E. Jean Carroll: More Interesting, Not Damaged

Death, Sex & Money

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Business, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Careers, Relationships, Sexuality

4.6 • 7.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2019

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

At 75, E. Jean Carroll is calling out the men who've sexually assaulted her—including, she says, the president. But talk to a therapist about it? No thanks. Sign up for our newsletter at deathsexmoney.org/newsletter, and every Wednesday we'll send you podcast listening recommendations, listener letters from our inbox and updates from the show. Follow our show on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @deathsexmoney. Got a story to share? Email us any time at [email protected]. Support Death, Sex & Money today at deathsexmoney.org/donate.

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0:00.0	I want to let you know that this episode contains conversations about sexual assault and childhood sexual abuse.
0:07.0	See here's the thing when you go back and really write what happened to you people are going to say don't you wish you
0:16.5	spoken out yes yes but I was trained from a baby to keep my mouth shut.
0:24.4	I was born during World War II.
0:27.2	We did not speak up.
0:29.2	This is death, sex, and money.
0:35.0	My advice to you is pay the money.
0:38.0	The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot.
0:41.0	You're killing me tonight.
0:42.0	And need to talk about more.
0:44.0	Excuse me.
0:45.0	Now you are flirting with me, okay?
0:48.0	I'm Anna Sale.
0:50.0	When writer E. Jean Carroll was 39 years old, she'd been married for 14 years.
0:58.0	She was living in Montana and pitching story ideas to editors long distance.
1:02.0	Then she was assigned a story that brought her to New York.
1:05.6	I saw the bright lights big city and boy I did not want to go home to Montana. You know I had that life for 14 years and then I saw
1:15.1	New York and oh honey who did I love it I just loved it I'm walking down the street
1:22.4	and here comes a woman with hair four feet long blonde
1:26.7	gorgeous it was Erica Jong that was right after Fear of Flying came out.
1:31.1	Wow that's quite a welcome to New York City.
1:33.6	Yeah, I know.
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