When the Glass House Shatters

In 2020, Bon Appétit faced a public reckoning after employees of colour exposed severe pay inequity, systemic racism, and a problematic YouTube video culture, leading to the resignation of editor-in-chief Adam Rapoport after an old Halloween photo surfaced showing him in brownface. In February 2021, Gimlet Media's award-winning podcast Reply All—hosted by PJ Vogt and produced by Sruthi Pinnamaneni—launched a multi-part investigative series examining the Bon Appétit scandal. It was only days after the first two episodes aired that former Gimlet Media producer Eric Eddings (co-host of The Nod) published a viral Twitter thread accusing PJ Vogt and Sruthi Pinnamaneni of hypocrisy. Eddings and other former Gimlet staffers revealed that Vogt and Pinnamaneni actively opposed a staff unionization drive at Gimlet and fostered a similar clique-driven, exclusionary, and toxic workplace—particularly for employees of colour. The potential unionization was seen as a liability for the upcoming $230…

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