Stories of people who decide to rethink the way they’ve been doing things, or try to get others to do that. Including a woman who decides to confront the men who catcall her, and get them to give it up forever.
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Note: The internet version of this episode contains un-beeped curse words. BEEPED VERSION.
Prologue
Ira talks to Eleanor Gordon-Smith, a writer/reporter in Australia who decides to confront her catcallers and figure out why they do it. (6 minutes)
Hollaback Girl
The Real Decoy
Producer Stephanie Foo talks to veteran Michael Pitre, who had to change the way he talked about his experiences in the military after he realized the effect it was having on people. Michael is author of the novel "Fives and Twenty-Fives." (20 minutes)
You Had One Job
A bomb disposal robot is assigned a new and even more complicated task. Fiction by Scott Brown, read by actor Jeremy Shamos. (19 minutes)
Song:
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Act One: She Blinded Us With Science
Act Three: The Port Chicago 50
Act Four: If The Shoe Fits
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