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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Latest episode

Oct 19, 2026

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Episodes

Importance of A Free Press, How NOT To Save Newspapers, & Getting Better Journalism w/ Rachel Chiu 17.08.2023

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...

Politicizing & Culture Wars Over Adoption, The Other Folks Indicted in Georgia & more w/ Alan Elrod 16.08.2023

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...

Leadership Lesson For Headline Reading, Helping Maui, Perspective on Trump Indictments w/ Burt Likko 15.08.2023

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...

Sorting Fact, Fiction,Regs & AI Fears w/ James Czerniawski; DC Perimeter Reform w/ Gabriella Hoffman 14.08.2023

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...

Dead Presidents: The Fascinating History & Curious Facts of How US Presidents Died w/ Sarah Stook 13.08.2023

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...

Good Talks: What's A "Folk Reporter" & Importance of Local Media w/ Justice Hudson 12.08.2023

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...

What Hope Has To Do w/ Politics, Timely vs Time Sensative News Coverage, & more w/ Dennis Sanders 11.08.2023

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...

How Election Lies Spread, US Coast Guard Scandal, Wildfires, Over Yonder News, & more w/ Ethan Brown 10.08.2023

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...

Higher Ed in Appalachia, Grown Folk Talk on Caregiving, online LE "auditors" & more w/ Dr Bob Hutton 09.08.2023

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...

How NOT To Save Newspapers, Trump Indictment Storytime, Work From Home Debate & more w/ Rachel Chiu 08.08.2023

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...

FTC vs Gaming & Big Tech, What is/isn't Antitrust, Creating Positive Media, & more w/ Stephen Kent 07.08.2023

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...

Good Talks: Why Homebuying Is Harder & More Expensive, an Economic Indicator, & More w/ Tyler Curtis 06.08.2023

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...

Good Talks: DNA Doesn't Lie, But People Do; Dr Henry Lee Scandal; True Crime, w/ Em Carpenter 05.08.2023

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...

Good Talks: Turning Down The Noise on "Gen Z Won't Work" Narrative, Mental Health, Tech, & more w/ Kate Farmer 05.08.2023

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...

Why Folks Are Having Hard Time Buying Homes, Over Yonder News World Headlines, & more w/ Tyler Curtis 04.08.2023

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...

More Trump Indictments, Dr Henry C Lee Scandal w/ Em Carpenter, Gen Z Work Stereotype w/ Kate Farmer 03.08.2023

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...

The Hunter Biden Hot Mess, What's A Folk Reporter? w/ Justice Hudson, Dead Presidents w/ Sarah Stook 02.08.2023

Your Heard Tell Show for Wednesday, August 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, even though we really don't want too, the latest in the hot mess that is the Hunter Biden story and the latest congressional hearing thereof . Justice Hudson of The Hudson Editorial joins Heard Tell to explain his work as...

Grown Folks Talk About Small Towns, Yellow Freight, FTC's Anti-Trust Failures & more w/ Stephen Kent 31.07.2023

Your Heard Tell Show for Monday, July 31st, 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 "small towns" as they actually exist, not just as country songs, stereotypes, or the latest trench in the ongoing culture wars. Host Andrew talks from personal experience from working in the trucking in...

Good Talks: Dr. Michael Siegel on JFK, Jr, Science, and Answerting Your Space Questions 29.07.2023

Our guest is Heard Tell's resident science expert,  Dr. Michael Siegel  who continues his streak of having the most appearances of any guest in program history. We talk the purposeful nonsense of RJK, Jr.'s presidental campaign, how so much of the anti-vax movement before, during, and post-COVID centers around him, and  how bad faith actors like him manipulate media  to get their message o...

Sinead O'Connor & Media Narratives In Retrospect, RKF Jr, Space Questions & more w/Dr Michael Siegel 28.07.2023

Your Heard Tell Show for Friday, July 28th, 2023 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by discussing the passing of Sinead O'Connor and how one of the original "viral moments" of over 30 years ago looks in retrospect and can teach us about media narratives, fame, viral videos, historical context, and how every story is a...

Good Talks: Tipping At Crossroads of Labor, Economics, & Culture, CO politics w/ Krista Kafer 27.07.2023

Our guest is  Denver Post columnist Krista Kafer , who returns to Heard Tell to talk about her piece on the  changing culture and economics of tipping . From the legendary Casa Bonita to just about every service sector now, how technology and the post-pandemic labor situation is converging around what and how to compensate service sector workers. Also, we talk the state of Colorado politics as the...

Twitter Gets X-ed Out, Tipping Debate w/guest Krista Kafer, Green Dreams vs Mining Machines, & More 26.07.2023

Your Heard Tell Show for Wednesday, July 26th, 2023 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by discussing Elon Musk changing Twitter's branding from the well known bird to his long imagined "X", what it means, and is it going to work out to become the "everything app" he envisions it to be. We go to Alaska where th...

Good Talks: Congressional Reporter Eric Garcia on Congress, NDAA, Impeachment & more 25.07.2023

On this Heard Tell Good Talks Congressional Correspondent for The Independent and MSNBC columnist Eric Garcia returns to Heard Tell to give us some inside the halls perspective of what our congress critters are up to. Eric will talk about headlines like the current appropriations and funding fights, increasing impeachment talk, how Speaker McCarthy and Leader Schumer are positioned, and how the po...

News Media Perspective, GOP Primary Field, India Elections, Inside Congress w/journalist Eric Garcia 24.07.2023

Your Heard Tell Show for Monday, July 24th, 2023 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by discussing how to keep perspective on the difference between "the media" and outrage du jours like Barbie, Jason Aldean, and other things that trend and important journalism as highlighted by three stories from across the country of act...

Heard Tell Return Announcement/Update 20.07.2023

Andrew returns to give an update on new Heard Tell shows. New Heard Tell Substack https://heardtell.substack.com/ -------------------- Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us HeardTellShow@gmail.com 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/4b87f37...

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