Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Film director James Toback at center of sexual harassment scandal
Nearly 40 women have come forward with sexual harassment stories involving director James Toback. Many report that Toback first approached them in public in New York, promising entree to the movie business. KCRW’s Anna Scott shares her personal encounter with Toback, and we hear from the LA Times writer who broke the story.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readNearly 40 women have come forward with sexual harassment stories involving director James Toback. Many report that Toback first approached them in public in New York, promising entree to the movie business. KCRW’s Anna Scott shares her personal encounter with Toback, and we hear from the LA Times writer who broke the story.
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The full episode
1 of 4On encountering James Toback: 'I wanted to crawl into a hole and die'- 0:00Film director James Toback at center of sexual harassment scandalYou’re reading this
- 13:10Does the Supreme Court need fact checkers?
- 22:49National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward on how racism haunts the present
- 38:00Will the Dodgers win the World Series?