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On this Best of Heard Tell for Monday, 16 January, 2023 which is Martin Luther King Day in America, we review three conversations with three great guests on matters of race, culture, history, politics, and better ways to address and discuss the issues to make real progress not just when headlines focus on terrible events and bad news regarding race and equality issues, but all the time so that the...

On this Heard Tell: Twice on Sunday review of the week that was with:W riter and commentator Alys Watson Brown  from across the pond on how the cost-of-living crisis is combining with political turmoil to greatly affect the cultural and political outlook of the generation that was in school through Brexit, COVID, and now trying to find their way in a rapidly changing UK, plust how AI essay writing...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks, we turn down the noise of the news cycle to discern our times by taking a lesson from the past with Garion Frankel , who explains the current congress could learn a lot from a congressman who served nearly 200 years as his "retirement" job after the presidency, John Quincy Adams , and his fights against the "gag rule" and other issues revolving around abolition and h...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks our guest is Heard Tell favorite, writer and podcaster  Dennis Sanders  returns to talk about the Republican Party's  lack of "institutional control"  for the last several years lead to the chaos we now see, the leaders the GOP currently has, and what it means politically and structually for the party going forward.--------------------Questions, comments, concerns, id...

On the Heard Tell Good Talks, our guest is Denver Post columnist Krista Kafer returns to Heard Tell to talk about the chicken and the egg; soaring egg prices that are not just about inflation , poultry and eggs as stamples of the food supply, economics and morals of poultry farming, and what consumers can control from their own grocery stores. Also, a Colorado point of view on Representative Laure...

Your Heard Tell for Thursday, January 12th, 2022, is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by turning to a pilot's explaination of the latest air travel disruption, as David Thornton's piece at Ordinary-Times.com breaks down the "ground stop" , what is NOTAM, and why the latest hot mess is a symptom of a much bigger systematic issue. P...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks journalist and writer  Peter Pischke  returns to Heard Tell to discuss  his USA Today piece that has been called one of the most discussed pieces they've ever had . What the CDC guidelines mean, the habit of "guidelines" becoming de facto mandates, reaction both medically and legally from doctors, and the potential to make a bad problem even worse. -------------------...

Your Heard Tell for Wednesday, January 11th, 2022, is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by taking a lesson from the past with Garion Frankel , who explains the current congress could learn a lot from a congressman who served nearly 200 years as his "retirement" job after the presidency, John Quincy Adams , and his fights against th...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks our guest is economist, Ordinary Times contributor and Heard Tell regular Stephen Popick to talk about how housing is such a fundamental - and under appreciated - building block to a good economy, and while some of our economic troubles can draw a strait line to the housing crisis, better ways to discuss economics, the economic messaging of the Biden Administration ,...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks our guest is writer and commentator Alys Watson Brown from across the pond on how the cost-of-living crisis is combining with political turmoil to greatly affect the cultural and political outlook of the generation that was in school through Brexit, COVID, and now trying to find their way in a rapidly changing UK, plust how AI essay writing bots are threatening alread...

Your Heard Tell for Tuesday, January 10th, 2022, is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by talking about new CDC guidelines involving opioids and pain patients, as journalist and writer Peter Pischke returns to Heard Tell to discuss his USA Today piece that has been called one of the most discussed pieces they've ever had . What the...

Your Heard Tell for Monday, January 9th, 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 commentator Alys Watson Brown from across the pond on how the cost-of-living crisis is combining with political turmoil to greatly affect the cultural and political outlook of the generation that was in school through Brex...

On this edition of Heard Tell: Twice on Sunday congressional reporter Eric Garcia takes us behind the scenes of the Speaker of the House mess. Brandon Phoenix talks Damar Hamlin, NFL, and how CPR and AEDs save lives. Editor-in-Chief of The Atlanta Voice Donnell Suggs talks importance of diverse and local journalism, differences in print and broadcast media, changing business models & a new gen...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks, we are talking to The 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 the players invovled, the stories we are missing while focused on Kevin McCarthy, what it means for the new Democrat mino...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks Brandon Phoenix of the Raspy Voice Kids podcast joins Heard Tell to talk about the reaction and fallout to Damar Hamlin's horrific collapse during Monday Night Football, how it fits into the ongoing debate over the safety of the game, how the NFL's juggernant business side needs to reconcile with player safety and public perception, how CPR and AEDs save lives, and mo...

On this Heard Tell Good Talks our guest is the returning Ethan Brown , host of the Sweaty Penguin podcast to talk about the latest versions of a very old debate about overpopulation , from the "population bomb" of the 1970s that is getting fresh run lately to Malthusianism of the 1790s and beyond, and how modern techonology and environmental concern should shows a bright future that mocks the doom...

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...