Best of the Simi Sara Show - Wed Nov 7th 2018

Chapter 1

Hot question of the day

CoverGirl cosmetics is now certified completely cruelty-free - making it the biggest beauty brand to earn the Leaping Bunny logo. When it comes to products that you purchase, do you care if whether or not they test on animals?

Yes

No

 

Chapter 2

The winners and losers of the United States midterms

Guest: Reggie Cecchini

Washington DC producer for Global National

 

Chapter 3

Conservative Leader says Tony Clement had ‘terrible lapse of judgement’ after Clement resigns amidst sextortion scandal

The leader of the Conservative Party, Andrew Scheer, was asked by journalists today about the security concerns presented by this, seeing as Tony Clement was one of the parliamentarians on the top-secret National Security and Intelligence Committee.

Guest: Tim Powers

Vice-Chairman of Summa Strategies

 

Chapter 4

Madeleine Baran discusses the acclaimed podcast In The Dark

The award-winning podcast In the Dark, Season 2, looks at the case of Curtis Flowers, a man in Mississippi who has been tried for the same murders six times.

Despite pointing out the faulty evidence and witness testimony in the podcast, Flowers still remains behind bars and on death row.  However, some good news came recently when it was announced that the Supreme Court will hear Flowers’ case by June! The justices will examine if District Attorney Doug Evans had a history of racial discrimination in jury selection.

In season one, In The Dark examined the rare crime of child abduction. The reporters examined the case of Jacob Wetterling, the 11 year old boy from St. Joseph, Minnesota who went missing on October 22, 1989. His abduction remained a mystery for nearly 27 years… until the team from In The Dark started examining the faulty police investigation of his disappearance.

Lead In the Dark reporter Madeleine Baran is in Vancouver  to speak at the Vancouver Podcast Festival, running Nov. 8-10.

Guest: Madeleine Baran

Investigative reporter for APM Reports and the host and lead reporter of the podcast In the Dark.

 

Chapter 5

Does warning kids of ‘stranger danger’ give them the right tools for interacting with people?

Earlier in the show we spoke with Madeleine Baran of APM’s In The Dark, and she discussed the first season of the podcast that dealt with the abduction of 11 year old Jacob Wetterling. In that series, the parents of Jacob Wetterling discussed how that case was a classic case of ‘stranger danger’, but how, despite what happened to their son, parents should not parent their children based on what happened to their son. Instead, the Wetterling family encouraged parents to remember that children are often harmed by someone they know.

Geoff Newiss is the Director of Action Against Abduction in the UK , and his organization feels that the idea of stranger danger has fostered an unhealthy amount of fear of strangers among children. It inspired him to devise a new safety message for children, which he thinks is more fit for purpose - not least because the majority of abductions are committed by an adult already known to the child.

Guest: Geoff Newiss

Director, Action Against Abduction

 

Chapter 6

A young man ate a garden slug on a dare, became paralyzed and died 8 years later

Guest: Dr Heather Stockdale Walden

Asst. Professor of Parasitology at the University of Florida

 

Chapter 7

Jeff Sessions is fired

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has resigned as the country's chief law enforcement officer at the request of the President.

Guest: Reggie Cecchini

Washington DC producer for Global National

 

Chapter 8

SIMI’S LOSER AND WINNER OF THE DAY

Loser

NO LOSER

Winner

CoverGirl cosmetics is now certified completely cruelty-free - making it the biggest beauty brand to earn the Leaping Bunny logo -

To be awarded the globally-recognised Leaping Bunny certification, presented by Cruelty Free International, a brand must eliminate animal testing from every level of product production - including in all ingredients and suppliers.

“No other certification program has the rigour that seeks to completely eliminate animal testing from a brand’s supply chain - it certifies that no CoverGirl products or ingredients are tested on animals, either by CoverGirl or its suppliers,” the press release states.

 In addition to passing the “rigorous process,” the drugstore beauty brand will also have to undergo ongoing checks to ensure it is maintaining cruelty-free production.

 

Chapter 1

Hot question of the day

CoverGirl cosmetics is now certified completely cruelty-free - making it the biggest beauty brand to earn the Leaping Bunny logo. When it comes to products that you purchase, do you care if whether or not they test on animals?

Yes
No

 

Chapter 2

The winners and losers of the United States midterms

Guest: Reggie Cecchini

Washington DC producer for Global National

 

Chapter 3

Conservative Leader says Tony Clement had ‘terrible lapse of judgement’ after Clement resigns amidst sextortion scandal

The leader of the Conservative Party, Andrew Scheer, was asked by journalists today about the security concerns presented by this, seeing as Tony Clement was one of the parliamentarians on the top-secret National Security and Intelligence Committee.

Guest: Tim Powers

Vice-Chairman of Summa Strategies

 

Chapter 4

Madeleine Baran discusses the acclaimed podcast In The Dark

The award-winning podcast In the Dark, Season 2, looks at the case of Curtis Flowers, a man in Mississippi who has been tried for the same murders six times.

Despite pointing out the faulty evidence and witness testimony in the podcast, Flowers still remains behind bars and on death row.  However, some good news came recently when it was announced that the Supreme Court will hear Flowers’ case by June! The justices will examine if District Attorney Doug Evans had a history of racial discrimination in jury selection.

In season one, In The Dark examined the rare crime of child abduction. The reporters examined the case of Jacob Wetterling, the 11 year old boy from St. Joseph, Minnesota who went missing on October 22, 1989. His abduction remained a mystery for nearly 27 years… until the team from In The Dark started examining the faulty police investigation of his disappearance.

Lead In the Dark reporter Madeleine Baran is in Vancouver  to speak at the Vancouver Podcast Festival, running Nov. 8-10.

Guest: Madeleine Baran

Investigative reporter for APM Reports and the host and lead reporter of the podcast In the Dark.

 

Chapter 5

Does warning kids of ‘stranger danger’ give them the right tools for interacting with people?

Earlier in the show we spoke with Madeleine Baran of APM’s In The Dark, and she discussed the first season of the podcast that dealt with the abduction of 11 year old Jacob Wetterling. In that series, the parents of Jacob Wetterling discussed how that case was a classic case of ‘stranger danger’, but how, despite what happened to their son, parents should not parent their children based on what happened to their son. Instead, the Wetterling family encouraged parents to remember that children are often harmed by someone they know.

Geoff Newiss is the Director of Action Against Abduction in the UK , and his organization feels that the idea of stranger danger has fostered an unhealthy amount of fear of strangers among children. It inspired him to devise a new safety message for children, which he thinks is more fit for purpose - not least because the majority of abductions are committed by an adult already known to the child.

Guest: Geoff Newiss

Director, Action Against Abduction

 

Chapter 6

A young man ate a garden slug on a dare, became paralyzed and died 8 years later

Guest: Dr Heather Stockdale Walden

Asst. Professor of Parasitology at the University of Florida

 

Chapter 7

Jeff Sessions is fired

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has resigned as the country's chief law enforcement officer at the request of the President.

Guest: Reggie Cecchini

Washington DC producer for Global National

 

Chapter 8

SIMI’S LOSER AND WINNER OF THE DAY

Loser

NO LOSER

Winner

CoverGirl cosmetics is now certified completely cruelty-free - making it the biggest beauty brand to earn the Leaping Bunny logo -

To be awarded the globally-recognised Leaping Bunny certification, presented by Cruelty Free International, a brand must eliminate animal testing from every level of product production - including in all ingredients and suppliers.
“No other certification program has the rigour that seeks to completely eliminate animal testing from a brand’s supply chain - it certifies that no CoverGirl products or ingredients are tested on animals, either by CoverGirl or its suppliers,” the press release states.
 In addition to passing the “rigorous process,” the drugstore beauty brand will also have to undergo ongoing checks to ensure it is maintaining cruelty-free production.