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WMC Live

April 01, 2017 | Sally Field, Leah Fessler | Politics, Robin Morgan

WMC Live #203: Sally Field, Leah Fessler. (Original Airdate 4/2/2017)

Robin on the filibuster, scoring a hockey goal, a Constitutional Convention, and running shoes. Guests: Sally Field on returning to Broadway (but loving townhall protests!); Leah Fessler on smartphone PA bots being programmed to tolerate sexism..

Sally Field:
On Twitter (@RealMommaGump) »

Leah Fessler:
Articles by Leah Fessler on Quartz »
"We tested bots like Siri and Alexa to see who would stand up to sexual harassment" on Quartz »
On Twitter (@LeahFessler) »

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