Ep. 461 — Monica Lewinsky

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

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4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Monica Lewinsky has been many things: White House intern, media punching bag, writer, anti-bullying activist, and now, producer. She talked to David about her upbringing and her parents' tumultuous divorce, her struggles with mental health following her affair with former President Bill Clinton, the dangers of social media, and how she took back control of her own story, most recently as a producer on “Impeachment: American Crime Story.”

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0:00.0	Music
0:06.0	And now, from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN Audio, the Axfiles with
0:12.5	your host, David Axelrod.
0:16.0	Monica Lewinsky.
0:20.8	It's a name everybody seems to know.
0:23.1	Many may associate it with the explosive of fair she had with President Bill Clinton
0:27.0	as a White House intern a quarter century ago.
0:30.0	That story is being retold in a ten-part series on FX called Inpeachment, an American
0:35.7	Crime Story.
0:37.1	But if you've been paying attention, you might also know Monica today as a powerful and
0:41.6	eloquent advocate for the victims of cyberbullying.
0:45.6	Translating her own painful experience into action as a writer, film producer and speaker,
0:50.8	Lewinsky is using the lessons of her life in every tool she can find to fight online
0:55.4	and buy that destroys lives.
0:57.8	Her new documentary 15 minutes of shame, which premieres next week on HBO Max, explores
1:03.2	this horror through the eyes of those who have experienced it.
1:06.8	We talked about a lot of things in our conversation, including the moments during the height of
1:10.8	the Clinton Führer, during which Monica contemplated suicide.
1:15.3	So let me say if you or anyone you know are similarly grappling with suicidal thoughts,
1:20.9	please reach out for help or call the suicide prevention lifeline at 800-273-8255.
1:29.9	Here's our conversation.
1:37.9	Monica Lewinsky, it's so good to see you.
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