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Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky

Grace Van Patten

Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky

Prufrock LLC

Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

This week on Reclaiming, Monica sits down with actor Grace Van Patten, whose fearless performances have made her one of Hollywood’s most intriguing young talents. Grace opens up about the challenge and responsibility of portraying Amanda Knox (The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox on Hulu), and how she approached the role not as a tabloid figure, but as a complex human being caught in an impossible situation.   She reflects on growing up in a famously creative but deeply supportive family, where encouragement and curiosity were constants—and how that foundation helped her stay grounded while pursuing a life in front of the camera. Grace also shares how her college courses in criminal psychology unexpectedly became tools in her actor’s toolkit, helping her build deeper, more layered characters.   Together, she and Monica explore how the Me-Too movement reshaped her generation’s relationship to power and vulnerability—and how, through it all, Grace is learning to reclaim her inner child, to hold space for joy, curiosity, and self-trust amid the demands of a difficult world.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:18.6

I feel like I'm on a constant mission to, like, reclaim my inner child.

0:28.2

Whether that's through art or how I see the world, positivity, how I connect with people.

0:37.9

I just think the most valuable part that I've taken from that from my inner child is like just, I think, the lack of self-consciousness, which is so, it's the hardest thing.

0:49.5

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GVP.

1:53.4

Hi, Monica.

1:54.6

Grace Van Patten.

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