"A different kind of #MeToo story, about several women who worked for the same man. They tell us not only about their troubling encounters with him, but also about their lives beforehand. Who were they when they entered the workplace, and how did their personal histories shape the way they dealt with his harassment?"

I didn't listen to it carefully enough the first time, and I went back to the beginning to relisten and realized immediately how badly I had misunderstood the ideas that were being framed and presented. I was a little distracted the first time — cooking, pausing to talk to M, etc. — and I was also distorted by my own presumption that TAL would get in line with #MeToo dogma and believe the accusers and hate the man. But on second listen, I was shocked at how wrong I was and how much depth was present in the story. It's subtle. Are the women criticized for their behavior, their complicity, their cold pursuit of self-interest? In the end, I think, the real respect women deserve is to be seen as fully human, and that entails complexity. There's a lot going on here, and I would love to talk about it with people who have listened to the whole thing and listened carefully. Maybe the producers are afraid to cross the #MeToo dogmatists and they used ambiguity to fend off criticism, but I think they are genuinely dedicated to the art of radio and the full depth of humanity.