Work in Progress: Amanda Knox - Part 1

Work in Progress with Sophia Bush

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🗓️ 20 August 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Amanda Knox went from a college student studying abroad to the center of one of the most notorious wrongful convictions of our time. Vilified by tabloids and betrayed by a justice system, she spent years fighting not just for her freedom, but for her truth — the actual truth — to be told.

Now a bestselling author, journalist, and advocate, Amanda is reclaiming her voice and dismantling the false narratives adopted by a media fever storm that once defined her. Find out how Hulu’s highly anticipated limited series "The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox" empowered her to finally seize control of her own story, and how another woman who intimately understands media vilification, none other than Monica Lewinsky, joined the deeply personal fight.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:04.0	Hi, everyone. It's Sophia. Welcome to Work in Progress.
0:09.0	Hello, Wipsmarties. Today we are joined by a guest that has fascinated me for nearly 20 years and likewise the world.
0:30.8	Today's guest is none other than Amanda Knox. You likely know Amanda as an American author, an activist, a journalist. You might know her as a woman
0:41.8	who was wrongfully convicted in college for the murder of her roommate in Italy in a year that she
0:48.7	was studying abroad. And after that wrongful conviction in 2007, she spent four years behind bars, eventually
0:57.5	having her conviction overturned when the man who murdered her roommate was sentenced.
1:03.4	The powerful thing about Amanda's story is not only that she became a casualty of an
1:09.9	unjust justice system, but that she became fodder
1:14.7	for a media machine that didn't care about the truth. They cared about scandal and paper
1:21.1	sales and salacious stories that they knew would clickbait around the world. And this young girl's life was turned upside down in a way that has had lasting and permanent effects in some circles.
1:36.3	Through her prolonged legal process and her advocacy for other women behind bars, Amanda began to find purpose again. And eventually that purpose led to the passion of
1:48.9	advocacy. She has become a best-selling author. She has become a journalist. Her first book
1:54.7	was titled Waiting to Be Heard, A Memoir. In 2018, she chose to shed light on stories like hers, hosting The Scarlet Letter
2:03.9	Reports, a television series that examines the incredibly toxic nature of the way that we
2:11.3	publicly shame women in particular. And her second memoir released this year is titled Free, My Search for Meaning. It is an
2:20.2	absolutely stunning book that affected me so deeply. And now we are on the precipice of her life
2:29.9	story being turned into a show. It'll be hitting Hulu on August 20th titled The Twisted
2:35.6	Tale of Amanda Knox, and Amanda served as executive producer alongside another woman who knows
2:42.3	what it's like to be turned into media fodder, Monica Lewinsky. Amanda's going to join us today
2:49.0	to talk about her journey, how she's learned to heal, what it means to stand up for others, and what it means to reclaim her story.
2:59.2	Let's dive in with Amanda Knox.
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