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We start the show today with a recording of a graphic description of assault. If you want to skip it, jump ahead about 20 seconds.
You probably remember this tape from the 2016 Presidential campaign. It’s 2005, when Donald Trump was a guest on the TV show Access Hollywood. He was on a bus with then-host Billy Bush, waiting to do an interview.
Today’s episode will NOT focus on the guy in that tape who’s talking about assaulting women.
Instead, we’re focusing on the other guy: the one laughing along. Billy Bush. The bystander.
One of the awful things about that tape is—if we’re honest—on some level, we have all been Billy Bush. We’ve all been the bystander, hearing or watching something messed up at work. And we did not say or do anything to stop it.
Our battle today is figuring out what it takes to change that – what it means to truly be an ally at work.
This is an excerpt from Battle Tactics For Your Sexist Workplace, a new podcast from KUOW Public Radio in Seattle.
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This episode of Battle Tactics For Your Sexist Workplace was hosted by Eula Scott Bynoe and Jeannie Yandel. It was produced by Caroline Chamberlain Gomez and Mayowa Aina and edited by Jim Gates.
Follow BTSW on Twitter and Instagram. And share your stories: Tell us about an ally who has had your back at work. Email Eula and Jeannie at btsw@kuow.org or join the conversation in our Facebook group.
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Jeannie Yandel
Special Projects Editor
Jeannie Yandel is a special projects editor focusing on podcasts and broadcast shows. She created and co-hosted the KUOW podcast Battle Tactics For Your Sexist Workplace and ran and edited KUOW's podcast about local curiosity, SoundQs. She also co-created and co-hosted KUOW's YouTube interview series, Are We Going To Be OK?. Previously, she was senior producer for The Conversation and KUOW Presents, and was Executive Producer for The Record.
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Caroline Chamberlain Gomez
Editor, Seattle Now
Caroline Gomez is the editor of Seattle Now, KUOW's flagship news podcast. She's produced and edited hundreds of episodes on the people and stories that shape Seattle. She created "Casual Friday," Seattle Now's Friday episode that performs best (almost) every week. She has a masters degree in human centered design and engineering from the University of Washington and she applies a user-centered approach to her journalism and processes. Previously she was a producer at KCRW and is a proud alum of UCLA's Daily Bruin.
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