Ronan Farrow on a Campaign of Silence

The New Yorker Radio Hour
18 ott 2019 24 min
Ronan Farrow on a Campaign of Silence
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About this episode

<p><span>Farrow’s reporting on Harvey Weinstein and other accused perpetrators of sexual assault helped opened the floodgates of the #MeToo movement. In his new book, “Catch and Kill,” and in “</span><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-espionage/the-black-cube-chronicles-the-private-investigators"><span>The Black Cube Chronicles</span></a><span>” published on newyorker.com, Farrow details the measures that were taken against him and against some of the accusers who went on the record. These included hiring a private spy firm staffed by ex-Mossad officers. Speaking with David Remnick, Farrow lays out a connection between accusations against Harvey Weinstein and NBC’s Matt Lauer. And he interviewed a private investigator named Igor Ostrovskiy who was assigned to spy on him—until he had a crisis of conscience.</span></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>

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