Tanya Mosley

We're going to just meet and have this, you know, this liaison that we have.

You talked about the difference between consent and agreement.

And can you explain that distinction?

Because I think it's at the heart of why these cases are so confusing to people.

You talk about this in the book, too.

Rumors of other, quote unquote, affairs.

You do work there when you're out on assignment.

Our guest today is Brooke Nevels.

Her new memoir is Unspeakable Things.

Silence, shame, and the stories we choose to believe.

We'll be right back after a short break.

I'm Tanya Mosley, and this is Fresh Air.

You went to Meredith Vieira, who had been your boss for many years, and she told you to go to HR with a lawyer.

And you did that also knowing what reporting would cost you.

You couldn't live with this anymore.

You felt like you were a fraud.

You were drowning in your own addiction.

But you also describe it as committing career suicide, that your career in this industry that you had grown up wanting to be a part of was essentially over.

And you decided to do it anyway.

You know, Brooke, there's an assumption in journalism that when you help someone tell their story, you're serving them and you're serving the greater good, the public.