Catch and Kill Part 5: Severance

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2M8AjKk83MPA1W373cS19Z?si=236defa8ce194ac6 With the New York Times and the New Yorker articles about the women’s stories of abuse at the hands of Weinstein now out and reaping the consequences for Harvey himself, “dozens of additional women accused Weinstein of sexual harassment or violence,” according to Farrow, with some taking legal means to seek justice. In this …

Catch and Kill Part 4: Sleeper

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4nY6yivYppZ3r3xg8MZMze?si=099a09c5ad4546da With the New York Times article about Harvey Weinstein’s alleged sexual harassment already out in the public, Ronan and the team at New Yorker continued to work on their stories of alleged sexual assaults by Weinstein. One additional source, from marketing consultant Lucia Evens, joined Farrow and company’s story after the Times story was …

Catch and Kill Part 3: Armies of Spies

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1TCql6E06Bb0PliZKTvvSb?si=fa88375c468a4e0b With NBC’s support practically no longer on his side (for reasons that will become clear later), Ronan Farrow had to quickly decide to which news media outlet he would tell the story of Harvey Weinstein’s sexual abuse of women. There was The New Yorker since he had already been in touch with a reporter …

Catch and Kill Part 2: White Whale (Episode Transcript)

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1AW5mBWSqK3zq2DsLqF0vs?si=19d7529157444227 In the last episode, I mentioned an audio recording of Harvey Weinstein saying “I’m used to that” in response to Ambra Gutirrez asking why he had groped her. Amidst all the bullying and distress Ambra was subjected to in order to stay silent, she kept a copy of the audio recording with her, like …

Catch and Kill Part 1: Poison Valley (Episode Transcript)

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6pAJbJpgkMK41vXhOyqugP?si=f53a16c7a89c428f The book starts and we are thrust back to October 2016, a few days after the Washington Post had published an article titled “Trump Recorded Having Extremely Lewd Conversation About Women in 2005.” That recording was the infamous Access Hollywood tapes where Trump bragged about grabbing women “by the pussy.” The months that followed …

Catch and Kill: Introduction (Episode Transcript)

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5nPfO3ZaoRzGt2IMV5b9q8?si=35d0278db8e142ad Welcome to A Feminist in Progress, the podcast that tries to catch your attention without killing your curiosity. I know I’ve said this before, but “Catch and Kill” is among my Holy Trinity of all-time favorite non-fiction books (the other two being Chanel Miller’s “Know My Name”, which was previously discussed in a previous …

Know My Name (Part 5) Episode Transcript

https://open.spotify.com/episode/77Pe9vmeP4C4SdWztUDK6F?si=-wGJY09UTN2ffEZ_rQVJjA Throughout the past episodes, I’ve found myself underscoring the ways in which Chanel points out the ways in which the criminal justice system fails victims: from the emotional toll that court trial dates and their frequent postponement and rescheduling can take an emotional and mental toll, to the line of questioning defense attorneys choose …

Know My Name (Part 4) Episode Transcript

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0Abx8blm8knsAHLGEDS9Yz?si=9_X1hBX-R7C0fqnDWKc3Nw How exhausting it must be to go through the criminal justice system when you’re a sexual assault survivor who decides to press charges. How depleting it must have been for Chanel to be Emily in that courtroom where it seemed almost as if she was the one on trial, not the one seeking justice …

Know My Name (Part 3) Episode Transcript

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4FWhvmYYp8C3r4iVAibHWk?si=cW6nnV3aQ_CbOvDtGulZag When a stranger sexually assaults you while you’re unconscious, how do you and your partner deal with it? Is this what they mean when they say that in every relationship, as Chanel says, “there’s a point of disillusion; the introduction of the first obstacle, where you decide to surmount it or part ways.” At …

Know My Name (Part 2) Podcast Episode Transcript

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7zoPbAHxBPyEQH9mZ5W3XO?si=Xh8q0oHhQSamBgf28ZuxrA We begin with Chanel describing herself when she was younger: a shy girl who was conflict-averse and endearingly polite. We meet her on a fateful January 2015 night with a recollection of what she did that night: what she ate, what she decided to wear, and what the party was like at Stanford University …