27. Hollywood Predator: Would you keep an open secret?

Bad People

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True Crime

4.4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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American film producer Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for two separate cases of sexual assault. Women have made allegations of Weinstein committing sexual assault over decades. Are people who witnessed his crimes but didn’t speak up partly to blame for his long history of misconduct? And, what is it about some workplaces that make them particularly likely to lead to people not speaking up when things go wrong? On this episode of Bad People, Dr. Julia Shaw and comedian Sofie Hagen discuss why people don’t speak out about sexual assault and harassment in the work place. They are joined by Dr. Camilla Elphick from the Open University, who shares her research on why so many witnesses choose not to speak up, and how we can mobilise witnesses to help alleviate the burden of reporting from victims of harassment and discrimination. This episode includes audio from Untouchable: The Rise and Fall of Harvey Weinstein produced by Lightbox Media Limited. Warning: This episode contains strong language and discussion of sexual assault. CREDITS Presenters: Dr. Julia Shaw and Sofie Hagen Producer: Caroline Steel Artwork: Kingsley Nebechi Music: Matt Chandler Series Editor: Rami Tzabar Academic Consultants for The Open University: Dr. Zoe Walkington and Dr. Camilla Elphick Commissioning Assistant Producer: Adam Eland Commissioning Executive: Dylan Haskins Commissioning Editor: Jason Phipps Bad People is produced in partnership with The Open University and is a BBC Audio Science Production for BBC Sounds #BadPeople_BBC

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0:00.0	Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I'd like to introduce myself.
0:03.7	My name's Stevie Middleton and I'm a BBC Commissioner for a load of sport podcasts.
0:08.4	I'm lucky to do that at the BBC because I get to work with a leading journalist, experienced
0:12.2	pundits and the biggest sport stars.
0:14.3	Together we bring you untold stories and fascinating insights straight from the players'
0:18.5	mouths.
0:19.5	But the best thing about doing this at the BBC is our unique access to the sport world.
0:25.0	What that means is that we can bring you podcasts that create a real connection to
0:28.8	dedicated sports fans across the UK.
0:31.0	So if you like this podcast, head over to BBC Sounds where you'll find plenty more.
0:59.8	Sophie, have you ever witnessed someone be sexually harassed or assaulted?
1:04.8	Uh, yes.
1:05.8	Yeah, I definitely have nine, ten years ago I was at a sort of party with the Danish comedy
1:11.4	circuit.
1:12.4	They're cool kids.
1:13.4	They're all the cool kids.
1:14.6	And this 15, 16 year old girl came up to me and you were a bitch, like a comedy fan.
1:20.9	And she was like, this guy, this comedian won't leave me alone and he keeps saying that
1:26.6	he wants to take my virginity and I just, I can't get him to leave me alone and I'm scared.
1:32.9	Like he came over and he was basically saying to me, like, you know, stay out of this.
1:38.4	And I ended up standing between her and him and he was sort of just saying, get out of
1:45.2	the way.
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