Heard Tell
722 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsTurning down the noise of what we are hearing in the news cycle, social media, and the discourse to get to the information on culture, politics, and the issues of the day we need to properly discern the times we live in.
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Alex Jones Is A Billion Times Responsible, Taxes, Regulatory Reform, w/ Travis Nix & Quinn Townsend
October 13, 2022 10:13 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MBYour Heard Tell for Thursday, 13 October, 2022 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we to discern the times we live in by getting to the why and the how beyond the eye-popping numbers on damages levied against Alex Jones & why his and some folks on social media's cries of silencing and persecution should be not only rejected but disqualifying from your timelines.Travis Nix of Young Voices returns to talk taxes and the 8th Amendment from his recent piece ...
Best of Heard Tell: Machiavelli Revisited From Renaissance To Founding Fathers to 2Pac w/ Amanda Griffiths
October 12, 2022 08:10 - 48 minutes - 44.3 MBOn this Best of Heard Tell, we revisit part of our conversation with Amanda Griffiths on the influence, legend, lies, and mythology of Machiavelli from history, in politics, and shaping pop culture. From the episode: So you might have heard tell of Machiavelli, or someone acting or accused of being Machiavellian in their dealings, schemings, and intentions, or the shadowy political powers of secret grand strategies to garner and wield power, or the using of evil to get what you want, or ma...
Good Talks: How The Baltic States Freedom & Economic Success Shows Up Putin's Dictatorship w/ Gabriella Hoffman
October 11, 2022 23:50 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MBOn this Heard Tell Good Talks, our guest is friend of the program Gabriella Hoffman who uses her own background and heritage to explain how the success of the Baltic states since the fall of the Soviet Union is the counterpoint of what freedom can do compared to the oppression of Vladimir Putin-led Russia, how a knowledge of history should make us more discerning of the media narratives and debates surrounding Putin's illegal war in Ukraine, plus Gabriella talks conservation and lead policy,...
How Free Baltic States Mock Putin, Viral Robots, Lead Policy, Art Caper Solved, w/ Gabriella Hoffman
October 11, 2022 09:35 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBYour Heard Tell for Tuesday, 11 October, 2022 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we to discern the times we live in by having a grown folk talk about preparation, and how we should be judging our elected leaders and political/policy decisions based on how they hold up before, during, and after a crisis. We skip the hype and interwebs reaction to yet another viral robot video and explain why these made-for-fundraising clips are really trailers for movie...
Grown Folk Talk on Herschel Walker, Politcal Hypocrisy, & "Christian Nationalism" w/ Dennis Sanders
October 10, 2022 11:47 - 48 minutes - 44.2 MBYour Heard Tell for Monday, 10 October, 2022 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we to discern the times we live in by turning to one of our go-to guests on difficult issues, writer and pastor Dennis Sanders, on the hot mess surrounding Herschel Walker, political hypocrisy past & present, and some tough questions about what Christian nationalism means for the country, churches, and current political and cultural environment. Dennis Sanders for the whol...
Twice On Sunday: Hurricanes, Elon Musk, Gabby Petito One Year Later, Movies, Pork, & The Rocky Horror Picture Show
October 09, 2022 11:36 - 2 hours - 165 MBHeard Tell Twice On Sunday is our review of the week that was in turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times. This week: Turning Down The Noise on Hurricanes & Climate Change,Tech Advancement, & SciFi w/ Dr Michael Siegel Lessons From Summer Box Office, Streaming v Theaters, Bros Blame Game & more w/ Luis Mendez World Wide Implications of UK's Proposed "Internet Safety Bill" to Privacy & Speech w/ Kir Nuthi The Latest Plot Twists I...
Why the "Blonde" Movie is Exploitative of Marilyn Monroe, Director's Quotes, & more w/ Dolly Marlowe
October 08, 2022 21:03 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBOn this Heard Tell Podcast we turn down the noise surrounding the controversial Marilyn Monroe movie "Blonde" w/ vintage expert and performer Dolly Monroe, including director Andrew Dominik's very telling comments, the myth of Marilyn vs the real life Norma Jean, plus how exploitation, objectification, misogyny, and power structures all play a role in dehumanizing someone. Plus, Dolly gives us some of Marilyn's own work and movies that you should watch instead. -------------------- Questio...
Good Talks: Rocky Horror Picture Show, Regulating Bare Breasts, More Human Pork Production w/ Krista Kafer
October 08, 2022 01:46 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBOn this Heard Tell Good Talks, our guest Krista Kafer talks us through a couple of her recent Denver Post columns. First, regulations and ordinances in Colorado surrounding nipple slips, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and debate over public toplessness leads to a conversation on harm vs rights, time and places, and regulating the outliers instead of for the majority. Then, Krista has been writing about the use of gestational crates in pig farming, and how a new California referendum is putti...
Good Talks: James Czerniawski returns to update the latest in the Elon Musk saga of will he/won't he purchase Twitte
October 07, 2022 20:34 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBOn this Heard Tell Good Talks, our guest James Czerniawski returns to update the latest in the Elon Musk saga of will he/won't he purchase Twitter, should everyone calm down with the doom and gloom predictions, the questions of the actual numbers of the deal that too few folks are talking about, and the timing of the latest announcement with depositions looming. -------------------- Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] Please make sure to sub...
Political Hypocrisy, Elon Musk, Pork, Rocky Horror Picture Show w/ James Czerniawski & Krista Kafer
October 07, 2022 07:30 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBYour Heard Tell Show for Friday, October 7th, 2022 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern the times we live by taking a wider perspective on the hot trending topic of political hypocrisy and putting some historical context for those interested in maintaining at least a semblence of integrity, James Czerniawski returns to update the latest in the Elon Musk saga of will he/won't he purchase Twitter, & Denver Post columnst Krista Kafer is b...
Good Talks: World Wide Implications of UK's Proposed "Internet Safety Bill" to Privacy & Speech w/ Kir Nuthi
October 06, 2022 23:38 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBOn this Heard Tell Good Talks, our guest Kir Nuthi is explaining the worrying details and potential world wide implications of the UK Parliament's proposed "Online Safety Bill" and what it could mean for free speech, privacy, and even the safety of endangered folks far beyond the UK's borders. -------------------- Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] Please make sure to subscribe to @Heard Tell , like the program, comment with your thoughts,...
Global Ramifications of UK's Online Safety Bill, OPEC, Pediatric Mental Health Crisis, w/ Kir Nuthi
October 06, 2022 07:04 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBYour Heard Tell Show for Thursday, October 6th, 2022 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern the times we live by discussing the worrying details and potential world wide implications of the UK's proposed "Online Safety Bill" and what it could mean for free speech & privacy with Guest Kir Nuthi, OPEC flexes regarding oil production and leaves Biden Administration looking foolish, the pediatric mental health crisis, and the central figure ...
Good Talks: Lessons From Summer Box Office, Streaming v Theaters, Bros Blame Game & more w/ Luis Mendez
October 05, 2022 22:33 - 28 minutes - 26 MBOn this Heard Tell Good Talks our guest is movie critic Luis Mendez who helps us discern what the summer at the box office tells us about the movie business, talks streaming v theaters, the Bros movie controversies, how filmmakers and distributors haven't mastered the social media era, and more. -------------------- Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] Please make sure to subscribe to @Heard Tell , like the program, comment with your thought...
Summer Box Office Lessons, Virtue Signaling, Bro Movie, Social Media, w/ Luis Mendez & Krista Kafer
October 05, 2022 08:01 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MBYour Heard Tell Show for Wednesday, October 5th, 2022 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern the times we live by review lessons learned from the summer box office in theaters with our critic friend Luis Mendez, the Bros movie controversy, streaming vs in-theater, have we reached content saturation, and the changing business model of making, distributing, and viewing movies. Plus, more from our conversation with Denver Post columnist Kri...
Good Talks: Turning Down The Noise on Hurricanes & Climate Change,Tech Advancement, & SciFi w/ Dr Michael Siegel
October 05, 2022 01:06 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBOn this Heard Tell Good Talks, scientist Dr. Michael Siegel returns to help us turn down the news cycle noise on whether or not hurricanes are getting worse, and if so is climate change to blame. Also, we talk historical precidents, technology advancements, and wider perceptions to help us put our current coverage of nature's largest storms into perspective. Plus a little science fiction talk as Michael pitches his latest YouTube video ranking space ships in SciFi, and some talk about Star W...
Turning Down The Noise on Hurricanes & Climate Change, Brazil, Taliban, & SciFi w/ Dr Michael Siegel
October 04, 2022 07:18 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MBYour Heard Tell Show for Tuesday, October 4th, 2022 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern the times we live by be honest about what we do, and don't, know about Brazil's politics as that nation's presidential elections head to a run-off, taking the "are hurricanes getting worse" questions to our scientist friend Dr Michael Siegel along with some SciFi hot takes, the Taliban bans PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds for "promoting violence and ...
Gabby Petito One Year Later: News Media Coverage Of Missing Persons w/ Journalist Molly McCluskey
October 03, 2022 08:29 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBYour Heard Tell Show for Monday, October the 3rd, 2022 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern the times we live by reviewing the Gabby Petito story from one year ago, the news media coverage, the blowback over which missing persons do/do not get covered, and how covering and reporting on missing persons stories really works in the mordern media environment with investigative journalist Molly McCluskey, excerpted from the Oct 2021 episode...
Twice On Sunday: Death Penalty, AZ Senate Race, Dissidents & Protestors, UK in Crisis
October 02, 2022 11:17 - 3 hours - 173 MBOn this edition of Twice on Sunday: Kareem Rifai of Young Voices, who has been writing and covering how authoritative regimes are reaching into free western countries to silence dissent and attack activists. Kareem also talks about his perspective as a Syrian-America, and how being a part of, and covering, diasporas and folks fighting for freedom far from their homelands. Kareem also talks about how we can fight back against dictatorships, how to better advocate on social media, and how to ...
Good Talks: Economic & Political Crisis In The UK, Liz Truss, Royal Navy's Decline, & more w/ Benjamin Coates
October 01, 2022 13:31 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MBOn this Heard Tell Good Talks, our guest Benjamin Coates on how the national mourning for the Queen was a brief pause in the economic and political turmoil of the UK that is now over, with political and economic crisis back in the fore. We will talk the cost of living crisis, PM Liz Truss's rocky start and dire outlook, messaging and policy in difficult times, and also the UK's foreign policy and the decline and issues of the once mighty Royal Navy. -------------------- Questions, comments...
The UK in Economic & Political Crisis, Housing & the Economy, w/ Benjamin Coates & Joseph Politano
September 30, 2022 07:40 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MBYour Heard Tell Show for Wednesday, September the 28th, 2022 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern the times we live by reaching over seas to talk with our guest Benjamin Coates on how the national mourning for the Queen was a brief pause in the economic and political turmoil of the UK that is now over, with political and economic crisis back in the fore. We will talk the cost of living crisis, PM Liz Truss's rocky start and dire outloo...
Good Talks: Grown Folk Talk About The Death Penality, Justice, Morality, & More w/ Finesse Moreno-Rivera
September 29, 2022 20:34 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBOn this Heard Tell Good Talks, our guest Finesse Moreno-Rivera of Young Voices returns to Heard Tell to bring clarity and truth to the very difficult topic of the death penality by not only using history, data, and recent examples but also talking about the morality and justice of the ultimate sentence, and why issues in the process and justice system make getting justice and maintaining morals almost impossible. -------------------- Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Emai...
Grown Folk Talk About The Death Penalty, Hurricane Ian, Patriarch Kirill, w/ Finesse Moreno-Rivera
September 28, 2022 07:03 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBYour Heard Tell Show for Wednesday, September the 28th, 2022 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern the times we live by getting to what's really going on with Russian Patriarch Kirill promising remission of sins for Russian troops going to Ukraine, Hurricane Ian hits Cuba en route to Florida, and we have a tough, grown folk talk about the death penalty with Finesse Moreno-Rivera. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/heard-te...
Good Talks: What GOP Fight Over Money Tells Us About Arizona Senate Race, Mitch McConnel & more w/ Andrew Eggers
September 28, 2022 00:06 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBOn this Heard Tell Good Talks, our guest Andrew Eggers of The Dispatch on Arizona US Senate race mess, money wars, MItch McConnell, politics, and the blame game of losing in a swing state. -------------------- Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] Please make sure to subscribe to @Heard Tell , like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others. Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-3...
Honesty About Italian Elections, Immigration, Arizona US Senate Mess, Alan Rickman, w/ Andrew Egger
September 27, 2022 06:54 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBYour Heard Tell Show for Tuesday, September the 27th, 2022 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern the times we live by getting to what's really going on with American coverage and political shoehorning of Italy's recent elections and new leader, why GOP is going to keep immigration at the forefront of 2022 & 2024 strategy, a remembrence of actor Alan Rickman by Emma Thompson, and guest Andrew Eggers of The Dispatch on Arizona US Senate r...
Good Talks: How China, Iran, Russia, & Other Authoritative Regimes Attack Activists & Dissidents w/ Kareem Rifai
September 27, 2022 00:49 - 25 minutes - 23 MBOn this Heard Tell Good Talks, our guest today is Kareem Rifai of Young Voices, who has been writing and covering how authoritative regimes are reaching into free western countries to silence dissent and attack activists. Kareem also talks about his perspective as a Syrian-America, and how being a part of, and covering, diasporas and folks fighting for freedom far from their homelands. Kareem also talks about how we can fight back against dictatorships, how to better advocate on social media...
Russia's Doomed Mobilization, "Other Than Biden" Polling, China Targeting Activsts, w/ Kareem Rifai
September 26, 2022 07:56 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MBYour Heard Tell Show for Monday, September the 26th, 2022 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern the times we live by getting to what's really going on with the military and political implications of Russia's "limited mobilization", the limits of "someone other than Biden" polling, guest Kareem Rifai on regimes like China, Iran, & others targeting activists in the West, and a portion of our latest Heard Tell Pocast with economist Joseph ...
Twice On Sunday: The Queen, Elections, Venezualans, Immigration, Virtue Signaling, 5th Amendment, & more
September 25, 2022 07:34 - 3 hours - 179 MBThis week on Heard Tell: Twice on Sunday Local Feelings and Historical Perspective on Queen Elizabeth, Royals, & Commonwealth w/ Sarah Stook Why Venezualans Are At The Center of The Martha's Vineyard & Busing Stunts w/ Daniel Chang Contreras A (Kinda of) Defense of Virtue Signaling, Social Media, & Better Political Discourse w/ Krista Kafer Broader Perspective & Blunt Data on Immigration, US Policy, & The Media Discourse w/ Aadi Golchha Elections, What We Did/Didn't Learn From 2020, & H...
Why Housing Is Important Economic Indicator, Shocking Stats, Supply Chain, & more w/ Joesph Politano
September 24, 2022 09:39 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBOn this Heard Tell Podcast Joseph Politano of Apricitas Economics joins to talk housing crisis, economic literacy & discourse, how 2008 and COVID-19 shape today's economic challenges, shocking statistics, and the fracturing of America's housing market. Apricitas Economics Substack https://www.apricitas.io/ -------------------- Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] Please make sure to subscribe to @Heard Tell , like the program, comment with y...
Good Talks: Inside Elections, What We Did/Didn't Learn From 2020, & How Polling Places Really Work w/ Genya Coulter
September 23, 2022 23:35 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MBOn this Heard Tell Good Talks, our guest today is returning Heard Tell favorite and elections expert Genya Coulter. Genya helps us go beyond the headlines and noise surrounding elections and takes us inside the polling places and behind the scenes of how elections really work to talk election security, bad faith actors, hard working and often overwhelmed volunteers, poll watchers, and more. Genya also talks about what is getting better about elections, debunks some conspiracy theories, and g...
Protests in Iran, Welfare Fraud in Mississippi, Inside Polling Places & Elections w/ Genya Coulter
September 23, 2022 07:45 - 48 minutes - 44 MBYour Heard Tell Show forFriday, September the 23th, 2022 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern the times we live by getting to what's really going on in elections and polling places, how the death of a woman at the hands of the "morality police" is sparking protests in Iran, and a massive welfare fraud case in Mississippi that involves one of the biggest names in sports, while another sports legend uses one of his greatest achievements ...
Good Talks: New York AG Civil Case Against Trump & Trump's Use of the 5th Amendments w/ Travis Nix
September 23, 2022 05:09 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBOn this Heard Tell Good Talks, our guest Travis Nix returns to the program to push back on some tweeting host Andrew was doing regarding New York AG Letitia James's announced civil suit against former President Donald Trump and family. Travis and Andrew discuss Trump's invoking of his 5th Amendment privileges, AG James's citing of that as proof of wrong doing, the case law differences in civil vs criminal proceeding, and more. Travis also gives his first impressions of the civil case, and ta...
Good Talks: Why Venezualans Are At The Center of The Martha's Vineyard & Busing Stunts, Immigration Policy, & more w/ Daniel Chang Contreras
September 22, 2022 22:47 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBOn this Heard Tell Good Talks, our guest today is Daniel Chang Contreras who helps us turn down the very loud stories of Martha's Vineyard and other high-profile stunts involving immigrants to get to the people that are actually being moved around here. Daniel and host Andrew talk about the Venezuelanian aspect of this story, why this facet of immigration crisis was very predictable, the legal and moral importance and differences in being asylum seekers, and why this specific people group is...
Venezuelan Aspect to Immigrant Stunts, Putin, Taking the 5th, w/ Daniel Chang Contreras & Travis Nix
September 22, 2022 08:33 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBYour Heard Tell Show for Wednesday, September the 21th, 2022 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern the times we live by going beyond the headlines and debate over the Martha's Vineyard/DC busing of Venezuelan asylum seeker, discussing the 5th Amendment & Donald Trump, why Vladimir Putin's latest move shows fear, and more. We start overseas where Vladimir Putin's forces are in retreat across Ukraine, and in a released speech the dictato...
Good Talks: New England Politics & Primaries in New Hampshire, Rhode Island, & Massachusetts w/ Adam Bass
September 22, 2022 04:44 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MB-------------------- Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] Please make sure to subscribe to @Heard Tell , like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others. Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/heard-tell/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/pri...
Good Talks: A (Kinda of) Defense of Virtue Signaling, Social Media, & Better Political Discourse w/ Krista Kafer
September 22, 2022 00:04 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MBOn this Heard Tell Good Talks, our guest is Denver Post columnist Krista Kafer, who joins us to explain her writing "There is nothing wrong with virtue signaling" while making a wider point that everyone does it, but there is a difference between someone with a yard sign or social media post that is mostly harmless, and government and elected officials using virtue signaling to conduct public policy. Krista also talks the overall state of the political discourse, how social media is affectin...
A Defense of Virtue Signaling?, New England Politics, Social Media Use w/ Krista Kafer & Adam Bass
September 21, 2022 04:34 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MBYour Heard Tell Show for Wednesday, September the 21th, 2022 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern the times we live by hashing out virtue signaling, primaries and politics in New England, social media use, and more. Our guest is Denver Post columnist Krista Kafer, who joins us to explain her writing "There is nothing wrong with virtue signaling" while making a wider point that everyone does it, but there is a difference between someon...
Good Talks: Broader Perspective & Blunt Data on Immigration, US Policy, & The Media Discourse w/ Aadi Golchha
September 20, 2022 23:39 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBOn this Heard Tell Good Talks, our guest today is Aadi Golchha of Young Voices and host of The Economics Review podcast. Aadi and host Andrew talk big picture problems, cultural battles, and policy failures surrounding immigration in America. Aadi talks us through the different layers of mess immigration has become from the visa system, to green cards, citizenship process, and the outdated standards and caps put upon legal immigration. Aadi also talks about astonding data about the economic ...
Broader Perspective & Blunt Data on Immigration, Remembering Patrick, Puerto Rico, w/ Aadi Golchha
September 20, 2022 08:29 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBYour Heard Tell Show for Tuesday, September the 20th, 2022 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern the times we live by having some grown folk talk and wider perspective on immigration, remembering a friend we have lost, another hurricane in Puerto Rico, and more Our guest today is Aadi Golchha of Young Voices and host of The Economics Review podcast. Aadi and host Andrew talk big picture problems, cultural battles, and policy failures s...
Good Talks: Polling & Current Status Of US Senate Races in Arizona, Georiga, Florida, & Ohio w/ Jacob Perry
September 20, 2022 00:50 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MBOn this Heard Tell Good Talks, our guest is Jacob Perry of Center Street PAC joins us to talk through some polling on US Senate race and the governor's race out in Arizona that got some internet reaction and controversy, plus we talk through US Senate races in Georgia, Florida, and Ohio. -------------------- Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] Please make sure to subscribe to @Heard Tell , like the program, comment with your thoughts, and s...
Good Talks: Local Feelings and Historical Perspective on Queen Elizabeth, Royals, & Commonwealth w/ Sarah Stook
September 19, 2022 19:30 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBOn this Heard Tell Good Talks, our guest is Heard Tell favorite Sarah Stook, who returns to Heard Tell from the UK to give the local perspective in England as that nation mourns Queen Elizabeth II. Sarah also talks about the historical perspective of the Queen's long reign, her legacy, future of the monarchy, will the commonwealth survive, and thoughts on the new king. -------------------- Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] Please make sur...
Historical & Local Perspective On Queen Elizabeth, Senate Races/Polling w/ Sarah Stook & Jacob Perry
September 19, 2022 10:41 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MBYour Heard Tell Show for Monday, September the 19th, 2022 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern the times we live on Queen Elizabeth's Death and funeral, US politics, and a deep dive on communism. Our guest is Heard Tell favorite Sarah Stook, who returns to Heard Tell from the UK to give the local perspective in England as that nation mourns Queen Elizabeth II. Sarah also talks about the historical perspective of the Queen's long reig...
Twice On Sunday: Economic Numbers, Mental Health, Amazon, Recession, CBD Regs, Nuclear, & more
September 18, 2022 15:41 - 3 hours - 172 MBThis Weeks Twice on Sunday reviews the week that was in Heard Tell Good Talks with Stephen Popick, Dr. Kathryn Gordon, Euguene Ralph Jr, Caden Rosenbaum, Elijah Gullett, and Jessica Donbrinsk. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/heard-tell/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Communism: Where Idea Comes From, Claims to Be Going, & Why It Never Get There w/ Amanda Griffiths
September 17, 2022 13:50 - 1 hour - 69.1 MBOn this Heard Tell Podcast Amanda Griffiths returns for a deep dive into Communism that goes past the use of the term as an internet buzzword to where the ideology comes from, where it claims to want to take "the people", and why its adherents never are able to get it where they claim they want to go without authoritarian takeovers. Amanda and host Andrew Donaldson walk through the history of communism from ancient times, who the real Karl Marx was and believed, through Lenin and Stalin, to ...
Good Talks: Political & Terminology Problems of Energy Crisis, Nuclear Power & Environmentism w/ Elijah Gullett
September 17, 2022 03:15 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBOn this Heard Tell Good Talks, our guest Elijah Gullett joins to talk nuclear power, energy crisis, and the environment. Elijah uses the example of the state of North Carolina passing legislation to cut carbon emissions, and how such goals are only reachable while reducing fossil fuels by increasing nuclear power. Elijah covers how nuclear should be the centerpiece of an "all-of-the-above" energy policy in a time of energy crisis, rolling blackouts, rising costs, and geopolitical challenges....
Good Talks: CBD Is A Hot Legal Mess Made Up Of Sloppy Laws, Bad Regs, & Uneven Enforcement w/ Jessica Dobrinsky
September 16, 2022 23:42 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBOn this Heard Tell Good Talks, our guest is Jessica Donbrisky helping untangle the sloppy language, bad regulation, and legally confusing issues surrounding what is and is not legal CBD products. Jessica explains the difference between Delta-8 and Delta-9 THC, why one is legal and the other isn't, and how the confusion is costing people thier freedom and livlihoods. Jessica also talks the difference between federal and state laws, what the 2018 Farm Bill has to do with it, and the effects of...
Legal Mess of Bad CBD Regs of Delta-8/9, Energy & Environment, w/ Jessica Dobrinsky & Elijah Gullett
September 16, 2022 08:50 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBYour Heard Tell for Friday, September 16th, 2022 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern the time we live in by delving into two important but complicated topics with two great guests. First, our guest is Jessica Donbrisky helping untangle the sloppy language, bad regulation, and legally confusing issues surrounding what is and is not legal CBD products. Jessica explains the difference between Delta-8 and Delta-9 THC, why one is legal an...
Good Talks: What CPI/Inflation Report Really Means, Is The Middle Class "Disappearing", & more w/ Stephen Popick
September 15, 2022 23:35 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBOn this Heard Tell Good Talks, our guest is economist & friend Stephen Popick who answers questions and get to the plain meaning of the Consumer Price Index report, inflation, political spin, and economic angst. Stephen talks us through what projections economist got right, what they got wrong, and what surprised as energy costs eased but food, good, and services all increased. Stephen also takes on the contention that the middle class is "disappearing" and the economic effects of women in t...
What CPI/Inflation Report Really Means, Looming Rail Strike, Royal Family, & more w/ Stephen Popick
September 15, 2022 07:24 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MBYour Heard Tell for Thursday, September 15th, 2022 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern the time we live in by turning down the noise on the latest economic numbers and data. Our guest is economist & friend Stephen Popick who answers questions and get to the plain meaning of the Consumer Price Index report, inflation, political spin, and economic angst. Stephen talks us through what projections economist got right, what they got wrong,...
Good Talks: Recessions Are Unwanted But Necessary, & Hard Times & Tough Economic Realities w/ Eugene Ralph, Jr.
September 14, 2022 23:11 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBOn this Heard Tell Good Talks, our guest today is Eugene Ralph, Jr. a Young Voices contributor and economist and joins to discuss his piece "A Recession Is Necessary, Though Unwelcome." Eugene talks the necessity of the economy having ups and downs, how the metrics and debate over "is it/isn't it a recession" miss the point and are often wrong, inflated, or don't tell the whole story. Eugene also talks bureaucracy, corruption, housing policy, and all sorts of economic issues and the cultural...
Turning Down the Noise On Economic Numbers, Silly Trump Headlines, Hispanic Vote, w/ Eugene Ralph Jr
September 14, 2022 13:01 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MBYour Heard Tell for Wednesday, September 14th, 2022 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern the time we live in by cutting through two ridiculous trending news stories - golf course zoom photography and the Queen's funeral - involving former president Trump that are a waste of everyone's time, unless you are are news media and need the Trump name to move numbers. We skip the caterwauling and spinning over the Consumer Price Index and infl...