Heard Tell
713 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsTurning down the noise of what we are hearing in the news cycle, social media, and the discourse while turning up the information on culture, politics, and the issues of the day with knowledgeable guests and grown folk discussion. Hosted by Andrew Donaldson.
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Turning Down The Noise On The NY Trial of Donald Trump w/ Attorney & Writer Em Carpenter
April 23, 2024 08:21 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBYour Heard Tell Show is turning down the noise and getting to the information we need by talking to our good friend, attorney, and Senior Editor at Ordinary-Times.com about the start of the New York trial of Donald Trump, how NOT to follow the trial, how celebrity trials are just different, understanding factors that might affect the vedict, seperating good coverage from bad coverage, importance of a jury trial, why even calling it a "hush money" trial already sets a narrative and perspectiv...
The GOP Primary Isn't Over, It Never Was; Personal Update; Uvalde Report; Iran; Elevator Talk & more
January 18, 2024 18:09 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBYour Heard Tell Show for January 18th, 2024 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by talking about the GOP primary not being over, because it was never a primary in anything but name in the first place as Donald Trump crushes in Iowa and is cruising to the Republican presidential nomination. We update folks on why there hasn't been a Heard Tell in a while, what it means, and how things might be a bit different for a while as w...
Aliens, UAPs vs UFOs, AI, and Executive Orders, Oh My, w/guest Yael Ossowski
November 14, 2023 15:06 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MBOn this Heard Tell Good Talks, our guest is returning friend of the program and Deputy Director of the Consumer Choice Center Yaël Ossowski who hashes out aliens - or at least the new nomenclature of UAPs as opposed to UFOs - with a skeptical host Andrew, why the US government is doing some different and interesting things in this field, how other worldwide governments are responding, what we should and should not worry about in the skies above us, and how this all comes down to funding like...
Grown Folk Talk About Career Path, Finances, Retirement, Influencer Culture, Social Security, & more
November 10, 2023 17:24 - 34 minutes - 31.4 MBOn this Heard Tell Good Talks, our guest is John McCumber, who returns to Heard Tell to talk about the current discourse over financial planning, careers, and retirement from the POV of someone who did the "sell everything and move to Florida" thing after several successful careers. John not only was part of the more than 4 million folks that retired and dropped out of the workforce during COVID, but is also part of the millions who have returned to it part-time or with side hustles. John an...
Reviewing GOP Presidential Debate, Micro Nuclear Reactors, Discussing Factions in Conservatism & more
November 09, 2023 17:09 - 1 hour - 59.3 MBYour Heard Tell Show for Thursday, November 9th, 2023 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by talking about the 3rd GOP presidential primary debate as host Andrew reviews the five candidates, what they said, how they behaved, watching the debate with a teenager, and what it all means as Iowa draws near. Our friend Sarah Montalbano of the Alaska Policy Forum returns to Heard Tell to talk the huge potential of small and "micro"...
Using '23 Elections to Prep for '24; SAFER Banking/Cannabis; DeSantis Boot Scootin' Politics & more
November 08, 2023 17:23 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBYour Heard Tell Show for Thursday, November 2nd, 2023 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by talking about how we can use the 2023 election results - and more specifically the coverage there of - to calibrate our news media and social media intact leading up to the 2024 election. Sarah Anderson of R Street Institute returns to Heard Tell talks about her piece in Reason about the SAFER Banker Act and how the devil is in the d...
Biden's Poll Numbers; Aliens, AI, & Privacy, Oh My w/Yael Ossowski; Country Roads: German Version
November 07, 2023 12:30 - 54 minutes - 49.7 MBYour Heard Tell Show for Monday, November 6th, 2023 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by taking about that Joe Biden poll that had the talking heads and chattering classes in overdrive, how to parse out what is/isn't a good poll, how the different factions of the Democratic Party came to propel President Biden to the White House in the first place, and what does it all mean for 2024. Our guest is returning friend of the pr...
Heard Tell: Mental Health From Media & News Consumption, To Suicide Prevention, & Pop Culture Trends
November 06, 2023 16:21 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MBYour Heard Tell Show for Monday, November 6th, 2023 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by taking the entirety of today's program to talk about mental health. Our friend Dr. Katie Gordon returns to guide us through how our news media and social media not only affects our mental health, but how being serious about our mental health means being aware and curating your feeds, how to process big and emotional world events and ne...
Heard Tell: Crisis Clarifies; No, It Ain't Christmas Yet; Helping Techers; Generational Voter Change
November 02, 2023 17:05 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MBYour Heard Tell Show for Thursday, November 2nd, 2023 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by talking about how crisis clarifies, and how we should be using our news media and social media feeds to judge the actions that political leaders, pundits, and everyone else when it really matters. Then, now that Halloween is over, time to deal with the folks who insist Christmas has started despite Thanksgiving looming. Our guest is ...
Grown Folk Talk on Career & Retirement, Nonsense of Nikki Haley "Surge", Matthew Perry, Maine & more
October 31, 2023 15:03 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBYour Heard Tell Show for Tuesday, October 31th, 2023 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by talking about the latest narrative in the 2024 GOP primary coverage - that Nikki Haley is surging and fighting Ron DeSantis for 2nd place - is missing the point of what is actually going on as Donald Trump continues to dominate polling and the Republican Party at large. Then we talk about the untimely death of actor Matthew Perry, and...
How West Virginia's Child Protective Services Become So Dysfunctional, and What We Can do About It
October 30, 2023 12:14 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MBOn this Heard Tell Good Talks our guest is Kelli Caseman, Executive Director of Think Kids West Virginia, to talk about the long-running issues of the West Virginia CPS that started long before the recent headlines of shocking abuse cases, backlogs of neglect cases, and fights over manning and funding. Kelli and host Andrew talks about the underlying issues of the opioid epidemic and poverty, how issues in the CPS system adversely affects the school system and vice-versa, how "the system" is...
A Lawyer Explains Plea Deals Trump's Lawyers Are Taking in Georgia w/Attorney & Writer Em Carpenter
October 28, 2023 15:00 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MBOn this Heard Tell Good Talks, our guest is attorney and Ordinary Times Senior Editor Em Carpenter who uses her latest writing to lawsplain the plea deals of Sidney Powell and others in the Georgia conspiracy charges revolving around Donald Trump and the 2020 election interference of his backers and attorneys. Em talks about how these plea deals are and are not like normal ones, how they really work, and walks us through the actual documents and procedures that give lie to the charges that P...
Lewiston Murders & Manhunt, Speaker Mike Johnson, Lawsplaining GA Plea Deals, Viral Gaza Vids & more
October 26, 2023 19:54 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBYour Heard Tell Show for Thursday, October 26th, 2023 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by talking about the horrible murder of 18 people in Lewiston, Maine, the manhunt for the gunman, parsing through the unreliable early reports of breaking news, and how to start framing the discussion now before the inevitable "next time" comes around. We have a new Speaker of the House in Louisiana Republican Mike Johnson, and if you a...
Plea Deals in Georgia Trump Trials, Israel-Palestine Erupts On Campus, Defending Taylor Swift & more
October 25, 2023 07:36 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBYour Heard Tell Show for Wednesday, October 25th, 2023 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by talking about the plea deals in the Georgia trials over Donald Trump's interference in the 2020 elections, with Jenna Ellis being the latest MAGA star to say one thing in their court confession that runs counter to the years of social media posing and preening they've been doing. Our good friend Dr. Michael Siegel returns to Heard T...
GOP's Leadership Problem, Fixing WV's Dysfunctional Child Protective Services, 152-Car Pileup & more
October 24, 2023 15:25 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MBYour Heard Tell Show for Tuesday, October 24th, 2023 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by talking about how the current chaos on the GOP side of Congress is the result of leadership problems that run long before the current groping in the dark for a Speaker of the House. A horrific 152-car pileup in Louisiana leaves 7 dead, an apocalyptic scene of destruction, and a reminder that speed kills on the highways. Our guest is K...
Argentina Elections: History & Context, Javier Milei Hype, Perpetual Issues & more w/ Marcos Falcone
October 23, 2023 16:08 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBOn this episode of Heard Tell Good Talks, our guest is Marcos Falcone, who joins us from Argentina to talk the current elections in that country, how the debate over fast or gradual liberalization is raging, what is the substance underneath the media hype and coverage of Javier Milei, the historical context of Argentina's perpetual economic issues, and what to watch for in the election and headlines to come. All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell. -------------------- Heard Tell ...
Old Mistakes From "New Right", Grown Folk Talk on Pluralism & Diversity, Lessons From Despots & more
October 21, 2023 07:25 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBOn this Heard Tell Good Talks, our guest is Jeffery Tyler Syck who has been writing about the "Old Mistakes From The New Right'' and talks about the failure and folly of populism, explains pluralism and why diversity is a dividing line with the worst actors on the right, and why the lessons of despotic regimes and tyrants need to be applied to people everywhere who demand all power for their own purposes. All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell. -------------------- Heard Tell Sub...
Choosing Right Before A Crisis, Core Cause of Congressional Chaos, Movies w/Film Critic Luis Mendez
October 20, 2023 07:45 - 54 minutes - 49.7 MBYour Heard Tell Show for Friday, October 20th, 2023 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by talking about the very real danger in the inflammed rhetoric and escalating tensions we see from the Israel-Hamas war, rising anti-semitism, pro-Palestinian protests, and why now more than ever we should believe what folks insist on telling us, and why everyone must decided what they will do in a crisis before the crisis comes. We get ...
Does "Ground Game" Still Matter in Iowa Caucuses? Real State of GOP Primaries, & more w/ John Deeth
October 19, 2023 19:04 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBOn this Heard Tell Good Talks, our friend and Iowa election expert John Deeth explains the ins and outs of the looming Iowa caucuses, does having "ground game" still matter? The reality of Trump support, how Iowa views President Biden, and how the Democratic Party is moving forward with ending the Iowa Caucuses as we've known them. All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell. -------------------- Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inbox Questions, comments, c...
Why Venezuelan Oil Deal Is Bad Politics & Economics, Real Cost of Dictatorship, & More w/Eric Suarez
October 18, 2023 12:41 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBOn this Heard Tell Good Talks, Eric Suarez joins the program to talk about the Biden's administration's latest deal with Venezuela which has some eyebrow raising concessions to the Nicolás Maduro dictatorship in exchange for loosening restrictions on Venezuelan oil. Eric explains from the perspective of being Venezuelan why this is a bad deal and a bad bet for America, the current situation politically and economically in Venezuela, the long shadow of Hugo Chavez that still looms over not ju...
Inside GOP Speaker Fight, The Old Mistakes of The New Right, That Viral George Santos Scream, & more
October 16, 2023 16:58 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MBYour Heard Tell Show for Thursday, October 12th, 2023 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by going inside the chaos in the United States Congress with reporter Eric Garcia who breaks down the week to come in the messy GOP Speaker of the House race, can Jim Jordan get the gavel, who the players are involved, and what is coming next. Plus, Eric explains how that viral video of George Santos screaming might be partially his fau...
Prices & Inflation; On Comparing Hamas to 9/11; Canada Media Law; History & Economics of Furniture
October 13, 2023 10:29 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBYour Heard Tell Show for Friday, October 13th, 2023 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by having some grown folk talk about inflation, consumer prices, and the constant narratives about the economy that have a real disconnect between the numbers, the talking heads, and the folks at the cash registers. Then, we dive into the usage of "this is Israel's 9/11" in reference to the ghastly terrorism of Hamas, how the comparison i...
Perspective From Israel on Hamas, Civil Asset Forfeiture, Does Iowa Caucus Ground Game Still Matter?
October 12, 2023 07:14 - 58 minutes - 53.5 MBYour Heard Tell Show for Thursday, October 12th, 2023 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by reading the writing of Avi Woolf from his perspective in Israel after the Hamas terrorist attack and the "The Death of Hamas’ Weakness Excuse, or Why Might Can Be Right." Our guest is Sarah Anderson of the R Street Institute who joins us to talk about her writing in The Hill about Civil Asset Forfeiture and how it isn't just victimiz...
NASA's IRL 'Armageddon' Mission, "Men Think About Rome" Meme, & more w/scientist Dr Michael Siegel
October 10, 2023 14:31 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBOn this Heard Tell Good Talks, our scientist friend and spacecraft flier Dr. Michael Siegel returns to talk about the return of NASA's real life "Armageddon" mission that returned samples from an asteroid back to Earth, and yes, we use lots of references and jokes from the movie to explain science, space, and physics of some really cool space tech. Plus, as an academic, we ask Michael about the ongoing "men thinking about Rome" meme to his hilarious and surprising reaction before getting the...
Parsing Coverage of Hamas Terror & Israel's Response, Matt Gaetz, Argentina Elections, Fat Bear Week
October 09, 2023 18:25 - 1 hour - 57 MBYour Heard Tell Show for Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by talking about moral clarity, historical and political context, narrative nomenclature, news and social media coverage, and the complicated dynamics that we need to understand about the horrific violence in Israel over the weekend as Hamas unleashes terror that killed hundreds and the Israeli government is vowing a swift and mighty resp...
Marion, Kansas Update; Lawsplaing Trump Civil Trial Mess; NASA's "Armageddon" Mission Returns & More
October 03, 2023 04:27 - 1 hour - 62.2 MBYour Heard Tell Show for Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by returning to the story of the Marion, Kansas newspaper that was raided by local law enforcement now that the chief of police has resigned, been caught lying and deleting evidence, and how good reporting and social media attention has turned the tide of an abuse of power story. Attorney and Ordinary Times Senior Editor Em Carpenter retu...
Congress Kicks Funding Can 45 Days, Economist on Gov't Spending, A Brit's Take On GOP Primary/Debate
October 02, 2023 04:51 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBYour Heard Tell Show for Monday, October 2nd, 2023 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by discussing congress pressing the snooze button on a government shutdown, starting a new 45 day clock on getting the government funded, and setting up a GOP intramural between Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Matt Gaetz. Economist Stephen Popick returns to discuss how the current funding debates in congress do nothing to address the actual fis...
UK Politics as Rishi Sunak Flounders; Chinese Spy, Schools, Immigrant & Housing Crises; Pit Bull Ban
September 30, 2023 13:32 - 24 minutes - 22.2 MBOn this edition of Heard Tell Good Talks, we go to the UK and our friend Ben Harris returns to Heard Tell to talk about his perspective on Rishi Sunak, roiling Chinese spy scandal that was right down the hall from where he works in parliament, the crumbling schools hot mess, cost of living and housing crisis, young people "brain drain" possibilities, and how - in Ben's words - NIMBYism is killing the UK. Plus Ben defends the UK's proposed "American XL bully" dog breed ban with our host, and ...
What The Hell Is Wrong With Canada? Grown Folks Talk on Labor, Unions, & Workers; GOP Debate Ad Buys
September 29, 2023 14:35 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBYour Heard Tell Show for Thursday, September 28th, is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by zooming out from all the recent headlines on labor, unions, strikes, and workers to get a wider perspective beyond just buzzwords and idealized slogans to talk about what good companies and good unions with a proper government ought to be, how we don't have that, and how leadership and accountability are the difference between having go...
GOP Debate Review, Why Drug Decriminalization Is Failing, A Tale of Two Colorado Congress Critters
September 28, 2023 16:46 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBYour Heard Tell Show for Thursday, September 28th, is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by reviewing the hot mess that was the second GOP presidential debate for the 2024 primary, some real talk about what did and didn't happen, skip the narratives and "there must be a horserace" mentality as to how this primary really is setting up, and how the Parable of Two Donkeys explains how most folks viewed this debate. We go out to P...
The Hypocrisy & Harm Of Gov't Shutdown Theater, TikTok in Higher Ed, DeSantis vs Disney Revisited
September 27, 2023 16:25 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBYour Heard Tell Show for Wednesday, September 27th, is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by skipping the caterwauling over the looming government shutdown and putting the blame where it really belongs, while keeping an appropriate amount of loathing for the using of workers not getting a paycheck becoming a required optic for everyone involved. Then we welcome Neetu Arnold from the National Association of Scholars brings a tw...
Taylor Swift vs Content Farmers, Criminal Justice Beyond Buzzwords, TikTok, Border Politics, & more
September 26, 2023 16:04 - 55 minutes - 50.4 MBYour Heard Tell Show for Monday, September 25th, is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by taking the latest culture war hot button viral moment - Taylor Swift going to an NFL game - and using it as the latest example of how viral stories don't happen by accident, how content creators are pushing for pay not narrative truth, how to see backchannels in such stories, and why it has nothing to really do with Taylor Swift at all. T...
Gov't Spending Failure Theater, Local Reporting on Migrant Crisis, Venezuelan Problems & US Policy
September 25, 2023 11:55 - 1 hour - 57 MBYour Heard Tell Show for Monday, September 25th, is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by starting with the admission as we enter government shutdown week that neither congress nor the American people take spending and fiscal responsibility seriously, as proven by the data from the government on what we do spend our money on, and the actions of the public and congress that speak louder than their words. Reporter Adam Bass retu...
Germany's Economic Trouble, Devil's In The ESA/School Choice Details, 2024 Polling, Trigger Warnings
September 21, 2023 07:25 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBYour Heard Tell Show for Thursday, September 21th, is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by looking at the growing economic troubles in Germany, and how the sudden end to cheap fossil fuels from Russia has laid bare some flaws in Germany's attempts to transition to renewables while also being the manufacturing and economic engine of the EU, and the teachable lessons other nations should be learning from the crisis. Our guest i...
Chinese Spy Scandal & UK Pit Bull Ban, Politics of Food, Liberty Gun Safe Mess, & A Good Karen Story
September 20, 2023 10:46 - 57 minutes - 53 MBYour Heard Tell Show for Wednesday, September 20th, is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by taking the politics of food, specifically food deserts, and what two examples of one urban and one rural food deserts and the discussion around them have in common, including that there are no good answers to this pressing problem made worse by folks trapped in their priors instead of problem solving the issue. We go to the UK and our ...
Politics of Information, Horrible Tale of Civil Asset Forfeiture, How Barbie Exposed Gifters & more
September 19, 2023 07:37 - 57 minutes - 53.1 MBYour Heard Tell Show for Thursday, September 14th, is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by taking the politics of information, and how we are using our social media intake of news media to view the world. Jill Jacobson returns with the latest example of civil asset forfeiture, how it became abused, and what real reform would look like and take. Then, we talk through a piece by Steven Allen Adams from his Reporter's Notebook f...
What To Know About Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Ecuador Politics & News; Spanish Language Media; & more
September 17, 2023 13:05 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBOn this Heard Tell Good Talks, we take some time to deep dive what's going on down south, South America that is, with the returning Gabriel Salazar Sing who uses a US Congressional delegation visit to the continent to talk through issues in Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Ecuador, and more. Plus, Gabriel explains how Spanish language media covers things a bit differently, and what to watch for in the US news media about things going on in Central and South America to watch out for from elections, t...
Explaining Complex Economics By Reviewing The Basic, Common Good Policy, & More w/ Alexander Salter
September 15, 2023 16:48 - 26 minutes - 24 MBOn this Heard Tell Good Talks our guest is Economist Alexander Salter returns to talk about economics and his new book, The Political Economy of Distributism, how we have failed to properly understand and teach basic concepts like property, liberty, common good, and other building blocks to good economic understanding, and better ways to discuss them. Dr. Salter also talks about ethics in economics, how that influences politics and policy, and why everyone from news media to social media to ...
Inside Congress as Funding & Impeachment Loom, Why Decongestant Meds Don't Work, Mitt Romney & more
September 14, 2023 16:15 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MBYour Heard Tell Show for Thursday, September 14th, is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by taking how the FDA is finally admitting why all those decongestants you take aren't working for your sniffles and sneezes. Senator Mitt Romney announces he's not running for reelection by giving a message more of the elderly congress critters need to hear and adhere to. Congressional reporter Eric Garcia returns to the program to give u...
McCarthy Greenlights Biden Impeachment, Rare Earth Minerals Policy, NFL Returns, Social Media Regs
September 13, 2023 14:45 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBYour Heard Tell Show for Monday, September 11th, is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by taking perspective of Speaker Kevin McCarthy's announcement about an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, why the timing matters, what it means, and the inevitable ending this latest round of impeachment is going to wind up at. Our friend Sarah Montalbano of the Alaska Policy Forum returns to talk about how American policy on rar...
Starbucks, Big Labor & Big Gov't Collide; Teaching 1st Gen American's Politics; America's Epic Reax
September 12, 2023 18:06 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MBThe returning Amanda Griffiths is our guest as we have a wide ranging conversation starting with her piece about how labor, workers, unions, big corporations, and government are all colliding over worker's efforts to unionize at some Starbucks locations. Plus, Amanada talks about teaching first generation Americans about the political process and how their perspectives should give us all a better appreciation of our system of government, and also we rehash our discussion from last year about...
Remembering 9/11, Farm Bill & Congress Funding Fight, Summer Box Office, Rescue Pets Fly Away & more
September 11, 2023 16:02 - 1 hour - 57 MBYour Heard Tell Show for Monday, September 11th, is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by talking about not just remembering September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks, but considering how to remember, and what we should do about it. Nicholas Thielman of Cato joins Heard Tell to discuss the upcoming debate over the Farm Bill, how the annual legislation plays into this year's budget and shutdown drama, breaking down the different k...
Latest 2024 Polling Brings Out The Silly, South American Headlines & News, Legacy Admissions, & More
September 08, 2023 07:16 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MBYour Heard Tell Show for Friday, September 8th, is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by walking through the latest 2024 polling on President Biden, the GOP primary field, where Donald Trump stands, and how to take a measured looked at what we call "campaign silly season" without losing wider perspective. We take some time to deep dive what's going on down south, South America that is, with the returning Gabriel Salazar Sing w...
History of Waffle House, UK Politics & Crumbling School Crisis, Gadsden Flag Kid Viral Video Lesson
September 07, 2023 11:24 - 51 minutes - 47 MBYour Heard Tell Show for Thursday, September 7th, is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by wishing Waffle House a happy birthday and some of the history you may not know about the cultural icon, including the two WW2 vets turned friend who built an empire on "good food fast." Jack Rowlett of Young Voices UK returns to the program and takes us over the pond to talk about UK politics, especially how a feeling that the country is...
Tarrio Gets 22 Yrs For 1/6; Unionizing SBUX; Remembering Jimmy Buffett; Rotisserie Chicken Rankings
September 06, 2023 12:32 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MBYour Heard Tell Show for Friday, September 1st, is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by talking about the longest sentence yet handed down in January 6th related trials. Former Proud Boys Leader Henry “Enrique” Tarrio has been sentenced to 22 years in prison, we'll discuss what it means, how it fits in the more than a thousand January 6th cases, and whether justice was done here. The returning Amanda Griffiths is our guest as...
Turning Down The Noise on Widespread AI Panic, What AI Is/Isn't, Regs, & more w/ James Czerniawski
September 04, 2023 07:07 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MBOn this Heard Tell Good Talks, our guest is James Czerniawski returns to Heard Tell to talk the hype, hyperbole, and habits forming around AI, both in the discourse and in congress. James helps us understand what AI is, and isn't, and why that definition and understanding is essential before trying to regulate this growing industry and important in addressing fears and concerns folks have. James also talks about the Biden Administration's "Executive Order on Addressing United States Investme...
Amazon vs FTC & US Government, How Regulation Affects Consumers, Antitrust, & more w/ Yael Ossowski
September 02, 2023 01:41 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBOn this Heard Tell Good Talks Consumer Choice Center's Deputy Director Yael Ossowski back to the program. Yael walks us through his piece in USA Today about the FTC going after Amazon, how this is just a new version of a long-running debate between government and the biggest retailers/companies around, the difference between good regulation and bad policy, how "the curse of bigness" isn't the same as antitrust or a monopoly, and how legitimate issues of Amazon doing wrong for consumers and e...
Jan 6th Sentencings, AI, College Admittance/AA Debate, & more w/ James Czerniawski & Garion Frankel
September 01, 2023 15:05 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MBYour Heard Tell Show for Friday, September 1st, is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by talking about the latest, and harshest, sentences for those charged with the most serious crimes related to January 6th rioting at the US Capitol, and how when you turn down the noise the justice system is not only parsing out what happened, but is working. James Czerniawski returns to Heard Tell to talk the hype, hyperbole, and habits for...
How Fandom Ruins Politics, Economics, Texas Book "Ban", & more w/ Alexander Salter & Jill Jacobson
August 31, 2023 17:58 - 58 minutes - 53.3 MBYour Heard Tell Show for Thursday, August 31st is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by talking about how fandom is ruining politics and skewing folks' perspective on what is really going on. Economist Alexander Salter returns to talk about economics and his new book, The Political Economy of Distributism, how we have failed to properly understand and teach basic concepts like property, liberty, common good, and other building...
Trump Indictments: Legal Analysis, Years Of Writing Perspective, & What It All Means w/ Burt Likko
August 28, 2023 18:01 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBOn this episode of Heard Tell, our guest is attorney and EiC Emeritus of Ordinary Times Burt Likko returns to Heard Tell to take a broad look at Trump's January 6th-related indictments, reviews what he wrote back then compared to what the charges now read, how we got here, where its going, and how to understand the legal machine the political narratives is now going to be filtered through. All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell. -------------------- Heard Tell SubStack Free to su...