AirTalk asks: How should sexist workplace comments be handled?

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AirTalk discusses the best ways to address sexism at work after an Uber board member made a disparaging comment that ultimately resulted in his resignation. We also debate a bill that would remove the names of low-level, nonviolent sex offenders from the state registry after 10 or 20 years; parse through the week's biggest news in politics; and more with guest host Libby Denkmann.

AirTalk asks: How should sexist workplace comments be handled?

AirTalk discusses the best ways to address sexism at work after an Uber board member made a disparaging comment that ultimately resulted in his resignation. We also debate a bill that would remove the names of low-level, nonviolent sex offenders from the state registry after 10 or 20 years; parse through the week's biggest news in politics; and more with guest host Libby Denkmann.

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AirTalk discusses the best ways to address sexism at work after an Uber board member made a disparaging comment that ultimately resulted in his resignation. We also debate a bill that would remove the names of low-level, nonviolent sex offenders from the state registry after 10 or 20 years; parse through the week's biggest news in politics; and more.

Week in politics: Watching for Senate GOP to unveil healthcare bill, plus: is the president under investigation or not?

Senators from both parties are growing frustrated as a handful of their colleagues work largely behind closed doors on legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

While it’s not unusual for big bills like this to be drafted in private, they are also usually discussed and amended in open sessions. But with a narrow majority and uncertainty about how some in their own party might vote, Republicans seem to feel that keeping things on the down-low gives them the best chance to push their version of the healthcare legislation through the Senate.

Meanwhile, just a few blocks away at the White House, the Trump administration continues to face questions over whether President Trump is under investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller, who is leading the investigation into Russian meddling with the 2016 election and any ties between Russian officials and the Trump campaign. One of President Trump’s lawyers made the rounds on Sunday talk shows and said the president was not under investigation, which seemed to contradict President Trump’s own

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We’ll also look at implications for U.S.-Russian relations after U.S. forces downed a Syrian government jet, debate how much of a bellwether the Georgia special Congressional election will be for both parties in the 2018 midterms, see who’s filed the latest lawsuit to against President Trump alleging his business ties violate the Constitution’s emoluments clause and hear reaction to NBC News host Megyn Kelly’s controversial interview with conspiracy theorist and Infowars.com founder Alex Jones.

Guest host Libby Denkmann in for Larry Mantle

Guests:

John Iadarola, host and creator of ThinkTank, part of The Young Turks Network; he also serves as a weekly co-host for The Young Turks weekly live show; he tweets 

Lanhee Chen, research fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and former policy director for the Romney-Ryan 2012 presidential campaign; he tweets

New study looks at the accuracy of popular fitness trackers

A new Stanford University study looks at the accuracy of seven popular fitness trackers on the market, compared to results of tests that doctors use.

The good news is that these trackers are found to be largely accurate when it comes to measuring heart rate. The bad news: they are way off when it comes to calculating the number of calories burned.

As fitness trackers gain popularity, many users are taking data from their wearables to their doctors even though the information yielded are not always accurate. How are doctors dealing with this information?  

Guest host Libby Denkmann in for Larry Mantle

Guests:

Anna Shcherbina, a graduate student in Biomedical Informatics at Stanford University; one of the co-authors of the new study published in the Journal of Personalized Medicine looking at the accuracy of seven popular fitness trackers

Neil Jay Sehgal, an assistant professor of Health Services Administration at the University of Maryland School of Public Health  

A look at the potential changes in California’s sex offender registry

California’s sex offender registry system, which has more than 105,000 people listed, may be overhauled.

As reported by the Los Angeles Times, L.A. County Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacey and other criminal justice leaders have won state Senate approval to remove names of low-level, nonviolent offenders after 10 or 20 years. This would also include people who are considered not to reoffend. Under current California law, people convicted of certain sex offenses must register for life. Proponents of the bill argue that low level offenders are unfairly categorized with a blanket public perception of sex offenders, affecting offenders’ ability to obtain work, a home and even maintain safety.

Opponents of the bill say the public has a right to know where a sex offender resides. There is also debate over how many resources are dedicated to low-level offenders, and whether law enforcement should be dedicating efforts elsewhere. What do you think of the proposal? Is it fair for low-level offenders be taken off the registry after 10 or 20 years? Does it hurt the public not to know if a person in their neighborhood has been convicted of a sex offense?

Guest host Libby Denkmann in for Larry Mantle

Guests:

Frank Stoltze, correspondent for KPCC covering criminal justice and public safety issues who’s been following the story

Janice Bellucci, executive director of the Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws, she is the attorney representing the alliance

Mika Moulton, director of Christopher’s Clubhouse, nonprofit that teaches kids and families about safety

AirTalk asks: How should sexist workplace comments be handled?

During a meeting on Tuesday, Uber board member David Bonderman made a disparaging joke about women after Arianna Huffington announced that Wan Ling Martello would be joining the board.

Bonderman later resigned following a social media outcry over a leaked recording of the meeting.

While there are plenty of cultural problems remaining for Uber, AirTalk wants to hear from you. How do you navigate sexism in the workplace? Has there ever been a time when you experienced discrimination, say, from someone you report to, or someone who reports to you? What did you do?

Have you ever publicly challenged someone over what you felt was a sexist action? Have you ever privately challenged someone? How do you deal with what is certainly a touchy, but very important, topic?

Guest host Libby Denkmann in for Larry Mantle

Guest:

Ange-Marie Hancock, professor of political science and gender studies at the University of Southern California