Himpathy: Rebroadcast

Published: June 29, 2022, 12:45 p.m.

Several years after Janey was sexually assaulted by her former boyfriend, Mathew, she told some of her closest friends, and her mother, what Mathew had done. Janey was so troubled by her loved ones\u2019 responses that she went back to them years later to record conversations about it all. In this episode: Janey\u2019s story, and philosopher Kate Manne, who coined the term \u201chimpathy\u201d in her 2017 book, \u201cDown Girl: The Logic of Misogyny.\u201d With co-hosts John Biewen and Celeste Headlee. Part of our summer mini-season of rebroadcasts.

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To hear more of Janey Williams\u2019 story and the conversations she had with friends, check out her podcast, "This Happened", available on most podcast apps and at thishappenedpodcast.com.