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Checking-In on public shaming, Duffy trial, FED UP & more

The Current's Friday host David Common joins Anna Maria in studio to read through some of your emails and social media musings on the stories we've brought you in the past week.
It's often said that what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger. But could that really be true of public shame and humiliation? Last month, Monica Lewinsky, called for an end to public shaming the way she once experienced it- as a sort of blood sport. (LUKE FRAZZA/AFP/Getty Images)

The Current's Friday host David Common joins Anna Maria in studio to read through some of your emails and social media musings on the stories we've brought you in the past week.

Today's segment includes:

- Public shaming can sometimes be a good thing

- The trial of suspended senator Mike Duffy

- Why a video of Homeless people reading their own hate mail is going viral 1.3026095

- Is it time to better diversify Canada's economy, and reduce the country's dependence on the energy sector?

- The website FED UP -- the Feminist Eatery Database - Undercover Project. A look at what many see as sexist dress codes in the hospitality industry

- Supervised injection sites could face closure because of Bill C-2
 

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This segment was produced by The Current's Lara O'Brien.