Talk Like a Pirate (Party) Day

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Peach Fish Productions

News, Daily News

4.5 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2017

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:03.4	It's Wednesday, November 1st, 2017.
0:10.3	From slate, it's the gist I'm Mike Pesca.
0:12.9	We've got a terrorist attack in New York, which I will talk about in the spiel.
0:15.7	We've got taxes, oiling their way through Congress.
0:19.2	We've got the ongoing Russian investigation.
0:21.5	Now here are the most viewed stories from New York Magazine, one anti-dick fired for sexual
0:26.8	harassment.
0:27.8	So release the statement responding to Jeremy Piven, sexual harassment allegations.
0:32.7	Then it's not about Netflix for six women, including Olivia Mann, accused director Brett
0:37.2	Ratner of sexual harassment.
0:39.4	Then six Chris Brown's new album explained, nothing about specifically sexual harassment,
0:43.8	but he's an abuser.
0:44.8	Seven Kevin Spacey accused of grouping filmmaker Tony Montana, sexually harassing young
0:48.4	actor at London Theatre.
0:49.9	So seven of the top seven, five of them about sexual harassment.
0:53.7	This is a moment where we are talking about sexual harassment and the story that popped
0:58.7	to the top of my mind for obvious reasons.
1:01.1	Wasn't even one of them.
1:02.1	It was about the NPR executive who stepped down because of sexual harassment allegations.
1:08.9	The senior vice president for news, Michael Arasquez resigned.
1:13.5	The Washington Post broke a story that 15 years ago or more he kissed and thrust his tongue
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