meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
What Next | Daily News and Analysis

The Marines’ Sexual Assault Problem

What Next | Daily News and Analysis

Slate Podcasts

Daily News, News, News Commentary

4.32.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The U.S. military has long had a sexual assault problem. And the Marine Corps - the final service branch to gender-integrate - is no exception. Though multiple scandals have rocked the Marines, continued abuses make it clear that deeper changes are needed to make all service people safe. Guest: Erin Kirk-Cuomo, founder of #NotInMyMarineCorps. Slate Plus members get bonus segments and ad-free podcast feeds. Sign up now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

At Lloyd's Bank, where buy your side for the year ahead with the Silver Current account.

0:04.8

You can get European family travel insurance, mobile phone insurance,

0:09.0

and AA breakdown family cover all in one place for only £10 a month.

0:13.6

Find out more at Lloyd'sBank.com-forward-slash-silver-account.

0:17.1

Lloyd's Bank, buy your side.

0:23.3

There is a £10 monthly fee for maintaining the account

0:26.2

and benefits are provided by selected third parties' exclusion supply.

0:30.4

Little warning here at the top, this show contains some raw language

0:34.4

and discussion of sexual assault.

0:41.2

Did you expect the video to blow up the way it did?

0:43.8

I honestly did not.

0:45.6

Last week, Erin Kirk Cuomo shared this video to her 4,000-odd followers.

0:52.0

She'd found it on TikTok.

0:53.8

It shows a female marine in the rawest kind of distress,

0:58.8

the kind where you can barely catch your breath.

1:02.8

This morning, I posted a fucking TikTok.

1:05.8

She's sobbing, distraught.

1:07.8

She's physically...

1:09.8

You can see the physical and mental anguish that she's going through.

1:15.8

This anguish is over sexual assault.

1:18.8

Or more precisely, the Marine Corps's response to sexual assault.

1:23.8

The woman is claiming that a man who attacked her is being protected by the Marine Command structure.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Slate Podcasts, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Slate Podcasts and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.