A few years ago, NPR’s “Louder Than A Riot” podcast approached me about doing an interview for their season focused on misogynoir. Because I was familiar with their work and respected their journalism, I agreed to do the interview.
They conducted two or three interviews at their offices, reached out to a few of my friends and colleagues and also walked with me by the old Source offices to talk about my career and more specifically, the 2006 case that I filed against the magazine.
About a year later, as they were about to release my interview, I was sent a cease and desist by one of the former owners. They had reached out to him to get his side of the story, and in addition to refusing to be interviewed, he had an attorney reach out to me to ask me to tell NPR not to release the interview. I did not want to deal with lawyers and felt that I had moved so far past this situation from almost twenty years ago, I regretfully asked NPR not to air the interview. They were disappointed, but understanding my position, they obliged.
What they did do was release the podcast without my interview, and I actually think it came out better without me speaking on it. Here is their “If You See Something, Say Nothing,” episode featuring my story.
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