Edition 121: The Epstein Empire with Gail Dines, Thistle Pettersen & Jocelyn Crawley

About this episode

This episode focuses on the Jeffrey Epstein case and its implications within a porn-sick society, featuring an interview with activist Gail Dines.

This is WLRN's 10th Anniversary Edition! Stay tuned for the greeting with Jocelyn Crawley, world news with Cat Bradfield, an interview with professor Gail Dines and concluding commentary from Jocelyn. The focus of this month’s show is the Jeffrey Epstein case and how it is being handled within the porn-sick society we live in, featuring Gail Dines—expert, activist for women’s and children’s rights, and founding member of Culture Reframed. Gail recently published a review in Ms. Magazine of Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s posthumous book, Nobody’s Girl. https://msmagazine.com/author/gaildines/ She talks with Thistle a bit about this book and about how the porn industry has gotten its tentacles into all aspects of American society. She also, at the end of the interview, tells the story of an activist skit performed with Mary Daly at Harvard University in the 1980s. She muses that if women could do it then, we can do it again today and should in order to fortify our movement for the dignity and rights of girls and women. Listen to our original theme music from ten years ago composed by Thistle with a call for songs from Cat Bradfield for our Tenth Anniversary Summer Song Countdown show…

People in this episode

Host: Jocelyn Crawley

Guests: Gail Dines, Thistle Pettersen

Topics covered

• Jeffrey Epstein case
• porn industry
• women's rights
• activism
• 10th anniversary
• Cultural critique

Keywords

• Jeffrey Epstein
• Gail Dines
• pornography
• activism
• women's rights
• Cultural Reframed
• 10th anniversary
• Ms. Magazine

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Culture Reframed, Ms. Magazine

Books & works: Nobody’s Girl

Places: Harvard University

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