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Next Question with Katie Couric

Why Young People Are Giving Up on the Workforce with Jodi Kantor

Next Question with Katie Couric

Katie Couric Media

News, Health, Society & Culture, Commentary, Documentary,, Health & Fitness

4.44.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2026

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Jodi Kantor knows a thing or two about getting to the heart of the matter and in her new book, How to Start: Discovering Your Life’s Work, she's giving advice on how to approach this daunting, AI-driven economy. But Jodi's a multi-hyphenate, so Katie also gets her thoughts on the “post-MeToo” era and her new beat at the New York Times covering the Supreme Court. Luckily she has wisdom (and hope!) for us, on all fronts.

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0:00.0

It's graduation season and many young people getting ready to launch or finding a job market that is increasingly challenging to say the least.

0:09.1

Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Jody Cantor knows a thing or two about getting to the heart of the matter.

0:14.4

And in her new book, How to Start, she's giving advice on how to approach embarking on a career.

0:23.4

But Jody's a multi-hyphenate, and while she's here, we're going to get her thoughts on the post-me-2 era, since she was such a pivotal figure,

0:29.6

and her new beat at the New York Times covering the Supreme Court.

0:39.8

Jody Cantor, I'm so happy to see you, Jody.

0:42.5

I'm so glad to be back, Katie.

0:44.0

So, so many topics, so little time, although we have more time than most people.

0:48.9

It's been nine years.

0:50.4

I can't believe it since your Pulitzer Prize winning story exposing Harvey Weinstein happened. And

0:57.0

I'm so curious to talk to you about this post-me-to era we find ourselves in. Is it a post-me-to era?

1:07.0

I don't know. It's been referred to as such. And maybe that's a good question. What in your view,

1:14.0

and I've been asked this a lot myself, are the lasting ramifications of the Me Too movement?

1:21.6

Did it really change things? Has there been a backlash? And if so, why?

1:29.2

I mean, the backlash is massive.

1:34.3

The backlash is led by the president of the United States right now.

1:38.9

And yet the crazy thing is, Me Too just seems to go on and on and on and on.

1:43.0

I have read so many obituaries, Katie, for the Me Too movement.

1:45.5

And then, like, 36 hours later,

1:51.1

some woman comes out about a very important and grave story, and the conversation continues. So just recently, we have two scandals in Congress about elected officials crossing the line,

1:59.0

one Republican, one Democrat. We've got Giselle

2:01.8

Palicoe holding her head high through the nightmare of all nightmares. We have my colleagues

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