Hello, it's Chris Anderson here. You're about to hear a talk from Monica Lewinsky. No doubt you

already have some idea about Monica. And that's because when she was in her early 20s, she had her

story publicly taken from her. In this talk, Monica calls herself Patient Zero in our economy of shame.

After you've heard the talk, come check out my podcast, The TED Interview, because I got to

sit down with Monica and really hear the inside story of how she has reclaimed her life and

fought to help other victims of online shaming.

It's quite something.

That's the TED interview on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen.

You're looking at a woman who was publicly silent for a decade.

Obviously, that's changed.

But only recently.

It was several months ago that I gave my very first major public talk at the Forbes 30 Under 30 summit,

1,500 brilliant people all under the age of 30. That meant that in 1998, the oldest among the group

were only 14, and the youngest, just four. I joked with them that some might only have

heard of me from rap songs. Yes, I'm in rap songs. Almost 40 rap songs. But the night of my

speech, a surprising thing happened.

At the age of 41, I was hit on by a 27-year-old guy.

I know, right?

He was charming, and I was flattered and I declined.

You know what his unsuccessful pickup line was?

He could make me feel 22 again.

I realized later that night, I'm probably the only person over 40 who does not want to be 22 again.

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