Nickelodeon’s Legacy of Abuse

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🗓️ 28 March 2024

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A new documentary, “Quiet On Set,” looks back at Nickelodeon’s heyday, and the culture of abuse that many of its child stars were subjected to. Guest: Kate Taylor, reporter for Business Insider and producer of “Quiet on Set.” Want more What Next? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Kate, how much Nickelodeon did you watch growing up?
0:10.0	Growing up, I definitely watch Nickelodeon. I was more of a Disney kid personally, but I...
0:17.0	I like how you're like, those are the two genders.
0:19.0	The two genders, there's the Disney kids versus the Nickelodeon kids and the Nickelodeon kids are cool and I wasn't that cool.
0:27.0	Kate Taylor is a reporter at Business Insider and the Nickelodeon she grew up with
0:34.0	was the cable behemoth of the early 2000s.
0:37.0	Where's Amanda?
0:38.0	The Amanda Show will begin momentarily.
0:42.0	It was home to major hits like the Amanda Show with
0:45.2	Amanda Bines.
0:46.2	We're all that.
0:51.2	Ready yet, Get set.
0:54.0	It's All That.
0:57.0	All That was a sketch comedy show for tweens.
1:00.0	This is All That. Is it all that? Is it all that?
1:04.0	Did it feel like there were rules in the Nickelodeon world?
1:10.0	In the Nickelodeon world, there were really no rules.
1:12.0	It was something where there are no parents, no rules,
1:15.1	can do basically whatever you want.
1:17.4	Over the last couple of years, Kate's reporting has revealed just how few rules
1:25.3	there have been at Nickelodeon. She's revealed that women writers were
1:29.7	underpaid and sexually harassed.
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