Pod Save America - Offline: Monica Lewinsky on the Internet's Culture of Humiliation

Episode Date: October 31, 2021

Offline is here to stay and the show has moved to its own feed. To listen to Jon's interview with Monica Lewinsky, and the many great episodes to come, search Offline with Jon Favreau and click subscribe. See you there!Monica Lewinsky sits down with Jon to talk about the rise of public shaming, what happens when your life is upended by the internet, and what we can do to push against our worst instincts when we're on social media.For a closed-captioned version of this episode, please visit crooked.com/podsaveamerica. For a transcript of this episode, please email [e-mail] and include the name of the podcast.

We are in this place where we're just so excited that the other side loses and we're just going to publicly shame each other as a substitute for winning elections or passing legislation or doing anything that happens in a functioning democracy. Or that's the tool we use to try to take someone down. Right, because legal institutions have broken down, democratic institutions have broken down, right? All these institutions have broken down and so what do we have left? Publicly shaming each other. Yeah, exactly. Good fucking luck to us. I'm Jon Favreau. All these institutions have broken down. And so what do we have left? Publicly shaming each other. Exactly. Good fucking luck to us. I'm Jon Favreau.

Welcome to Offline. Hey, everyone. Exciting news. Offline is here to stay. And the show has now moved to its own feed. If you'd like to listen to my full interview with Monica Lewinsky, you can find it on that new feed. Just search Offline with Jon Favreau. Once you're over there, remember to subscribe to keep up to date with all of our upcoming episodes.

We've got some exciting conversations ready to go over the next few months. I'll see you there.