October 25, 2013 Hour 2

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Ana Kasparian joins Cenk, Eboni, and Ben for the second hour. Cenk gives an Indiegogo and a TYTMeetup update. Check out tytnetwork.com/meetups for more details. The University of Colorado Boulder issues a warning to students to consider other people when making a Halloween costume choice. Fox News predictably expressed faux-outrage over political correctness, even though the University’s statement was only a suggestion. An Ohio high school football player gets suspended for four days over writing a poem in his english class where he bad-mouths his coach and a fellow team mate.

Absurd news alert! Shreddies, a new underwear product line with carbon infused cloth called Zorflex, is designed to filter out the smell of farts. Colombian women from a small remote town are refusing to have sex until the only road running through the town is repaired. Under current conditions, a trip to the nearest hospital can take up to 14 hours, making pregnancy a matter of life and death. GiveDirectly, a charity designed to aid poor people, is giving money to Kenyans with no strings attached. An MIT study based on self-reporting suggests that the people are not wasting the money on alcohol or tobacco, but rather investing in education, healthcare, and more nutritious food. The money is also being spent on startup businesses and other means of economic sustainability.

After years of self discovery in Thailand, a courageous blogger publicly admits to being attracted to transgender women, challenging the predominant heteronormative culture. Cenk reads #TYTLive tweets.

Help TYT Build a new studio by supporting our Indiegogo Campaign!  CLICK here: http://igg.me/at/TYTNetwork/.  Thank you!  #IamTYT

 

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