This week: the new politics of hiring and firing, the Oxbridge problem, and the social intelligence of horses. POD FiveThirtyEight has an excellent discussion, led by reporter Clare Malone, of sexual harassment in political journalism. One of Clare's guests used to work for Mark Halperin, the former head of politics at ABC and around 2008-2012, America's senior political journalist. After Weinstein, numerous women came forward to accuse him of harassment, which he's now admitted to. In his (otherwise contrite) statement Halperin was able to say that nobody filed a complaint against him at ABC. But that was because none of the women felt that they would get a fair hearing from their employer. One of the points made in the discussion, by a lawyer who represents harassment victims, is that employers cannot afford be passive about this stuff. They can't wait for official complaints - if they hear even a rumour of a rumour, they need to vigorously investigate it. The burden of action should
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I know a place where you can get away
I know a place where you can get away
This week: the new politics of hiring and firing, the Oxbridge problem, and the social intelligence of horses. POD FiveThirtyEight has an excellent discussion, led by reporter Clare Malone, of sexual harassment in political journalism. One of Clare's guests used to work for Mark Halperin, the former head of politics at ABC and around 2008-2012, America's senior political journalist. After Weinstein, numerous women came forward to accuse him of harassment, which he's now admitted to. In his (otherwise contrite) statement Halperin was able to say that nobody filed a complaint against him at ABC. But that was because none of the women felt that they would get a fair hearing from their employer. One of the points made in the discussion, by a lawyer who represents harassment victims, is that employers cannot afford be passive about this stuff. They can't wait for official complaints - if they hear even a rumour of a rumour, they need to vigorously investigate it. The burden of action should