The Gist - Free to Be You and #MeToo

The #MeToo movement is flushing out clear-cut cases of sexual harassment and assault, but is it helping us judge cases that are far murkier? Erin Gloria Ryan, senior editor for the Daily Beast, wonders whether people will separate into two camps: those who think accusers should be listened to, regardless of consequences, and those who think the accused should be punished, regardless of evidence.

In the Spiel, is this really the lowest point in U.S. history?

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The NewsWorthy - Tax Plan, Oprah & ‘Fall Back’ – Friday, November 3rd, 2017

All the news you need to know for Friday, November 3rd, 2017!

Today we're talking about details in the proposed tax plan and why President Trump was kicked off Twitter (for 11 minutes).

Plus, a new study looks at stents for heart patients, Oprah teams up with Amazon Alexa and it's that time of year to 'fall back' and change our clocks.

All that and more - in less than 10 minutes! 

Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.

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The Gist - Get Inside the Brain of Michael Rapaport

The tax plan is out, and New Yorker writer Adam Davidson joins us to play One Question, One Question Only: Is this tax reform?

And the voluble Michael Rapaport unleashes his opinions about various “stickmen” (read: athletic Casanovas) and why he’s embarrassed to be a Knicks fan. Rapaport’s new book is This Book Has Balls: Sports Rants from the MVP of Talking Trash, and he hosts the podcast I Am Rapaport

And in the Spiel, what went wrong in protecting Americans from armies of Russian trolls. 

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The NewsWorthy - ‘Diversity Visa Lottery’, World Series & Beyoncé – Thursday, November 2nd, 2017

All the news you need to know for Thursday, November 2nd, 2017!

Today we're talking about a program President Trump said let a terrorist suspect into the U.S. 

Plus, what to know about the World Series, Amazon's new augmented reality feature and Beyoncé on the big screen.

All that and more - in less than 10 minutes! 

Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.

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Agnus: The Late Antique, Medieval, and Byzantine Podcast - Dr. Laura Carlson on the Opus Caroli

Join me as I talk with Dr. Laura Carlson about theology and politics in the Carolingian Empire in her article "Adoption, Adaptation, and Authority: The Use of Isidore of Seville in the Opus Caroli." Join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum.

Read Dr. Carlson's article in Isidore of Seville and His Reception in the Early Middle Ages.

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The Gist - Talk Like a Pirate (Party) Day

Birgitta Jónsdóttir has an unusual background for a politician: she’s a poet and a free speech activist. Since 2013, she’s been a member of the Icelandic parliament representing the anti-establishment Pirate Party. Jónsdóttir talks to Mike about what it’s like to work within a fledgling political party and why she’s disappointed with what Wikileaks has become.

In the Spiel, how not to respond to a terrorist attack. 

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