Reply All cancels Test Kitchen miniseries, issues apology

Further developments in the controversy surrounding the popular Reply All podcast, and its recent efforts to report on institutional and systemic racism at food magazine Bon Appetit, today, as host Alex Goldman issued a series of statements admitting that the show’s own issues with representation, reporting, and inclusivity have forced them to cancel the Test Kitchen miniseries, and put Reply All itself “on pause.” This comes after both Reply All senior reporter Sruthi Pinnamaneni and co-host P.J. Vogt were revealed to be leaving the series, after former co-workers at the show’s home network, Gimlet Media, alleged multiple instances in which the two displayed hostility to efforts to diversify the company’s staff. In canceling Test Kitchen, Goldman dubbed the series a “systemic editorial failure” in its efforts to tell a story about another company while ignoring issues about the way Gimlet itself operated.