Further developments in the controversy surrounding the popular Answer everything podcast, and his recent efforts to report on institutional and systemic racism at the food magazine Tasty meal, today, as host Alex Goldman a series of statements issued acknowledges that the program’s own problems with representation, reporting and inclusivity have forced them to cancel the program Test kitchen miniseries, and sit Answer everything himself “with pause”. It comes after both Answer everything Senior reporter Sruthi Pinnamaneni and co-presenter PJ Vogt have revealed that they are leaving the series, after former collaborators at the show’s home network, Gimlet Media, repeatedly claimed that the two were hostile to the attempts to recruit the company’s staff. diversify. In cancellation Test kitchen, Goldman calls the series a “systemic editorial failure ”in his attempts to tell a story about another company, while ignoring issues over the operation of Gimlet himself.
In an audio explanation to the Answer everything feed, and so on his personal Twitter account, Goldman explain that this step is not the end of Answer everything in general, but noted that the recent controversy has resulted in a ‘settlement’ of how the program handles its reporting. He also noted that the planned last two installments of the Test kitchen series is still incomplete amid Pinnamaneni and Vogt’s departure and will not be completedand apologized to fans and the people interviewed for the stories because they could not complete the series. (The previous two installments will remain, with a new indemnity at each.)
Accounts of Pinnamaneni and Vogt’s behavior were revealed by Eric Eddings, former host of Gimlet’s The Nod podcast. Per THR, both former members of the Answer everything staff will move to different parts of the Gimlet Media organization.