Episode 269: Jodi Kantor

Published: Nov. 8, 2017, 5:18 p.m.

b'Jodi Kantor is a New York Times investigative reporter and the author of The Obamas.\\n\\n \\u201cBeing a reporter really robs you of self-consciousness and shyness. You realize that it\\u2019s this great gift of being able to ask crazy questions, either really personal or very probing or especially with a powerful \\u2014 to walk up to Harvey Weinstein, essentially and say, \\u2018What have you been doing to women all these years, and for how long? All of these other people may be afraid to confront you about it, but we are not.\\u2019 That is our job.\\u201d\\n\\nThanks to MailChimp and Eero for sponsoring this week\'s episode.\\n@jodikantor\\njodikantor.net\\nKantor on Longform\\n11/12: Longform Podcast, Live in Chicago with Zoe Chace\\n11/15: Longform Podcast, Live in San Francisco with Kara Swisher\\n[00:50] "Harvey Weinstein Paid Off Sexual Harassment Accusers for Decades" (Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey \\u2022 New York Times \\u2022 Oct 2017)\\n[02:10] "Promethea Unbound" (Mike Mariani \\u2022 Atavist \\u2022 Nov 2017)\\n[03:30] "From Aggressive Overtures to Sexual Assault: Harvey Weinstein\\u2019s Accusers Tell Their Stories" (Ronan Farrow \\u2022 New Yorker \\u2022 Oct 2017)\\n[03:45] "Harvey Weinstein\\u2019s Army of Spies" (Ronan Farrow \\u2022 New Yorker \\u2022 Nov 2017)\\n[04:50] "New Accusers Expand Harvey Weinstein Sexual Assault Claims Back to \\u201970s" (Ellen Gabler, Megan Twohey, Jodi Kantor \\u2022 New York Times \\u2022 Oct 2017)\\n[5:15] "Kevin Spacey Issues Apology to Actor After Sexual Accusation " (Michael Paulson \\u2022 New York Times \\u2022 April 2017)\\n[8:00] "Bill O\\u2019Reilly Thrives at Fox News, Even as Harassment Settlements Add Up" (Emily Steel, Michael S. Schmidt \\u2022 New York Times \\u2022 April 2017)\\n[9:05] "Women in Tech Speak Frankly on Culture of Harassment" (Katie Benner \\u2022 New York Times \\u2022 June 2017)\\n[10:50] "Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace" (Jodi Kantor, David Streitfeld \\u2022 New York Times \\u2022 Aug 2015)\\n[18:55] "Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie and Others Say Weinstein Harassed Them" (Jodi Kantor, Rachel Abrams \\u2022 New York Times \\u2022 Oct 2017)\\n[38:10] "Working Anything but 9 to 5" (New York Times \\u2022 Aug 2014)\\n[46:10]Longform Podcast #198: Franch Rich\\n[48:00]The Obamas (Little, Brown and Company \\u2022 2012)\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'