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Your Heard Tell for Wednesday, January 4th, 2022, is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by talking to T he Independent's Senior Washington Correspondent Eric Garcia who takes us behind-the-scenes of the current chaos in congress as round after round of voting fails to elect a Speaker of the House for the new GOP majority, explains t...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks guest is Editor In Chief of The Atlanta Voice Donnell Suggs discuss the importance of local, free, and diverse media, the history of black print media and its future in a digital age, how Atlanta is a great microcosm of many of the issues and narratives we are discussing nationally, covering the midterms/runoffs with a local focus, how journalism is changing not just...

Your Heard Tell for Wednesday, January 4th, 2022, is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by taking the hot mess that is the new congress trying to elect a speaker from the viewpoint of leadership principles; if you have to tell folks you are in charge, you ain't. We go overseas with the human toll of Russia's war on Ukraine, particul...

Your Heard Tell for Tuesday, December the 27th, 2022, is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by starting our news media/social media adventures in the Year of Our Lord 2023 by reviewing why we started in media in the first place, and why social media is a tool, its use for good or bad up to the person using it. We talk about potentia...

Your Heard Tell for Tuesday, December the 27th, 2022, is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by getting past the rhetoric, conspiracy theories, and political machinations of "election integrity" w/ returning guest Amanda Griffiths, and her piece in Real Clear Policy detailing the barriers to dealing with election issues, how both par...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks our guest is our scientist friend Dr Michael Siegel continues his run as the Heard Tell guest with the most appearances by talking through his list of the top ten science stories from 2022, and why it was a remarkable year for scientific breakthroughs despite plenty of controversy and lack of appreciation for them.--------------------Questions, comments, concerns, ide...

On this Good Talks Heard Tell favorite and critic  Luis Mendez  of the Mendez Movie Report returns to talk through  his top 25 films of 2022 , films you must watch if you haven't, what a return to theaters did for the business, and some trends in film/movies that we should be paying attention to.--------------------Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us HeardTellShow@gmail.com...

Your Heard Tell for Tuesday, December the 27th, 2022, is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by talking about the Southwest Airlines mess that left travelers stranding, bags lost, and a slew of folks hollering "do something"...and how - like most crisis - "do something" isn't only a bad idea but will probably make the core problem wo...

Your Heard Tell for Tuesday, December the 27th, 2022, is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by getting to what is the biggest internal danger to America, and despite all the "democracy in danger" talk the real threat isn't politics or cultural. Heard Tell favorite and critic Luis Mendez of the Mendez Movie Report returns to talk thr...

On this Heard Tell: Good Talks our guest is writer and host of The Economics Review podcast Aadi Golchha returns to Heard Tell to talk global economics, COVID effects, inflation and cost-of-living concerns being universal, plus his writing on how the regulations in the trucking industry are harming that sector and the wider economy.--------------------Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epist...

Your Heard Tell for Tuesday, December the 27th, 2022, is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by talking performative politics, helping dissidents fight back against dictators, and how sometimes critics end up proving your point with Dissident Project Manager and Young Voices contributor Grace Bydalek . Plus, is the on-again, off-agai...

Your Heard Tell for Tuesday, December the 27th, 2022, is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by talking about the court ruling against Kari Lake that should be a period on the election claims in Arizona's midterm; two headlines about the 2024 election that portends things to come; writer and host of The Economics Review podcast Aadi...

On this edition of Heard Tell: Twice on Suday we cover the good, bad, and really bad of Christmas songs with Bryan O'Nolan; criminal justice reform and policing policy with Finesse Moreno-Rivera, regulating speech and opportunity online with Elijah Gullett; Gabriella Hoffman on lobsters, conservation, and fishing policy colliding with economy, environments, and labor; Daniel Di Martino on immigati...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks, our guest is writer, commentator, and Dissident Project founder Daniel Di Martino who returns to Heard Tell to update on a court case in Miami that shows the reach and strategy of Venezualan dictator Nicolas Maduro, talking about the work of the Dissident Project and talking to schools and groups about what happened in his own country when freedom is lost, plus discu...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks our guest is writer, educator, and Ordinary-times.com contributor Bryan O'Nolan who returns for what has become a yearly tradition, talking about the good, bad, and very bad of Christmas songs.--------------------Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us HeardTellShow@gmail.com Please make sure to subscribe to @Heard Tell , like the program, comment...

Your Heard Tell for Thursday, December the 22th, 2022, is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by talking about everyone's favorite time of the year...Omnibus Season! Happy omnibus season everyone as once again congress smashes a monster package through at the last minute to solve a crisis they themselves made. We skip narratives surr...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks our guest is Elijah Gullet returns to Heard Tell to talk about the FOIA information releases from the COVID-era regarding "disinformation, government attempts to regulate "disinformation", and should online issues like privacy and freedom of speech be framed as civil rights. -------------------- Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us HeardTellShow...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks, our guest is writer and host of the District of Conservation podcast Gabriella Hoffman who explains the current situation with the lobster fishermen in Maine and how environmentalism and government regulation are colliding to damage their industry, plus the benefits and economic impact of sustainable and well-run fisheries, difference between conservation, preservati...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks discussion, our guest is criminal psychologists and criminologist Finesse Moreno-Rivera gives us a halfway-point scorecard on the Biden Administration's criminal justice policies, and talks police reform, the war on drugs, and how we must humanize everyone involved to ever have real change and improvement in the justice system.--------------------Questions, comments,...

Your Heard Tell for Tuesday, December the 6th, 2022, is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by talking US immigration policy and Venezuela dissent with writer, commentator, and Dissident Project founder Daniel Di Martino , plus writer, educator, and Ordinary-times.com contributor Bryan O'Nolan talks the good, bad, and very bad of Chr...

Your Heard Tell for Tuesday, December the 6th, 2022, is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by talking with writer and host of the District of Conservation podcast Gabriella Hoffman who explains the current situation with the lobster fishermen in Maine and how environmentalism and government regulation are colliding to damage their i...

Your Heard Tell for Tuesday, December the 6th, 2022, is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by talking with criminal psychologists and criminologist Finesse Moreno-Rivera gives us a halfway scorecard on the Biden Administration's criminal justice policies, and talks police reform, the war on drugs, and how we must humanize everyone i...

On this special edition of Heard Tell host Andrew Donaldson tells the story of three men who where aboard the USS West Virginia on December 7th, 1941, who are listed on the rolls of the honored dead, have that day of infamy on their grave markers...but did not die that day. Three names you should learn and never forgot, plus the story of the sinking, resurrection, and revenge of the USS West Virgi...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks our guest is Joshua Crawford, Director of Criminal Justice Initiatitives at the Georgia Center for Opportunity returns to Heard Tell to have a grown folks talk about crime and punishment, how our criminal justice system is making more criminals than it is preventing, the economic impact of folks with criminal records not being in the regular workforce, regulatory refo...

Your Heard Tell for Tuesday, December the 6th, 2022, is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by talking about the Moore County, North Carolina, blackouts caused by gunfire to power substations , and how this long-discussed vulernability to critical infrastructure is a magnet for domestic terrorist or worse. Also, how news and social m...