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Stuff Mom Never Told You

The Toxic Workplace at Activision Blizzard

Stuff Mom Never Told You

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.04.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

As more and more details emerge after a multi-year investigation and multiple rumors and reports, we’re getting a clearer picture of the harassment women employees faced at Activision Blizzard. Bridget Todd stops by to discuss how toxic the situation is at the company and in the video gaming world at large.

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0:00.0

Hey, this is Annie and Samantha.

0:07.0

I'm not going to staff I'm never told you production of I-Hart Radio.

0:10.0

Today we are once again joined by our good friend and the amazing, wonderful, Bridget Todd.

0:25.0

Thank you so much for joining us Bridget.

0:27.0

Oh, thanks for having me. Y'all always give me the most warm welcome.

0:31.0

I love the intro.

0:32.0

Because we're so happy to have you.

0:34.0

We are so excited to have you.

0:36.0

Yes. So Bridget, do you have any fun things on the horizon? Any plans coming up?

0:42.0

Yes. Well, the most fun things I have on the horizon is that my partner and I do this thing every holiday season that we call weirdo Christmas.

0:50.0

And I actually hope I think that everybody should try it out. Weirdo Christmas is an activity that we do where after things giving but before Christmas we go on our own little solo trip to sort of, you know,

1:03.0

have fun before the official holiday season and we bring costumes and lights and just have a weird time and it's just a fun way to sort of.

1:13.0

If you're from a traditional family that does Christmas in a very traditional way, it can just be a fun way to counterbalance that.

1:20.0

So weirdo Christmas 2021 coming up very excited.

1:24.0

Oh, I love it. What kind of costumes you got planned?

1:26.0

Mine, the last time I would be did this, I wore a fur hat and a fur vest and fur boots. I was like a fur theme.

1:34.0

Double down on the fur again.

1:36.0

Oh, good.

1:37.0

I'm into it. Yeah, I encourage people to like whatever, you know, your weirdness looks like just because people are like weirdos or non traditionalist doesn't mean that we can't also enjoy like holiday cheer and festivity.

1:51.0

And so I used to always feel a little alienated around Christmas time, you know, I felt like if I wasn't doing something super traditional around the holidays and like you basically didn't have any way to celebrate.

2:02.0

And that's not true because you can always celebrate weirdo Christmas.

2:06.0

I love this. That's fantastic.

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