Our occasional podcast Offscript has returned for a year-end recap with editors Rob Weinert-Kendt, Russ Dembin, Diep Tran, and Allison Considine. We talk about the stories we covered, the plays we published, and some of the shows we liked. NOTE: There’s an editing error at 4:50; in the missing audio Tran praised Monica Byrne, Angel Desai, and Zak Berkman for their advocacy for our #MeToo coverage, and Weinert-Kendt spoke about how we view some criticism as a kind of compliment. We apologize for the error.
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