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Cannonball with Wesley Morris

We Are Tired of Sexual Harassment (and Sequels) | Season Finale

Cannonball with Wesley Morris

The New York Times

News Commentary, Society & Culture, News, Arts

4.89.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2017

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

It’s our season finale! We’ve spent our second season keeping a critical eye on the unreality of America and dissecting the systems of power that uphold the status quo. Last week, a series of news articles reported that Harvey Weinstein, one of the most powerful movie producers in Hollywood, has been accused of sexually harrassing women for decades. Twitter is ablaze with other women and men sharing their own stories of sexual misconduct at the hands of the powerful, spawning conversations about power and fame, privilege and punishment. The aftermath has raised questions about the commonality of harassment — and has forced us to confront our own complacency. We were compelled to talk about the cultural petri dish that allows assault and abuse to perpetuate and about what might be changing, socially and technologically, that is encouraging survivors to come forward. We also discuss the recently released “Blade Runner 2049” which somehow felt lacking, as if science fiction can’t keep up with the reality of the moment we’re living through. And before we sign off for a few months, we relive some of our favorite moments from this season. Thank you for listening, and we’ll talk to you soon!

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0:00.0

I'm Jenna Wortham.

0:01.4

I'm Wesley Morris.

0:02.7

We're two culture writers in the New York Times.

0:05.2

I mostly write about how humans relate to technology.

0:08.4

And I mostly write about how popular culture relates to humans.

0:12.0

And this is the season finale of still processing.

0:17.1

How are you?

0:27.5

I'm sad because we're going to take our semi-annual break.

0:33.8

We've done these 26 episodes.

0:35.3

We're going to come back in a couple months and do 26 more.

0:38.4

And I'm excited about that.

0:40.4

But this is a part of my diet.

0:44.2

Well, yeah, mine too.

0:45.4

I've got to find another way to spend this energy.

0:48.9

To say goodbye.

0:51.2

So what's happening with you?

0:52.5

I mean, I'll start somewhere high on the spectrum.

0:54.8

Because early this week, I went and saw an amazing concert

0:58.3

at Irving Plaza.

0:59.1

I saw Sid Bennett formally said the kid of the internet.

1:03.0

And I'll share.

1:03.7

She's not said the kid anymore.

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