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Your Heard Tell for Tuesday, 10 May, 2022, is turning down the noise and getting to the information we need by taking the current rhetoric & comparisons of current events to WW2 and putting them into historical context - especially Vladimir Putin's "denazification" lies and the anti-semitism coming out of Russia and elsewhere lately - by highlighting the important work of giving Am...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks, our guest Jericho Hill returns to Heard Tell and puts his economist expertise to good use explaining the latest economic numbers, parsing out good news from bad news when the data seems to be contradictory, and what it means for the country going forward. Also, Jericho breaks down the political implications of the economy, how to properly talk about the issues facing...

Your Heard Tell for Monday, 9 May, 2022, is turning down the noise and getting to the information we need on keeping your bearing for the abortion debate to come, including being consist on what is/isn't protesting, threatening folks, or going too far to make your point. The Taliban orders all women in Afghanistan to cover up head to toe, we will discuss this very predictable but still awful l...

On this episode of Twice On Sunday: Gabriella Hoffman: Conservation, Environmentalism, & "30 by 30" Policies (1:45) Jason Downey: Georgia Politics, Primaries, & Education from State BOE Chair (10:05) Joe Szymenski: Ohio Primaries & Breaking Down Primaries To Come in May (16:30) Burt Likko: Legal Explainer on "Alito Draft" & Abortion Case Law (28:50) Elise Amez-Droz:...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks, our guest Elise Amez-Droz of Young Voices joins to talk about healthcare, the particulars that make the American system both great in many ways but insufficient in others, the role of employeer-based insurance, and affects of ACA/Obamacare 12 years later. Elise also talks about the regulatory healthcare time bomb that is set to go off in 2026, legislative challenges,...

Your Heard Tell for Friday, May 6th, 2022, is turning down the noise and getting to the information we need on the Biden Administration's post-Roe plans, as the "Alito draft" has reportedly sent the White House scrambling to coordinate a messaging response while finding itself with limited options. We turn down the noise on the hot mess that is the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial, an...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks, our guest Joe Szymanski of Elections Daily breaks down the primary voting in Ohio and Indiana, including the US Senate race in Ohio that brought lots of coverage, and how much did the Trump factor and endorsements play into JD Vance's win. Joe also goes down the list of primaries in the month of May with what to watch for, races that bear paying attention too, an...

Your Heard Tell for Thursday, May 5nd, 2022, is turning down the noise and getting to the information we need on the continued fall out from the "Alito draft" by review how much abortion was being talked about by the 2022 candidates and how it polled with voters...and how that might change with the pending fall of Roe v Wade. Pope Francis gets his 1054 on and takes Russian Orthodox Patriar...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks, our guest attorney Burt Likko returns explain the case law that surrounds Roe v Wade before delving into the pending decision of Dobbs v Mississippi. Burt also talks us through what happens in the states if Roe goes down, how we got here, and were we are going next. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Your Heard Tell for Wednesday, May 4nd, 2022, is turning down the noise and getting to the information we need to break down the legal aspects and repercussions of the "Alito draft". 2024 is on the minds of many even as we navigate 2022, and Maryland Gov Larry Hogan is not being subtle on wanting to run for president, we will discuss the biggest challenge to such a campaign. Guest Burt Lik...

On this Heard Tell Good talks, Our guest Jason Downey, chairman of the State Board of Education in Georgia, and we talk Georgia politics in a state that will be very closely watched in the midterms. Jason reviews the recent history the 2020 election and Georgia run-offs that led us to now, the Trump factor, primary races like Governor Brian Kemp vs former Senator David Perdue and the looming remat...

Your Heard Tell for Tuesday, May 3nd, 2022, is turning down the noise and getting to the information we need on the reported "Alito draft" of the Supreme Court ruling that is pending in Dobbs v Mississippi, a draft opinion that if enacted would overturn Roe v Wade and Casey v Planned Parenthood. We talk about the legal aspects, what such a ruling would/wouldn't do, and how we once agai...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks, our guest Gabriella Hoffman of Young Voices and the District of Conservation podcast returns to Heard Tell to talk conservation, land usage, and explain the "30 by 30" plan of the Biden Administration. Gabriella also talks how we need to use terms like conservation, environmentalism, and stewardship correctly to not only advocate but also find overlapping int...

Your Heard Tell for Monday, May 2nd, 2022, is turning down the noise and getting to the information we need on how the debate over whether or not former President Trump might be, or should, get his Twitter account back has some in the new media doing revisionist history of how they themselves elevated, promoted, and relied on the same tweets they condemn, we'll turn down the noise with how Tru...

Twice on Sunday is Heard Tell's review of the week that was by reviewing some of the good talks we had with our guests. This week, Sarah Rumpf on the State of Florida vs Disney, RJ Lehman on the business side of the Elon Musk deal to by Twitter, Agustin Forzani talks Argentina and how internal politics are affecting their worldwide standing, David McGarry on yet another example of gov't ov...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks, our guest Sarah Rumpf of Mediaite joins us to get past the rhetoric and narratives of the State of Florida's legislation changing the Reedy Creek Improvement District, otherwise known as the land where Disney World sits. Sarah walks us through the black-and-white of the passed law, the previous agreements and regulations that also have legal bearing, and how if i...

Your Heard Tell for Friday, April 29th, 2022, is turning down the noise and getting to the information we need on a growing conspiracy theory that needs to be nipped in the bud following the death of a figure central to investigations into Deutsche Bank was found dead. Two prominent talking heads returned to Twitter this week from "bans" and both credited Elon Musk's buying of the soci...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks, our guest RJ Lehman of the International Center for Law and Economics joins to talk about the business side of the Elon Musk/Twitter deal, what lead us to this, and what still needs to happen before the deal is official and closed. We also talk about the specifics and process that these types of business deals involve, and how beneath all the caterwauling in news med...

Your Heard Tell for Thursday, April 28th, 2022, is turning down the noise and getting to the information we need on Russia playing their whole card in the crisis created by Putin's war of aggression in Ukraine and shutting off the gas to countries supporting the Ukrainians. We take the example of Poland and their energy czar who has been planning for this very scenario for 20 years, and what l...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks, our guest Agustin Forzani of Young Voices joins us to talk about the politics and current situation in Argentina, and how this resource rich country could be stepping up to help the global food crisis created by the war in Ukraine...if the Argentine government would get out of the way and change their restrictive agricultural policies. Agustin explains the current po...

Your Heard Tell for Wednesday, April 27th, 2022, is turning down the noise and getting to the information we need on new polling that shows plenty of voters are open to supporting a "moderate, independent presidential candidate" but we contrast that with how folks actually voted in 2020, and are likely to vote again in 2024. The curious case of folks at the height of a COVID-19 outbreak al...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks, our guest David McGarry of Young Voices joins to break down so very questionable legal, moral, and ethical issues with law enforcement's TRAC program, which the federal government is mandating collected data on money wire transfers go through a third party company. Plus, David and Andrew discuss if our online debates over privacy have left the word with little me...

Your Heard Tell for Tuesday, April 26th, 2022, is turning down the noise and getting to the information we need on Elon Musk and Twitter agree to terms for the Tesla billionaire to buy the social media platform, but is the caterwauling on the left of the end of free speech, democracy, and the the human race justified, or is the Musk online fans avatar of the moment going to save free speech, Twitt...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks, our guest Gabriel Salazar Sing from Young Voices joins us to explain that there is trouble down south in Mexico, and while the US press and punditry fixate on the border Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has gone from bending democratic and institutional norms to changing and breaking them. Gabriel explains the history of AMLO, how Mexico got to this poin...

Your Heard Tell for Monday, April 25th, 2022, is turning down the noise and getting to the information we need on French President Emmanuel Macron defeats Marine Le Pen, what it means for France, the "global right", EU, and NATO, plus what that countries highest abstention rate for a presidential vote in 50 years means. White House Chief of Staff Ronald Klain took to Twitter to make a comp...