When the hashtag #metoo began trending on Twitter in 2017, no-one could have imagined that it would penetrate the social zeitgeist quite like it has. 

Our visual memories may associate the aftermath with popular culture moments like Times Up at the Oscars, the list of famous women who came forward, or the public take down of Harvey Weinstein. But beneath all this, a much more sophisticated form of investigative journalism has been brewing; one that not only looks at men in power in Hollywood, but men in all forms of power, and at the structures that allowed them to exert it.

The imperative to focus on men in power has coincided with a transformative shift in the media landscape. In 2019, Spotify established itself as a major player in podcasting, and off the success of its original shows House of Cards and Orange is the New Black, Netflix began commissioning more content. It’s a unique time in media history, one in which there is the opportunity (in various mediums) to tell more stories and an audience keen to absorb them. 

Workplaces across the world began to ask questions about what behaviour is appropriate – not just...