Ep. 249 — Ronan Farrow

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

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4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2018

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Ronan Farrow is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The New Yorker, former State Department official under President Barack Obama, and author of the new best-selling book War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence. He joins David to discuss his experiences growing up in a famous family with 13 siblings, his formative years working in the State Department under the wing of legendary diplomat Richard Holbrooke, and his near-thwarted efforts to publish the blockbuster account of Harvey Weinstein’s accusers—credited with spawning the international #MeToo movement.

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0:00.0	And now from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN, the Axviles, with your
0:12.5	host David Axelrod.
0:16.0	Ronan Farrow is something of a phenomenon.
0:18.0	He comes from one of the most prominent and well-covered families in American society.
0:25.7	He went to college at 11, law school at 18.
0:29.7	And in between as a teenager, he became a global youth ambassador for UNICEF in some of
0:36.8	the most troubled parts of Africa.
0:39.2	He went on to serve in the State Department in the Obama administration.
0:43.3	And now as a journalist, just collected the Pulitzer Prize at the age of 30 for his
0:47.3	intrepid reporting on Harvey Weinstein that ended Weinstein's career and touched off the
0:52.3	Me Too movement.
0:53.5	I sat down with Ronan the day after he collected the Pulitzer to talk about the extraordinary
0:59.6	life he's already lived.
1:04.6	Ronan Farrow, it's really good to see you again.
1:08.0	I have so much I want to talk to you about.
1:11.4	I want to talk to you about your own story, which is too crazy to actually-
1:17.6	It's a little bit easier than I'd like, David.
1:19.4	It's easier than- yeah, well, I mean, it's stranger than fiction.
1:23.1	You couldn't make this up.
1:25.1	And it's a great story.
1:26.4	I mean, what you've done is fantastic.
1:28.6	I should point out that we're getting together the day after you receive the Pulitzer Prize,
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