Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky
5.0/5
Critic Rating
If you’re interested in unexpected conversations that go uncharted places, are remotely self-aware and like to laugh, then please join me as I continue to find my public voice on Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky. (That’s me.) I will have honest, wide-ranging interviews with all kinds of people – recognizable names, regular folks, experts and friends – about what it means to reclaim what’s been lost or taken in the broadest sense. Every week, I’ll draw from my own unique experiences (like say, surviving a global scandal at 24 years old), and delve into the personal and often messy ways people find t...
Critic Reviews
Score: 5
Wendy J. Fox • PodcastReview.org • Mar 31, 2025
"Reclaiming is slickly produced and the guests highly curated. This is not a surprise. Lewinsky, rather than a salacious headline, is a media figure in her own right. While some episodes do verge away from pure interview into chummy chats, the format works. It’s compelling to hear Lewinsky be corrective...instead of being permanently derailed, Lewinsky evolved from a punchline pariah to a woman with a platform. Reclaiming is, yes, another entrant in the celebrity podcast genre, but Lewinsky has a reason to be on the mic. She deserves to be heard."
Score: 5
Fiona Sturges • Financial Times • Mar 2, 2025
"While there is a fair amount of therapy-speak here, Lewinsky talks perceptively and courageously about all she has endured, only once breaking down in tears. The overwhelming impression is of a woman who paid a terrible price for a youthful mistake but who has emerged, remarkably, without bitterness and with a determination not to be weighed down by other people’s opinions."
