The Shadow Docket, #MeToo, and the Power of Reporting (with Jodi Kantor)

Stay Tuned with Preet

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News, Society & Culture, Politics, Government

4.8 • 32.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2026

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Jodi Kantor, the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times investigative journalist, joins Preet to discuss her recent expose on the Supreme Court’s “shadow docket,” documenting its origin story, dynamics among the justices, and the implications of Court secrecy on democracy. They also discuss the legacy of her seminal reporting on the #MeToo Movement and the future of work. Then, Preet answers a listener question about “8647” products on Amazon and shares his thoughts on Aziz Ansari’s Kash Patel impression on SNL. In the bonus for Insiders, Preet and Kantor discuss how to build a fulfilling career, the importance of teachers, and why a good boss can make all the difference. Join the Insider community for access to bonus content from Stay Tuned and weekly episodes of the Insider podcast hosted by Preet and Joyce Vance. Head to cafe.com/insider to sign up. Thank you for supporting our work. Show notes and a transcript of the episode are available on our website. You can now watch this episode! Head to CAFE’s Youtube channel and subscribe. Shop Stay Tuned merch and featured books by our guests in our Amazon storefront. Have a question for Preet? Ask @PreetBharara on BlueSky, or Twitter with the hashtag #AskPreet. Email us at staytuned@cafe.com, or call 833-997-7338 to leave a voicemail. Stay Tuned with Preet is brought to you by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From Cafe and the Vox Media Podcast Network, welcome to stay tuned.
0:05.7	I'm Preet Bharara.
0:08.5	Four years ago, I got a tip about the court, and I was not in the market to cover it whatsoever,
0:15.9	but this tip was about a secret influence campaign that had been carried out inside the court. As you know,
0:22.3	the very idea of that is outrageous.
0:27.8	Welcome to stay tuned. I'm Preet Bharara. My guest this week is Jody Cantor. She's a Pulitzer
0:33.7	Prize winning journalist at the New York Times, perhaps best known for her seminal
0:37.5	reporting on sexual harassment and assault that catapulted the Me Too movement. She joins me to
0:43.4	discuss her latest investigation into the inner workings of the Supreme Court and her most
0:47.6	recent book, How to Start. That's coming up. Stay tuned.
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