Episode 126 -- Bari Weiss, Part 1

About this episode

The episode explores Bari Weiss's background and her departure from the New York Times.

It's the first half of our (possibly? hopefully?) two-part series on In Bed with the Right final boss, Bari Weiss: reactionary centrist extraordinaire, #MeToo backlasher and the woman who parlayed a grifty "cancel culture" Substack into running pretty much 90% of the news you're still allowed to air on TV. This first episode deals with her origin story, up to her high-profile exit from the New York Times . CONTENT NOTE: Yes, we know we're mispronouncing her name. It's really hard to get out of the habit, but we promise promise promise to get better at it before Part 2! We meant (in this one very specific instance) no disrespect.

People in this episode

Hosts: Adrian Daub, Moira Donegan

Guest: Bari Weiss

Topics covered

• Bari Weiss
• cancel culture
• media criticism
• New York Times
• reactionary politics
• feminism
• cultural commentary

Keywords

• Bari Weiss
• cancel culture
• New York Times
• #MeToo
• media
• reactionary politics
• cultural commentary

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New York Times

Books & works: In Bed with the Right

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