends or you got air conditioning all year long. But you do have to have the do reay me to come and especially to buy one of these places.

When you were the society columnist, what kind of stuff were you writing about? What's what's going on behind the hedges here?

People would have all these black tie events, these really ultra fabulous parties. They pulled out all the stops and it was very Laru.

Very Laroo. Oh, to say the least. To say the least. It was just over the top. You were writing about the great, the near great, and the unknown. As long as they were having a fabulous party,

whenever I come to Palm Springs, which unfortunately is not often enough, I always want to do exactly what we're doing now, which is just drive around and see these wonderful restored homes because each one is like a little museum piece. I'm starting to figure out what my problem is here, which is I'm not Laru enough and I don't and I don't have enough dome. Step on it, Jeeps.

Questions about this episode

Who speaks in "Josh Mankiewicz tours Palm Springs | Dateline NBC"?

Barbara (Guest), Josh Mankiewicz (Guest).

What is discussed in "Josh Mankiewicz tours Palm Springs | Dateline NBC"?

In order: 0:00 Palm Springs, air conditioning, black tie events, museum.

What is mentioned in this Dateline NBC episode?

7 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including Palm Springs, air conditioning, society columnist, black tie events, museum, golf. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "Josh Mankiewicz tours Palm Springs | Dateline NBC"?

The episode runs 2 min; the transcript is about 305 words in 7 timestamped sections.

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About this transcript: the episode's spoken words as captioned on YouTube, split into timestamped sections. Reclip.Me locates every person, work and idea in the text, keeps the time it is first named, and quotes the words around it verbatim. Last updated November 17, 2025.