The Catch and Kill Podcast with Ronan Farrow

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The Catch and Kill Podcast with Ronan Farrow is a documentary podcast by Ronan Farrow and produced by Pineapple Street Studios.

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Background

The show is hosted by Ronan Farrow and produced by Pineapple Street Studios. [1] [2] Farrow's co-investigator for the story was Rick Hugh. [3] The show debuted in November 2019 a month after the book. [4] [5] The subject of the show is the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse cases. [6] An excerpt of the show was first previewed in The New Yorker Radio Hour. [7] Episode 3, "The Wire", discusses Ambra Gutierrez. [8] The podcast is largely composed of interviews with the victims discussed in the book. [9] The show includes an interview with Igor Ostrovskiy. [10] [11] The podcast goes into more detail about Matt Lauer being fired from NBC. [12]

Awards

AwardDateCategoryResultRef.
Peabody Awards 2019PodcastNominated [13] [14] [15]
Webby Awards 2020Best Limited SeriesWon [16] [17] [18]
Digiday Awards 2020Best PodcastWon [19] [20]

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