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December 2, 2016

Once More, With Feeling

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)

By

Ira Glass
Act One

Hollaback Girl

The story from the prologue continues. Eleanor tries to persuade Zack and Mike not to catcall or accost women in the streets of King’s Cross. She ends up having a long, open, and honest conversation with Zack. (14 minutes)

By

Eleanor Gordon-Smith
Act Two

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)

By

Stephanie Foo
Act Three

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)

By

Scott Brown

Song:

“Robot” by Trip Lee

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