Gloria Steinem’s Final Interview Arrives on Netflix

Netflix has released Gloria Steinem’s episode of Famous Last Words, presenting a private interview recorded more than a year before the feminist writer and organizer died Wednesday at age 92. The conversation was filmed in February 2025 and held for release until after her death, in keeping with the series’ central format.

A conversation designed for later

Steinem spoke with host and executive producer Brad Falchuk in a closed setting. Netflix’s description says the interview moves through her loves, family life, regrets and the complicated personal politics within the feminist movement. It also addresses the connections she drew among race, gender and peace after decades of activism and journalism.

The unusual production model changes the tone of the interview. Rather than reacting to a current publicity cycle, subjects record reflections that remain unseen until they are gone. Variety and Deadline both reported that Steinem’s installment is now streaming, one day after her death at her home in New York City.

Her place in the series

Steinem is the third public figure featured in the Netflix version of Famous Last Words. The format asks notable participants to consider their lives and work with the knowledge that the audience will encounter the discussion posthumously. Falchuk’s interview therefore functions as both a personal retrospective and a final piece of public advocacy.

The episode reaches beyond a conventional obituary. Steinem became nationally prominent through her writing and organizing during the modern women’s movement, and she helped co-found Ms. magazine. The program gives her space to revisit that history in her own voice while acknowledging tensions, relationships and unfinished work rather than presenting a simple celebration.

For viewers, the timing makes the release inseparable from the news of her death. Yet the interview was planned long before this week and preserved specifically for this moment. Its arrival turns a streaming release into an archival event: a deliberately delayed conversation in which one of the most influential feminist voices of the past century addresses the people who will continue after her.