Catch and Kill: The Podcast Tapes
Ronan Farrow's intimate, revealing interviews with whistleblowers, journalists, private investigators and other sources for his book Catch & Kill.
Genre: Documentary
Cast:Ronan Farrow , Rosanna Arquette , Rose McGowan , Ambra B. Gutierrez , Zelda Perkins , Kim Masters , Ken Auletta , David Remnick , Rich McHugh , Rowena Chiu , Fabio Bertoni , John Scott-Railton , Deirdre Foley-Mendelssohn , Tammy Kim , Igor Ostrovsky , Fergus McIntosh
S1.E1 ∙ The Wire
Ambra Gutierrez reveals the high-stakes police sting operation that captured a chilling admission from Harvey Weinstein--and her plan to preserve the evidence after authorities declined to prosecute.
S1.E2 ∙ The Reporters
Ken Auletta and Kim Masters discuss their years-long quests to reveal the "open secret" of Weinstein's behavior, and the roadblocks that stalled their efforts.
S1.E3 ∙ The Assistants
A former assistant at Weinstein's company, Rowena Chiu, speaks out about her experiences with Weinstein's predation, the difficult choices she and fellow assistant Zelda Perkins made to try to hold him accountable, and her decision to remain silent for decades.
S1.E4 ∙ The Producer
Rich McHugh discusses producing the story with Farrow at NBC News, interviewing sources on camera, and his dawning realization that the reporting was being shut down behind the scenes.
S1.E5 ∙ The Editors
The New Yorker editors David Remnick and Deirdre Foley-Mendelssohn, attorney Fabio Bertoni and Fact Checkers Tammy Kim and Fergus McIntosh discuss the arduous process of verifying the details of the story, while fending off legal threats from Weinstein's camp.
S1.E6 ∙ The Spy
Undercover spy Igor Ostrovsky talks about being hired to track and gather intelligence on Farrow, and the unexpected turn of events that prompted him to become Farrow's source. The Citizen Lab's John Scott-Railton also talks about the rise of private espionage and its consequences, as well as efforts to combat it.
