A New Look at Harvey Weinstein and Hollywood’s Enablers

The Town with Matthew Belloni

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.3 • 847 Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Matt is joined by New Yorker writer Ken Auletta to discuss his new book, ‘Hollywood Ending: Harvey Weinstein and the Culture of Silence,’ a biography detailing Weinstein’s rise to dominance in the film industry, his web of collusion, and his scramble to protect himself. Ken details the long and difficult process of writing and covering this story over the past two decades. Host: Matt Belloni Guest: Ken Auletta Producer: Craig Horlbeck Theme Song: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up, everybody?
0:01.4	Are you tuning in to the Challenge USA on CBS?
0:04.4	Well, tune in to me, Tyson Apostle,
0:07.2	as I break down each and every episode
0:09.3	with my co-host, Amelia Weddemeier.
0:11.6	I'm also a contestant on the show,
0:13.2	which gives you all the insider scoop.
0:15.4	Amelia, how stoked are you to do this?
0:17.5	Tyson, I'm freaking excited.
0:19.0	I cannot wait to sit my butt down every single week
0:21.7	to watch the show, then come here and recap it with you on the Ringer Reality TV podcast.
0:31.2	We are back. It is Monday, July 11th. The saga of Harvey Weinstein is probably the defining story in entertainment for the past 20 years.
0:43.2	His exposure in 2017 as a serial rapist and his ultimate trial in 2020 on rape charges in
0:50.8	New York absolutely upended the entertainment business. It has not been the
0:55.6	same since he was exposed. Everything from the culture and how people act on film sets to the
1:01.9	accountability that has swept through the business, exposing other predators and men that have
1:07.5	behaved badly in the business. Ken Aletta, who has been a New Yorker writer for decades, wrote a new book about Harvey Weinstein.
1:15.9	And it's a fascinating account of his entire life, going from earliest days through college and getting power and his relationship with women over the years, all the way up to Ken emailing Harvey in prison.
1:30.1	And we're going to get into it today with Ken
1:32.2	on the subject of one of the most infamous monsters
1:35.6	in Hollywood history, Harvey Weinstein.
1:37.7	From The Ringer and Puck, I'm Matt Bellany, and this is the town.
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