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Today, Explained

Arrested for reporting a massacre

Today, Explained

Vox

Politics, Daily News, News

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2018

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Two Reuters reporters have been sentenced to seven years in prison for calling attention to a recent massacre in Myanmar. The United Nations says it's part of a larger genocide to wipe Rohingya from the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Sir Cliff, you've been with me all week in the studio here with Max talking about your get quip calm slash explained

0:06.9

Conversion yes, I should ask about Max because he's been here patiently this whole time. Yes, increasingly less patient

0:15.5

I want to hear about baby tooth brushing if you don't mind. Yeah, let's um if Maxwell tolerated we'll talk about baby tooth brushing

0:22.2

Hey Sean hey Mike thanks for making time for me. I know you have an Ohio area code, but you're not in Ohio are you?

0:33.2

I actually live in Houston, Texas now I work in public relations and from Houston you listen to today explained and

0:40.2

You email me the other day about our credits yet a question and it wasn't about the fact that I host the show or that I

0:46.1

Reno Gucci's our executive producer or that Bridget McArthees our editor or that a theme Shapiro's our engineer it wasn't about

0:53.1

No, I'm hasn't felt and Luke Vander Plue producing or

0:57.2

Brie Seely being our summer intern or

0:59.7

Agarre Nesasha Gray helping out this week. It was about the guy who makes music for us the mysterious break master cylinder, right?

1:06.9

Yeah, and he has a name that stands out too, doesn't he?

1:10.0

He sure does and you notice something about it that I would I thought maybe we could share with the audience

1:15.1

Yeah, I was I've had to purchase a new car recently and when I brought it in for a pre-purchase inspection

1:23.8

One of the items on the list stuck out to me. It said break master cylinder three words B-R-A-K-E, right?

1:30.6

Yeah, and then it dawned on me

1:33.2

that not only is break master cylinder a master of

1:37.8

Brakes I assume drum brakes, but he's also a master of puns Sean

1:42.5

I mean that doesn't surprise me based on what he calls the songs he sends us

1:47.7

But what did you notice when you went to when you went to the auto shop there in Houston?

1:52.4

Well, I noticed that break master cylinder is a car part that everyone has in their car and we just never realized it

2:00.2

We didn't realize that he's also within us everywhere we go. Yeah taking us places

2:04.9

Well, Andy's crucial because without that break master cylinder what's gonna push the brake fluid to stop your car Sean?

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