Damage Control - Assessing Louis C.K’s Career and Taylor Swift’s ‘Reputation’ (Ep.377)

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🗓️ 11 November 2017

⏱️ 28 minutes

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The Ringer’s Justin Charity and K. Austin Collins assess the damage caused by Louis C.K and other badly behaved men of Hollywood (1:00). They also discuss the unfortunate prison sentencing of underdog rapper Meek Mill (11:30) before reviewing Taylor Swift's latest album, ‘Reputation’ (18:30). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Justin Charity. I'm Cameron Collins. We're two staff writers at The Ringer,
0:14.7	welcome to Damage Control on the Ringer Podcast Network. A show where we unpack with
0:18.8	excites, upsets, and divides us in popular culture. This week we're talking about Taylor Swift's
0:23.6	reputation, about Meeke Mill going to jail. But first we're going to talk about Louis CK,
0:28.5	sexual harassment, and the bad men of Hollywood.
0:31.8	How do women still go out with a guy's when you consider the fact that there is no greater threat
0:36.8	to women than men? We're the number one threat to women. This week the New York Times dropped
0:43.7	along anticipated report on the sexual misconduct of the comedian Louis CK, who's been accused by five
0:48.9	women of either forcing them to witness or listen to him masturbate without their consent.
0:54.0	This is fresh on the heels of multiple allegations made against the actor Kevin Spacey,
0:58.1	among others, which started when the actor Anthony Rap alleged that Spacey attempted to
1:02.8	assault him when he was 14. And then there's the broader context for that, of course, the over 80
1:08.3	women who accused Harvey Weinstein of rape, assault, and harassment, as well as the over 200 women who
1:13.5	come forward to accuse the director James Tobak and many many other men. It has been a rough few
1:20.7	weeks. Charity, I have a feeling we're in a moment. Check me if I'm wrong in this. I'm watching
1:26.4	in real time immediately or almost immediately. Louis CK's career just end. Am I, am I over reading this
1:35.2	as the sort of immediate repercussion of the fact that these allegations, which have been sort of
1:40.3	rumors for a long time, rumors that surface in the New York Times, HBO's immediately distancing
1:47.4	itself from Louis CK, FX has distanced itself from Louis CK. Other comedians are starting to
1:53.3	distance themselves from Louis CK. Louis CK has put out an apology where unlike a lot of other
1:58.8	people who have put out quasi apologies and response to sexual harassment allegations,
2:04.7	Louis CK led with saying the stories are true. Right. The stories of the New York Times reported
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