diff --git a/vocodes/src/App.tsx b/vocodes/src/App.tsx
index 89d7a4ff52..0301c9d7af 100644
--- a/vocodes/src/App.tsx
+++ b/vocodes/src/App.tsx
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<Props, State> {
     let selectedSpeaker = undefined;
 
     speakers.forEach(speaker => {
-      if (speaker.getSlug() == this.state.speaker.getSlug()) {
+      if (speaker.getSlug() === this.state.speaker.getSlug()) {
         selectedSpeaker = speaker;
       }
     })
diff --git a/vocodes/src/model/Speakers.ts b/vocodes/src/model/Speakers.ts
index 63bcba3ab0..187ba1a292 100644
--- a/vocodes/src/model/Speakers.ts
+++ b/vocodes/src/model/Speakers.ts
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ const SPEAKERS : Speaker[] = [
     avatarUrl: "anderson-cooper.jpg",
     fullUrl: "anderson-cooper-full.png",
     voiceQuality: 4.9,
-    categories: ["politics", "news"],
+    categories: ["news"],
   }),
   Speaker.fromJson({
     name: "Arnold Schwarzenegger",
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ const SPEAKERS : Speaker[] = [
     avatarUrl: "ben-shapiro.jpg",
     fullUrl: "ben-shapiro-full.png",
     voiceQuality: 6.8,
-    categories: ["politics"],
+    categories: ["politics", "news"],
   }),
   Speaker.fromJson({
     name: "Ben Stein",
diff --git a/vocodes/src/modes/speak/dropdowns/SpeakerDropdown.tsx b/vocodes/src/modes/speak/dropdowns/SpeakerDropdown.tsx
index a0b9282380..ebc2efbc7c 100644
--- a/vocodes/src/modes/speak/dropdowns/SpeakerDropdown.tsx
+++ b/vocodes/src/modes/speak/dropdowns/SpeakerDropdown.tsx
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class SpeakerDropdown extends React.Component<Props, State> {
   }
 
   public render() {
-    if (this.props.currentSpeakerCategory.getSlug() == 'all') {
+    if (this.props.currentSpeakerCategory.getSlug() === 'all') {
       return this.renderAllByQuality();
     } else {
       return this.renderSortedCategory();