Recode Decode: "She Said" authors Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey

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Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2019

⏱️ 65 minutes

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New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey talk with Recode's Kara Swisher about their new book, She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement. They talk about how Kantor and Twohey reported stories about sexual harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein; how Weinstein's network of lawyers and advisers kept his misconduct under wraps; and how the story help launch an ongoing reckoning around power imbalances between men and women worldwide. They also explain why they interviewed Christine Blasey Ford, the college professor who testified in Congress that Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in 1982. Featuring: Jodi Kantor (@jodikantor), New York Times investigative reporter and co-author, She Said Megan Twohey (@mega2e), New York Times investigative reporter and co-author, She Said Hosts: Kara Swisher (@karaswisher), Recode co-founder and editor-at-large More to explore: Subscribe for free to Pivot, Kara’s podcast with NYU Professor Scott Galloway that offer sharp, unfiltered insights into the biggest stories in tech, business, and politics. About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Follow Us: Newsletter: Recode Daily Twitter: @Recode and @voxdotcom ... But enough about us We are conducting an audience survey to better serve you. It takes no more than five minutes, and it really helps out the show. Please take our survey here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, Editor at Large of Recode.
0:03.9	You may know me as someone who definitely does not surround myself with yes men.
0:07.2	I prefer yes women, thanks.
0:09.2	But in my spare time, I talk tech and you're listening to Recode Decode from the Vox Media
0:12.8	Podcast Network.
0:13.8	Today, in the red chair, I'm really pleased to have Jody Cantor and Megan Toey, the
0:18.1	reporters from The New York Times.
0:19.9	When 2017 broke the story that Harvey Weinstein had paid off several people accusing him of
0:24.6	sexual harassment, the story led to Weinstein's downfall and kickstarted the Me Too movement.
0:29.9	But Jody and Megan have written a new book about the machine that kept Weinstein's behavior
0:33.4	under wraps.
0:34.4	It has re-bricutions all over the place, including in tech and business.
0:37.9	The book is called, She Said, Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story that helped ignite
0:42.1	a movement.
0:43.1	Jody and Megan, welcome to Recode Decode.
0:45.3	I'm so happy to have you here.
0:46.9	Thank you.
0:47.9	Well, you know, there's several different reporters have been doing astonishing work over the
0:52.1	past years or two years and you two are at the top of the list.
0:56.5	I have to say.
0:57.5	And it's lovely that this book has come out because it's a really interesting take.
1:02.0	Why don't you guys sort of introduce yourselves?
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