Work In Progress: Monica Lewinsky Part 1
Drama Queens
iHeartPodcasts
4.9 • 23.9K Ratings
🗓️ 1 December 2025
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
As a 22-year-old White House intern, Monica Lewinsky engaged in an intimate relationship with the most powerful man in the world. Two years later, she became the center of a national frenzy, political scandal and unprecedented public shaming.
Behind the headlines, there is more truth to Monica's story, and it's her turn to reclaim the narrative.
In Part 1 of this 2-part conversation, Monica reflects candidly about the dreams she once had for her future and the choices that changed everything.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:04.4 | Hey, everyone. It's Sophia. |
| 0:06.7 | Welcome to Work in Progress. |
| 0:18.7 | Hello, friends. |
| 0:20.0 | Welcome back to Work in Progress. |
| 0:21.6 | This week we have a guest who has been a sensation in the news since the 90s, |
| 0:27.6 | who lots of people think they know, lots of people have opinions about. |
| 0:31.6 | And I think in recent years, a lot of us are having to self-interrogate where those opinions come from and maybe, |
| 0:39.3 | just maybe, ask her who she is. Today we're joined by Monica Lewinsky. She went to Washington |
| 0:47.7 | at 22 years old thinking that she was chasing a dream opportunity and had no way of knowing |
| 0:53.1 | that she would become the center of |
| 0:55.8 | a frankly nightmarish national frenzy. Many of you know that Monica engaged in an intimate |
| 1:03.2 | relationship with the most powerful man in the world that then exploded into relentless scrutiny |
| 1:09.4 | and judgment and public shaming involving investigators, |
| 1:13.1 | politician, and a voracious media that turned her life inside out. Every private moment, |
| 1:19.5 | even from second grade, was dissected, broadcast, and weaponized, and overnight she became |
| 1:25.1 | the target of what might be the first modern digital stoning. |
| 1:30.2 | Her name synonymous with scandal and debate across the nation. |
| 1:35.0 | You may assume that you know her full story or her intentions. |
| 1:38.9 | And if you do, you're probably an unknowing participant in the most successful public shaming |
| 1:43.2 | and scapegoating of a woman in our country's |
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