Heard Tell

On 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"...

Your 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...

Your 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...

On 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 throug...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks our guest is  Alan Elrod  of The Pulaski Institute who helps use cover the increasing politicization and increased culture warring over adoption. Alan  not only wrote about , but  appeared on Dr. Phil to discuss , and is himself adopted. We talk about how life is full of contingency, what should define a family, and better policies that are kid and family centered but...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks our guest is Dennis Sanders who returns to Heard Tell to talk about his writing about hope, and how folks losing it or not keeping it greatly affects our politics and fuels the culture wars. Plus, we talk that David Brooks piece that had everyone talking, and how we do a bad job talking about race, culture, class, and more. All that and more on this episode of Heard T...

Your Heard Tell Show for Wednesday, August 15th, 2023 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by welcoming Consumer Choice Center's Deputy Directory 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 gover...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks our guest is  Ethan Brown  of  The Sweaty Penguine Podcast  who joins to talk about the rash of forest fires, the narrative about how climate change does and doesn't affect them, and how most forrest fires are made worse by bad policy, bad conservation, and folks sometimes meaning well but not understand how the environment really works. Plus, Ethan explains how h...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks our guest is  Dr. Bob Hutton, professor of history and Appalachian studies  at Glenville State University talks the past, present and future of higher ed in Appalachia and West Virginia, talks how campuses can bring both culture shock and diversity to a local community, how outside students take to Appalachia, and addresses the issues facing colleges and universities...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks, our guest is  Rachel Chiu  of the  Committee for Justice  and  Young Voices  on  how not to help struggling local newspapers , as exemplified by proposed legislation in California. We also talk to Rachel about how we have done a poor job explaining and defending the First Amendment, the vital importance of a free press, and the need for good journalism. All that and...

Your Heard Tell Show for Wednesday, August 15th, 2023 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by taking the latest Trump indictments from Fulton County, Georgia, and look at the other names - some familar if you've been playing along at home - involved and indicted, and why we need to pay as much attention to their charges and leg...

Your Heard Tell Show for Tuesday, August 15th, 2023 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by take some advice from one of America's legendary leaders, Eisenhower, and applying it to our times and headlines when trying to discern what is going on, and why folks are doing what they are doing. Attorney and EiC Emeritus of Ordinary...

Your Heard Tell Show for Monday, August 14th, 2023 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by talk to returning guest James Czerniawski helps us turn down the noise on AI by breaking down what AI is and isn't, Big Tech regulation, how congressional hearings and lobbying has become a cottage industry, and what to watch for in the h...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks, our historian friend  Sarah Stook  returns to Heard Tell to talk about another of her presidential list pieces for  Elections-Daily.com , this time covering the deaths of US presidents both in office and after, and some really informative and cool points of history in how our nation's most famous leaders passed into history. All that and more on this episode of H...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks  Justice Hudson  of  The Hudson Editorial  joins Heard Tell to explain his work as a  "folk reporter,"  what it is, how he became one, and how this new spin on the very old idea of citizen journalist can fill in gaps in the changing media landscape. Justice talks about what got him interested in serving his community, the importance of ccovering local news wit...

Your Heard Tell Show for Friday, August 11th, 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 difference between timely vs time sensative news coverage, and how much things can change even from one Heard Tell episode to the next when you try to turn down the noise of the news cycle as evidenced by a political assassi...

Your Heard Tell Show for Thursday, August 10th, 2023 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times b y taking through the step-by-step process how one person starts election fraud misinformation and how it gets amplified, repeated, and becomes a narrative through social and partisan media. The US Coast Guard has a sexual assault scandal tha...

Your Heard Tell Show for Wednesday, August 9th, 2023 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by taking the headlines about actress Sandra Bullock's long term parter passing away after a years-long private battle with ALS to highlight the 1 in 5 American who are caregivers, their struggles and plights, and how we all should plan ah...

Your Heard Tell Show for Tuesday, August 8th, 2023 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by taking through the "free speech and election fraud" narrative surrounding Donald Trump and his latest batch of indictments , and where Jack Smith's indictment does and doesn't agree with Trump's defense. Zoom Communication...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks our guest is  Stephen Kent  of the  Consumers Choice Center  who joins to talk about  the Federal Trade Commissions 0-4 record during the Biden Administration  in pressing anti-trust cases, why the agency's current leadership is ideological driven rather than best practices based, and explaining the nomenclature of govenrments ongoing war with big tech, gaming, an...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks o ur guest is the returning  Tyler Curtis  of Young Voices, who brings his experience from his day job doing loans at a community bank to  his writing in USA Today  about how high inflation, rising interest raites, housing shortage, and generational change are making home buying increasingly tough on young buyers, and worrying to home owners who might be worried about...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks, we'll turn down the noise and lay out the legal and political angles, plus how the calendar and primary factor into what is coming. Lawyer,  Ordinary Times Senior Edito r, and true crime maven  Em Carpenter  returns to Heard Tell to talk about how  forensic superstar Dr. Henry C. Lee has gotten his credibility called into question,  which raises debates about not...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks, our guest is Kate Farmer  of  Young Voices  joins Heard Tell to about  her writing about Gen Z work, mental health, employment, economic concerns, and the broad brushes we use  in generational debates. As a member of Gen Z herself, Kate talks us past the noise and online tropes to get to the real issues that are and aren't unique to the rising workforce. All that...

Your Heard Tell Show for Friday, August 4th, 2023 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by taking a break from domestic headlines to go around the globe and highlighting Over Yonder News, with events and issues you need to be watching in Nige r, Pakistan , Ukraine , Mexico , United Kingdom , Australia , and Canada . Our guest is the...

Your Heard Tell Show for Thursday, August 4th, 2023 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by talking about more indictments aimed at former President Donald Trump, this time 4 charges of conspiracy, fraud, and obstruction surrounding the January 6th riots and investigation . We'll turn down the noise and lay out the legal and po...