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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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Your Heard Tell for Tuesday, April 4th, 2022, is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by discussing the wall-to-wall coverage of Trump Indictment day and parsing out the insane amount of news media coverage for and against the former president that Trump generates. We talk the huge ratings, raging controversy, and growing importance o...

On this Twice on Sunday: Ashley Baker of Alliance on Antitrust and Committee for Justice on what is - and isn't - proper antitrust regulation and legislation when it comes to big companies, Big Tech, and the increasing calls for bigger government to do something about it. Film critic Luis Mendez of the Mendez Movie Report returns to break down what the SAG Awards means for the Oscar races, rev...

Your Heard Tell for Thursday, March 2nd, 2023, is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by talking with Ashley Baker of Alliance on Antitrust and Committee for Justice on what is - and isn't - proper antitrust regulation and legislation when it comes to big companies, Big Tech, and the increasing calls for bigger government to do s...

Your Heard Tell for Wednesday, March 21st 2022, is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by talking with Elise Amez-Droz of Young Voices on why healthcare policy is so complex and full of conflict, the good and the bad of government run healthcare worldwide, history of how modern healthcare evolved, and better ways to discuss this most...

On this edition of Best of Heard Tell, we highlight three conversations with the guest with the most appearances on program. Research professor of Astronomy and Astrophyics, author, YouTube ScFi explainer, and our very good friend Dr. Michael Siegel on tech, science, space, culture, and so much more.  -------------------- Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us HeardTellShow@gm...

On this Best of Heard Tell we turn to UK contributors Jack Rowlett and Alys Watson Brown to talk through the cultural and societial change the current political turmoil is cause, how the rising generation of univeristy grads and professionals are facing housing and employment challenges that could cause a brain drain from public service, issues with the NHS and honest talk about how the problems a...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks Alexander Petropoulos  of Young Voices brings his own heritage and experiences with Greece to explain the how the world's "birthplace of democracy"  is at a modern crossroads of government, geopolitics, economic upheaval, internal politics, and external pressures. Alexander explains how the recent history of the world's ancient origin of democracy is s...

On this Best of Heard Tell, host Andrew Donaldson talks about the failure theater of congress when it comes to the debt limit, Denver Post columnist Krista Kafer on the real reason the price of eggs is so high, Roy Matthews talks the cost of oil & gas, and Jack Salmon on the change in politics that has reforming Social Security a non-starter politically. All that and more on this President&#39...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks, we go to the Heard Tell archives for one of our best coversations from 2021 as  Dennis Sanders  and host Andrew Donaldson talk about dealing with crazymakers in politics and media, the recent American history that is fueling the current political decent, and how news media and politicans aren't giving us the answers we need, but folks aren't asking the right...

On this week's Heard Tell Twice on Sunday recap: Journalist and congressional reporter for The Independent  Eric Garcia  about the slowest start to a congress anyone can remember, being in the room for the "weaponized government" hearings, debt ceiling fight, focus on China, and how the looming elections will affect what happens in the house and senate. W riter and Young Voices  contri...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks, our guest is Tanner Aliff , healthcare policy manager for Cicero Institute, about healthcare costs, both financial and in trying to navigate the increasingly confusing and contradictory system, moving from arguments and buzzwords to policies and solutions, understanding cost drivers, and dealing with the frustration of it all. -------------------- Questions, comments...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks our friend and journalist  Peter Pitschke  on the evolving world of gaming culture and media, how news media has a disconnect when covering gaming,  Peter's exclusive interview with Frosk about the G4 collapse and her controversial on-air viral rant , the caterwauling over the new Hogwarts Legacy game, and the importance of understanding a culture when reporting o...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks  writer and Young Voices  contributor  Elizabeth Grace Matthew  joins to talk education and  her recent piece in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  on how the rich have always had school choice, education discussion post-Covid, the disconnect between school systems and school classrooms, and the frustration of parents, students, and teachers at the current issues. ---------...

On this Head Tell Good Talks our guest is journalist and congressional reporter for The Independent  Eric Garcia  about the slowest start to a congress anyone can remember, being in the room for the "weaponized government" hearings, debt ceiling fight, focus on China, and how the looming elections will affect what happens in the house and senate. -------------------- Questions, comments, c...

Your Heard Tell for Thursday, February 16th, 2023, is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by talking to Tanner Aliff , healthcare policy manager for Cicero Institute, about healthcare costs, both financial and in trying to navigate the increasingly confusing and contradictory system, moving from arguments and buzzwords to policies an...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks, historian Sarah Stook  returns to talk through her latest  Elections Daily piece on accidental presidents ; the vice president's that had to take over the presidency due to death or assassination, the varied ways they were sworn in (sometimes more than once) and how the office of VP has evolved over the years both through design and out of necessity. ------------...