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Ask E. Jean
The thrilling story of E. Jean Carroll’s life, from her early days as Miss Cheerleader USA to her rise as a trailblazing journalist, author, and beloved advice columnist. Carroll broke barriers as the first female editor at Esquire, Playboy, and Outside, helping to redefine women’s roles in media with her sharp wit and fearless voice. In recent years, she reignited public discourse by standing up to power, becoming the only woman to beat Donald Trump twice in court, and sparking a national conversation about truth, accountability, and resilience. A portrait of an indomitable woman who proved it’s never too late to reclaim your voice, rewrite your story, and change the world.
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E. Jean Carroll
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Lisa Birnbach
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Roberta Kaplan
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Carol Martin
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Donald Trump
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The Fixate & Binge Podcast, w/ Joe Curdy
9/107/29/2026
A mesmerizing character profile on finding one’s courage in the #MeToo era, centered on one of its most compelling media figures — celebrated magazine editor and longtime advice columnist E. Jean Carroll. Directed by Ivy Meeropol, **Ask E. Jean** dives directly into the deep-end of its subject, opening with shocking videotape footage from Carroll’s 2019 deposition for her defamation lawsuit against Donald J. Trump, who repeatedly called her a liar across interviews and social media after she revealed in New York magazine that he sexually assaulted her during a visit to Bergdorf Goodman department store in Midtown Manhattan in the mid-1990s. Carroll’s reluctance to come forward feels sadly ironic for a celebrated advice columnist who built a reputation on dispensing candid wisdom fast
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