Slow Burn: The Clinton Impeachment

Season 2: Bonus Episode 1
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How Monica Got Her Life Back

On resilience and reinvention.

Episode Notes

In the first bonus episode of the second season of Slow Burn, Leon Neyfakh talks to the creators of Monica: The Miniseries, which imagines Monica Lewinsky’s existence in 2001, when she was 27 and trying to build a normal life in New York City. Doron Max Hagay and Lily Marotta talk about what they admire about Lewinsky’s resilience and attempts at reinvention.

Leon also talks to co-host Mary Wilson, a senior podcast producer at Slate, about the making of Episode 1 and Season 2.

Season Two of Slow Burn was produced by Leon Neyfakh and Andrew Parsons. Research assistance from Madeline Kaplan. Bonus episodes for the season were produced by Jeff Friedrich and Mary Wilson.

About the Show

Where Clarence Thomas came from, how he rose to power, and how he’s brought the rest of us along with him, whether we like it or not. All episodes

Hosts

  • Mary Wilson is a founding producer for What Next and a former producer for The Gist.

  • Leon Neyfakh, a former Slate staff writer, is the host of the podcast Fiasco.