Heard Tell

Heard Tell

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Turning 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. Hosted by Andrew Donaldson

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Heard Tell

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Jul 5, 2026

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Heard Tell for 14Jan22: Voting Rights, Salad Dressing, & Zeke Webster on mandatory sentencing 14.01.2022

Heard Tell for January 14th 2022 turns down the noise and gets the information we need regarding the latest push by the Biden Administration and Democratic Leadership for voting reform. We have ourselves a teachable moment about government regulation that involves salad dressing, the FDA, and getting the little things right. Attorney Zeke Webster joins us to talk about sentencing guidelines and is...

Heard Tell for 13Jan22: Insider Trading and Corruption in Congress w/Addison Hosner, China, & more 13.01.2022

Your Heard Tell for Thursday, 13Jan22 is turning down the noise and getting to the information we need about a scandal that involves over 1/5th of Congress. Addison Hosner of Young Voices joins us to talk about insider trader and financial advantages Members of Congress are using to get rich while they are supposed to be working for us, asks who is watching the watchers, and how financial corrupti...

Heard Tell for 12Jan22: Poll Number Suprises on Top Issues, Midterms, Em Carpenter on True Crime 12.01.2022

Your Heard Tell for 12Jan22 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need regarding a new poll on the issues that most American's think are the most pressing, with some surprises as to what is/isn't important that runs against the grain of our news media coverage. Also, we turn down the noise on all those Democratic congressional retirements and talk ab...

Heard Tell for 11Jan22: Inhumane Over COVID, Politics, Cooper Conway on Education & Elon Musk 11.01.2022

Heard Tell for January 11th, 2022 turns down the noise and gets the information we need regarding how COVID-19 is causing some folks to lose their humanity towards each other, especially online. We talk political differences, and how assumptions are making folks talk past and at each other. Cooper Conway of Young Voices joins us to talk education, Elon Musk, and how both should be used to teach st...

Heard Tell for 10Jan: Long Covid, Long Haulers, and Covering COVID w/journalist Morgan Stephens 10.01.2022

Heard Tell for January 10th 2022 turns down the noise and gets the information we need regarding Long Covid with journalist and LC patient Morgan Stephens. Morgan tells her own personal struggles from diagnosis, to finding proper treatment, to dealing with the physical and mental toll it took. Plus, as a journalist, we get into how COVID-19 is being covered, researched, and discussed, and how her...

Heard Tell for 6Jan22: Turning Down The Noise on January 6th, plus Alexander Salter on the economy 06.01.2022

Heard Tell for January 6th 2022 turns down the noise and gets the information we need regarding the one year anniversary of January 6th, how we should approach, and some folks responsible that aren't getting the blame they should. Guest Alexander Salter joins us to talk economics, supply chain, human capital, and how to better understand seemingly conflicting economic headlines. Also we cover...

Heard Tell for 5Jan22: IOC/FIFA corruption, Elizabeth Holmes, guest Em Carpenter on bad legal takes 05.01.2022

Heard Tell for January 5th, 2022 turns down the noise and gets to the information we need on how the IOC & FIFA are not only corrupt, but are "sportswashing" gross human rights abuses from China and Qatar. We take a look at the Elizabeth Holmes verdict by going back to a Tod Kelly piece in 2016 that proved prescient in hindsight. Attorney and Ordinary Times Senior Editor Em Capenter jo...

Heard Tell for 4Jan22: Media Manipulation, Vaccine Lotteries & John W Miller on Moundsville Doc 04.01.2022

Heard Tell for January 4th 2022 turns down the noise and gets the information we need regarding media manipulation and an explainer on how "strategic amplification" is affect the news media and social media we are consuming. We review a Mountain State Spotlight story asking some hard questions as to whether or not the "vaccine lottery" programs did anything other than spend money....

Heard Tell for 3Jan22: A 2022 Challenge, Trucker Commutation, Elections Expert Genya Coulter 03.01.2022

Heard Tell Radio for January 3rd turns down the noise and gets the information we need regarding a challenge for the new year in how we consume news media and use our own social media, an update on that Colorado truck driver that got 110 years, remembering Betty White, guest Genya Coulter joins us to use her election expertise to look back at 2021 and forward to 2022 in politics. All that and more...

Heard Tell for 31Dec21: Ghislaine Maxwell Verdict & Guest Tod Kelly Reviews 2021 31.12.2021

Heard Tell for December 31th 2021 turns down the noise and gets the information we need by turning down the noise on the Ghislaine Maxwell verdict, and how the wicked like Jeffrey Epstein operate in power structures. To wrap up the last day of 2021, guest Tod Kelly joins us to review 2021 in culture and politics, including that Ted Koppel in Mayberry piece that shows us everything that is wrong wi...

Heard Tell for 30Dec21: Reviewing Heard Tell in 2021 w/Four Standout Discussions 30.12.2021

Heard Tell Radio for December 30th 2021 turns down the noise and gets the information we need by reviewing four discussions with four great guests from the past year on Heard Tell. First, Conor Duffy joins us from Ireland to talk about the differences and similarities of COVID-19 responses, why folks over there follow American news and politics, and why keeping a global perspective is so import Al...

Heard Tell for 29Dec21: COVID-19 guidance changes, again, Foreign Policy, Josh Buckhalter on 2021 in Sports 29.12.2021

Heard Tell Radio for December 29th 2021 turns down the noise and gets the information we need regarding on the COVID-19 guidance and the White House's plans for it changing...again. We talk about the importance of foreign policy and affairs and why we must keep a global perspective even with a local and national focus. Stacker's list of ten biggest news stories has two glaring issues which...

Heard Tell for 28Dec21: China COVID propaganda, online debate, Michael Siegel reviews 2021 in space 28.12.2021

Heard Tell Radio for December 28th 2021 turns down the noise and gets the information we need regarding a story about Hong Kong that presents about COVID-19 but when scratched you find some CCP propaganda. Also, we talk about how "a thing was said" kickstarts a cycle on social media and the news media, and what we should do instead of just reacting. Michael Siegel joins us to review the ye...

Heard Tell for Monday 27Dec21: Free speech, Sarah Stook on 20 world changing American quotes 27.12.2021

Heard Tell Radio for December 27th 2021 turns down the noise and gets the information we need regarding the ongoing debate over free speech, and how some folks are using the term when what they really want is freedom from consequences of their speech. We take a look at an article from a journalism professor who things the news media is handling "disinformation" all wrong and to their own d...

Heard Tell For 24 Dec 2021: Omicron, Political Ads, & Bryan O'Nolan joins us to talk Christmas music 24.12.2021

Heard Tell Radio for December 24th 2021 turns down the noise and gets the information we need regarding the latest on the omicron variant and the Biden's Administration's latest plan to fix the rapid test problem, but they are probably making that problem worse. Also, what does $10 million in political advertising buy you in West Virginia? We talk the mountains of money meant to influence...

Heard Tell Radio for Thursday 23Dec21: Big Tech, News Media motivations, Sam Lewis on China 23.12.2021

Heard Tell Radio for December 23th 2021 turns down the noise and gets the information we need regarding recent polling data that shows people do not trust Big Tech like Facebook, but how that data doesn't tell the whole story, and why Facebook wants regulation and folks that want a free and open internet should be very careful of them getting what they want. Also, we talk about an article from...

Heard Tell Radio for Wednesday 22Dec21: The re-education of Peng Shuai, Toph Cottle on BBB, omicron 22.12.2021

Heard Tell Radio for December 22th 2021 turns down the noise and gets the information we need about how the Chinese Communist Party is displaying how it re-educates a dissident right before our eyes in tennis player Peng Shuai. Also, we talk about the Biden Administrations messaging issues when it comes to Covid-19, omicron, and the "winter of death" verbiage that has raised some folks eye...

Heard Tell Radio for Tuesday 21Dec21: Manchin, BBB, Biden Agenda, Zeke Webster on CO truck driver conviction, more 21.12.2021

Heard Tell Radio for December 21th 2021 turns down the noise and gets the information we need about Joe Manchin, BBB, the end of the legislative year, and how the coverage all year didn't meet the reality in the halls of Congress. Plus, Attorney Zeke Webster joins us to talk about the Colorado truck driver case where he got 110 years and the public is having more and more questions about the c...

Heard Tell Radio for Monday 20Dec21: How News Media Covers Trump, Em Carpenter, omicron, & more 20.12.2021

Heard Tell Radio for December 20th 2021 turns down the noise and gets the information we need about the news media debating amongst themselves how they should cover former President Trump should he run again, and what that tells us about how they cover everything else. We talk about the omicron variant of COVID-19 but skip the caterwauling and screaming headlines to talk some common sense ways to...

Heard Tell Podcast: How News Media Defines & Operationalized CRT w/ Sofia Sedergren-Booker 18.12.2021

You might have Heard Tell that Critical Race Theory has been among the most debated issues in culture and politics lately. While the answer to the questions raised by the controversy are varied, what is apparent is not only the news media but the public can't even seem to agree on what CRT is, much less agree what to do about it. So we turn to our friends at The Narratives Project, who do grea...

Heard Tell Radio for Friday 17Dec21: McCullough on Rogan, CRT, & Adam Bass on Massachusetts politics 17.12.2021

Heard Tell Radio for December 17th 2021 turns down the noise and gets the information we need about that Joe Rogan interview with Peter McCullough that is burning up the discourse regarding COVID-19. Also, we talk about discerning the news and the intentions of folks using a famous presidential address as a framework. Adam Bass joins us for a chat about Massachusetts politics, Charlie Baker, and t...

Heard Tell Radio for Thursday, December 16th 2021 16.12.2021

Heard Tell Radio for December 16th 2021 turns down the noise and gets the information we need about "the great resignation", the economy, and the confusing issue of the labor shortage. We look overseas at a court case in German that reveals the true nature and intentions of Vladimir Putin beyond his propaganda. Plus, Dr Michael Siegel returns to Heard Tell Radio to talk Time "Person of...

Heard Tell Radio for Wednesday, December 15th, 2021 15.12.2021

Heard Tell Radio for December 15th 2021 turns down the noise and gets the information we need about some good news coming out of the destruction of the tornado outbreak, student behavior again shining a harsh light on what education in America means and what the COVID-19 crisis revealed about, and our friend and MP staffer Ben Harris joining host Andrew Donaldson to talk some UK politics, that sto...

Heard Tell Radio for Tuesday, December 14th 2021 14.12.2021

Heard Tell Radio for December 14th 2021 turns down the noise and gets to the information we need about the changes in news media and how the business models and technology changes affect how we get the information we need. We talk with James Czerniawski from Young Voices about recent court rulings and congressional machinations regarding Big Tech regulation, Section 230, and how the gaming communi...

Heard Tell Radio for Monday, December 13th, 2021 13.12.2021

Heard Tell Radio for December 13th 2021 turns down the noise and gets the information we need about the economy, inflation, and the messaging both from the Biden Administration and the news cycle with economist and Ordinary Times contributor Jericho Hill. Also, we talk about the use of social media in the wake of the tragic and deadly tornado outbreaks in six states and how to actually use the pow...

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