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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What’s really happening in Latin America, and why is the U.S. media getting so much of it wrong?Host Andrew Donaldson (@four4thefire) is joined by Venezuelan analyst Daniel Chang Contreras for a wide-ranging conversation on the hemisphere America keeps forgetting about. They break down why “left” and “right” mean something very different south of the border, how U.S. political polarization has warped coverage of Venezuela, and why María Corina Machado went from right-wing hero to target almost overnight.Daniel walks through Machado’s surprise return to Venezuela, the uneasy U.S. partnership with Delcy Rodríguez, and the State Department’s outlined path to elections, plus why many Venezuelans suspect the Chavista plan is simply to outlast the Trump administration. They dig into the controversial oil deal with businessman Alejandro Betancourt, the realities of extra-heavy Orinoco crude, and the key dates to watch, including a new Supreme Court, a new electoral council, and the fate of Diosdado Cabello.Then it’s on to Brazil, where Lula pulled off a comeback for the ages and Flávio Bolsonaro ended up in Miami, and a bigger question: why Brazil keeps falling short of global-power status it should be on paper and continues in economic and political chaos. The episode closes with a sobering look at how young democracies fail once the memory of dictatorship fades, what that means for America’s own institutions, and why the next generation gives both guests reason for hope.Chapters:0:00 Intro: World Series talk &amp; Brewers championship1:49 Is America repeating its old Latin America mistakes?7:49 Left vs. right in Latin America: what the labels really mean12:44 Villain or ally: the U.S. as a campaign prop down south16:17 Money, corruption &amp; the social media spotlight20:19 Grading English-language media coverage of Venezuela25:09 María Corina Machado’s return &amp; a messy transition33:02 The Chavista gamble: outlast Trump, and Rubio’s stake36:04 Who is Alejandro Betancourt? The controversial oil deal39:53 Heavy crude, the Orinoco Belt &amp; “we’ve heard this before”44:40 Does Machado have the power to actually govern?48:59 The timeline: what to watch in Venezuela50:31 Brazil: Lula wins, Flávio Bolsonaro flees to Miami56:57 Why Brazil never becomes a world power1:03:01 Young democracies &amp; the living memory of dictatorship1:08:23 Lessons for America: language, norms &amp; institutions1:13:27 Are the kids alright? Youth, patriotism &amp; AI1:17:38 Where to follow Daniel (and fixing FIFA)______<a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/ep/heardtell.substack.com" rel="nofollow">Heard Tell SubStack</a> Free to subscribe, comes right to your inbox<a href="https://www.heardtellmedia.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.heardtellmedia.com</a>Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us HeardTellShow@gmail.comPlease follow<a href="https://x.com/HeardTellShow" rel="nofollow"> @HeardTellShow</a> like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: <a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations" rel="nofollow">https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations</a>All that and more on this episode of <a href="https://redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff?_gl=1%2Auekh0b%2A_gcl_au%2ANjM0OTU2NzMxLjE3ODM0MjY1MjYuNDMyOTEwOTE2LjE3ODk1NjEwNjYuMTc4OTU2MTA2NS4xMDEzNjEzNjAuMTc4OTUwMjkwNS4xNzg5NTYxMDY1%2A_ga%2ANjkzNzU2NTQ4LjE3NzU1OTYxNjg.%2A_ga_KVZ47LYJWW%2AczE3ODk2NjU1NjckbzM4NiRnMSR0MTc4OTY2NTU3MSRqNTYkbDAkaDA." rel="nofollow">Heard Tell.</a>--------------------<a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/ep/heardtell.substack.com" rel="nofollow">Heard Tell SubStack</a> Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us HeardTellShow@gmail.comPlease follow<a href="https://x.com/HeardTellShow" rel="nofollow"> @HeardTellShow</a> like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: <a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations" rel="nofollow">https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations</a> Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

Machado is back in Venezuela. Delcy Rodríguez still holds the power. A Pentagon-backed oil deal has people asking questions. And in Brazil, the loser of the presidential election is now calling himself “leader of Brazil” from Miami. Andrew Donaldson sits down with Venezuelan analyst Daniel Chang Contreras to explain what the English-language media is missing.

What’s really happening in Latin America, and why is the U.S. media getting so much of it wrong?

Host Andrew Donaldson (@four4thefire) is joined by Venezuelan analyst Daniel Chang Contreras for a wide-ranging conversation on the hemisphere America keeps forgetting about. They break down why “left” and “right” mean something very different south of the border, how U.S. political polarization has warped coverage of Venezuela, and why María Corina Machado went from right-wing hero to target almost overnight.

Daniel walks through Machado’s surprise return to Venezuela, the uneasy U.S. partnership with Delcy Rodríguez, and the State Department’s outlined path to elections, plus why many Venezuelans suspect the Chavista plan is simply to outlast the Trump administration. They dig into the controversial oil deal with businessman Alejandro Betancourt, the realities of extra-heavy Orinoco crude, and the key dates to watch, including a new Supreme Court, a new electoral council, and the fate of Diosdado Cabello.

Then it’s on to Brazil, where Lula pulled off a comeback for the ages and Flávio Bolsonaro ended up in Miami, and a bigger question: why Brazil keeps falling short of global-power status it should be on paper and continues in economic and political chaos. The episode closes with a sobering look at how young democracies fail once the memory of dictatorship fades, what that means for America’s own institutions, and why the next generation gives both guests reason for hope.

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Chapters:

0:00 Intro: World Series talk &amp; Brewers championship

1:49 Is America repeating its old Latin America mistakes?

7:49 Left vs. right in Latin America: what the labels really mean

12:44 Villain or ally: the U.S. as a campaign prop down south

16:17 Money, corruption &amp; the social media spotlight

20:19 Grading English-language media coverage of Venezuela

25:09 María Corina Machado’s return &amp; a messy transition

33:02 The Chavista gamble: outlast Trump, and Rubio’s stake

36:04 Who is Alejandro Betancourt? The controversial oil deal

39:53 Heavy crude, the Orinoco Belt &amp; “we’ve heard this before”

44:40 Does Machado have the power to actually govern?

48:59 The timeline: what to watch in Venezuela

50:31 Brazil: Lula wins, Flávio Bolsonaro flees to Miami

56:57 Why Brazil never becomes a world power

1:03:01 Young democracies &amp; the living memory of dictatorship

1:08:23 Lessons for America: language, norms &amp; institutions

1:13:27 Are the kids alright? Youth, patriotism &amp; AI

1:17:38 Where to follow Daniel (and fixing FIFA)
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What’s Really Going On in Venezuela, Brazil, & Latin America?

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Eric M. Garcia of The Political Spectrum went to Greensboro, NC, to see how the midterms look on the ground. He and host Andrew Donaldson cover the collapse of the NC GOP’s old guard, ad fatigue, follow-the-money triage, Talarico vs. Paxton, the A&amp;T voting march, and Gen Z voters. They close with Senate, House, and 2028 predictions.Chapters: 0:00 Intro: Eric M. Garcia &amp; The Political Spectrum 1:00 Why Greensboro? Demographics, split tickets &amp; NC turnout 5:00 Greensboro as North Carolina’s political Rosetta Stone 9:00 How the NC GOP supermajority was built: Tillis, McCrory &amp; HB2 14:00 Tillis vs. Trump, Mark Robinson &amp; the rise of Michael Whatley 19:00 Trump clears the field: why Whatley is struggling 22:00 Ad fatigue: voters are sick of political ads &amp; mailers 26:00 Follow the money: GOP triage in NC, Texas, Georgia &amp; Maine 29:30 Polling blind spots &amp; the MAGA midterm turnout question 32:30 Split-ticket voting: Kansas, Texas &amp; the Rio Grande Valley 36:30 Immigration: how ICE overreach took a GOP issue off the board 40:00 Texas Senate: Talarico vs. Paxton (and Hinojosa vs. Abbott) 46:30 Early voting in Guilford County 51:00 The NC A&amp;T early voting march: the local story vs. the national one 53:30 Gen Z voters: issue-focused, de-aligned &amp; allergic to branding 59:00 Obama on the stump &amp; the Democratic leadership vacuum 62:30 Georgia: Ossoff cruising, Rick Jackson &amp; the split-ticket suburbs 68:30 Thune, Jeffries &amp; two years of gridlock ahead 72:30 Senate lightning round predictions 78:00 House prediction &amp; governor races to watch (Nevada) 80:00 2028: who declares first? 82:00 The Cheesecake Factory, the Arlington arch &amp; sacred ground 86:30 The White House ballroom 88:00 Wrap-up: where to find The Political Spectrum______<a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/ep/heardtell.substack.com" rel="nofollow">Heard Tell SubStack</a> Free to subscribe, comes right to your inbox<a href="https://www.heardtellmedia.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.heardtellmedia.com</a>Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us HeardTellShow@gmail.comPlease follow<a href="https://x.com/HeardTellShow" rel="nofollow"> @HeardTellShow</a> like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: <a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations" rel="nofollow">https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations</a>All that and more on this episode of <a href="https://redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff?_gl=1%2Auekh0b%2A_gcl_au%2ANjM0OTU2NzMxLjE3ODM0MjY1MjYuNDMyOTEwOTE2LjE3ODk1NjEwNjYuMTc4OTU2MTA2NS4xMDEzNjEzNjAuMTc4OTUwMjkwNS4xNzg5NTYxMDY1%2A_ga%2ANjkzNzU2NTQ4LjE3NzU1OTYxNjg.%2A_ga_KVZ47LYJWW%2AczE3ODk2NjU1NjckbzM4NiRnMSR0MTc4OTY2NTU3MSRqNTYkbDAkaDA." rel="nofollow">Heard Tell.</a>--------------------<a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/ep/heardtell.substack.com" rel="nofollow">Heard Tell SubStack</a> Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us HeardTellShow@gmail.comPlease follow<a href="https://x.com/HeardTellShow" rel="nofollow"> @HeardTellShow</a> like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: <a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations" rel="nofollow">https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations</a> Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

Eric Garcia of The Political Spectrum returns to Heard Tell to talk his recent reporting trip to Greensboro, NC, as a filter to talk all things midterms with host Andrew Donaldson

Eric M. Garcia of The Political Spectrum went to Greensboro, NC, to see how the midterms look on the ground. He and host Andrew Donaldson cover the collapse of the NC GOP’s old guard, ad fatigue, follow-the-money triage, Talarico vs. Paxton, the A&amp;T voting march, and Gen Z voters. They close with Senate, House, and 2028 predictions.

Chapters: 

0:00 Intro: Eric M. Garcia &amp; The Political Spectrum



1:00 Why Greensboro? Demographics, split tickets &amp; NC turnout



5:00 Greensboro as North Carolina’s political Rosetta Stone



9:00 How the NC GOP supermajority was built: Tillis, McCrory &amp; HB2



14:00 Tillis vs. Trump, Mark Robinson &amp; the rise of Michael Whatley



19:00 Trump clears the field: why Whatley is struggling



22:00 Ad fatigue: voters are sick of political ads &amp; mailers



26:00 Follow the money: GOP triage in NC, Texas, Georgia &amp; Maine



29:30 Polling blind spots &amp; the MAGA midterm turnout question



32:30 Split-ticket voting: Kansas, Texas &amp; the Rio Grande Valley



36:30 Immigration: how ICE overreach took a GOP issue off the board



40:00 Texas Senate: Talarico vs. Paxton (and Hinojosa vs. Abbott)



46:30 Early voting in Guilford County



51:00 The NC A&amp;T early voting march: the local story vs. the national one



53:30 Gen Z voters: issue-focused, de-aligned &amp; allergic to branding



59:00 Obama on the stump &amp; the Democratic leadership vacuum



62:30 Georgia: Ossoff cruising, Rick Jackson &amp; the split-ticket suburbs



68:30 Thune, Jeffries &amp; two years of gridlock ahead



72:30 Senate lightning round predictions



78:00 House prediction &amp; governor races to watch (Nevada)



80:00 2028: who declares first?



82:00 The Cheesecake Factory, the Arlington arch &amp; sacred ground



86:30 The White House ballroom



88:00 Wrap-up: where to find The Political Spectrum

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Medium J: The Gate City to the 2026 Midterms w/ Eric Garcia & Andrew Donaldson

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Historically when West Virginians and Kentuckians get together, bad stuff happens, but our friend Jeffrey Tyler Syck digitally reached across the metaphorical Tug Fork in friendship, so we kept it peaceful and informative. Tyler’s a professor and civics director down at the University of Pikeville and previously taught at the University of Virgnia. We talk about the actual “kids these days”; not the online stereotypes, not the memes, not the blithering generalities and put downs of young people these days, before we get into the policy stuff. We turn down the noise on how/why they get unfairly maligned from every direction from Tyler who is in the classroom every day teaching civics to the rising generation. We get into how civics got so abused that half the country thinks it means Lee Greenwood group singing and the other half thinks it means hating the government. Tyler talks teaching these kids to actually think like citizens, why they love challenging reading, and why it turns out kids like hard stuff when it means something. Plus, why this generation is all about being authentic and creative and how that is driving their dislike of AI. We get into why his Appalachian students show up thinking nothing ever gets better, so he has to give them some hope first, and then they pick up the practical side of civics on their own. From there we talk about how Appalachia and lots of other places went from union Democrats and Blue Dogs to supermajorities for Republicans so fast, why folks like me with unaffiliated on our voter cards are surging in registration numbers, and what the kids think about data centers, housing, the economy, and the rest of the world. Finally we turned him loose on <a href="https://www.politicalanimalpress.com/product/a-republic-of-virtue-the-essays-of-john-quincy-adams/" rel="nofollow">John Quincy Adams, and Tyler’s book, A Republic of Virtue: The Essays of John Quincy Adams</a>.I still think he needs to start a TikTok called “Syck Civics” because branding, and such. All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.ShareChapters00:00 – Intro: West Virginia meets Kentucky, plus &#34;Civics&#34; branding01:30 – Gen Z in the classroom: high-tech but tech-skeptical05:00 – Why students hate AI: authenticity and individuality06:30 – What &#34;civics&#34; actually means: the three camps8:53 – Should civics be mandatory, and why it belongs in every subject11:15 – &#34;We the People&#34;: helping students feel they matter13:30 – Reaching disaffected citizens and the chicken-and-egg problem17:05 – Appalachian Civic Fellowship and &#34;Politics Can Be a Good Thing&#34;19:50 – &#34;How to Rule the World&#34;: why students love hard reading20:30 – UVA vs. Pikeville: idealists vs. pessimists24:12 – Is college a socialism factory?29:22 – Appalachia’s political shift and the end of the Blue Dog Democrats35:30 – Labor, distrust of big institutions, and why socialism never took hold36:30 – Rise of independents and the end of hyper-partisanship?40:20 – Hot topics: data centers, the economy, housing, and jobs45:30 – Students and foreign policy: more global than you&#39;d think48:00 – John Quincy Adams and <a href="https://www.politicalanimalpress.com/product/a-republic-of-virtue-the-essays-of-john-quincy-adams/" rel="nofollow">A Republic of Virtue</a>52:31 – Where to find <a href="https://x.com/tylersyck" rel="nofollow">Jeffrey Tyler Syck</a> and wrap-up______<a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/ep/heardtell.substack.com" rel="nofollow">Heard Tell SubStack</a> Free to subscribe, comes right to your inbox<a href="https://www.heardtellmedia.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.heardtellmedia.com</a>Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? 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Professor & Civics Director at University of Pikeville Jeffrey Tyler Syck talks reclaiming civics education, what’s really going on with students & AI, citizenship, education, & more

Historically when West Virginians and Kentuckians get together, bad stuff happens, but our friend Jeffrey Tyler Syck digitally reached across the metaphorical Tug Fork in friendship, so we kept it peaceful and informative. Tyler’s a professor and civics director down at the University of Pikeville and previously taught at the University of Virgnia. We talk about the actual “kids these days”; not the online stereotypes, not the memes, not the blithering generalities and put downs of young people these days, before we get into the policy stuff. We turn down the noise on how/why they get unfairly maligned from every direction from Tyler who is in the classroom every day teaching civics to the rising generation. We get into how civics got so abused that half the country thinks it means Lee Greenwood group singing and the other half thinks it means hating the government. Tyler talks teaching these kids to actually think like citizens, why they love challenging reading, and why it turns out kids like hard stuff when it means something. Plus, why this generation is all about being authentic and creative and how that is driving their dislike of AI. We get into why his Appalachian students show up thinking nothing ever gets better, so he has to give them some hope first, and then they pick up the practical side of civics on their own. From there we talk about how Appalachia and lots of other places went from union Democrats and Blue Dogs to supermajorities for Republicans so fast, why folks like me with unaffiliated on our voter cards are surging in registration numbers, and what the kids think about data centers, housing, the economy, and the rest of the world. Finally we turned him loose on John Quincy Adams, and Tyler’s book, A Republic of Virtue: The Essays of John Quincy Adams.

I still think he needs to start a TikTok called “Syck Civics” because branding, and such. All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.



Chapters

00:00 – Intro: West Virginia meets Kentucky, plus &#34;Civics&#34; branding
01:30 – Gen Z in the classroom: high-tech but tech-skeptical
05:00 – Why students hate AI: authenticity and individuality
06:30 – What &#34;civics&#34; actually means: the three camps
8:53 – Should civics be mandatory, and why it belongs in every subject
11:15 – &#34;We the People&#34;: helping students feel they matter
13:30 – Reaching disaffected citizens and the chicken-and-egg problem
17:05 – Appalachian Civic Fellowship and &#34;Politics Can Be a Good Thing&#34;
19:50 – &#34;How to Rule the World&#34;: why students love hard reading
20:30 – UVA vs. Pikeville: idealists vs. pessimists
24:12 – Is college a socialism factory?
29:22 – Appalachia’s political shift and the end of the Blue Dog Democrats
35:30 – Labor, distrust of big institutions, and why socialism never took hold
36:30 – Rise of independents and the end of hyper-partisanship?
40:20 – Hot topics: data centers, the economy, housing, and jobs
45:30 – Students and foreign policy: more global than you&#39;d think
48:00 – John Quincy Adams and A Republic of Virtue
52:31 – Where to find Jeffrey Tyler Syck and wrap-up

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The Kids Are Alright: Teaching Civics in College

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A horrible jobs report, angst over gas and consumer prices, conflicts around the world, and a bitter midterm election cycle here at home means one thing: we need to turn down the noise on what is going on with economic headlines with our friend and economist Dr. Stephen Popick on this episode of Heard Tell. How economic models are and aren’t working when it comes to everything from jobs data to the AI disruption, why politics and economics never mix well in an election year, the “S” word, government numbers, public discontent, and the politics of an economy no one seems to know how to talk about.______<a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/ep/heardtell.substack.com" rel="nofollow">Heard Tell SubStack</a> Free to subscribe, comes right to your inbox<a href="https://www.heardtellmedia.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.heardtellmedia.com</a>Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us HeardTellShow@gmail.comPlease follow<a href="https://x.com/HeardTellShow" rel="nofollow"> @HeardTellShow</a> like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: <a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations" rel="nofollow">https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations</a>All that and more on this episode of <a href="https://redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff?_gl=1%2Auekh0b%2A_gcl_au%2ANjM0OTU2NzMxLjE3ODM0MjY1MjYuNDMyOTEwOTE2LjE3ODk1NjEwNjYuMTc4OTU2MTA2NS4xMDEzNjEzNjAuMTc4OTUwMjkwNS4xNzg5NTYxMDY1%2A_ga%2ANjkzNzU2NTQ4LjE3NzU1OTYxNjg.%2A_ga_KVZ47LYJWW%2AczE3ODk2NjU1NjckbzM4NiRnMSR0MTc4OTY2NTU3MSRqNTYkbDAkaDA." rel="nofollow">Heard Tell.</a>--------------------<a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/ep/heardtell.substack.com" rel="nofollow">Heard Tell SubStack</a> Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us HeardTellShow@gmail.comPlease follow<a href="https://x.com/HeardTellShow" rel="nofollow"> @HeardTellShow</a> like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: <a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations" rel="nofollow">https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations</a> Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

Economist Dr. Stephen Popick talks economics, the “S” word, government numbers, public discontent, and the politics of an economy no one seems to know how to talk about

A horrible jobs report, angst over gas and consumer prices, conflicts around the world, and a bitter midterm election cycle here at home means one thing: we need to turn down the noise on what is going on with economic headlines with our friend and economist Dr. Stephen Popick on this episode of Heard Tell. How economic models are and aren’t working when it comes to everything from jobs data to the AI disruption, why politics and economics never mix well in an election year, the “S” word, government numbers, public discontent, and the politics of an economy no one seems to know how to talk about.

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Explaining The “Stagflation Lite” Economy

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The death of a researcher in Siberia has lit a worldwide fire back under the public health debate. With so many layers to this story from internet panic, Russian government secrecy, scientists not being great communicators, distrust in both science and government post-COVID being low, we turn to our friend Dr Michael Siegel to hash out what we should and shouldn’t be worried about.﻿______<a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/ep/heardtell.substack.com" rel="nofollow">Heard Tell SubStack</a> Free to subscribe, comes right to your inbox<a href="https://www.heardtellmedia.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.heardtellmedia.com</a>Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us HeardTellShow@gmail.comPlease follow<a href="https://x.com/HeardTellShow" rel="nofollow"> @HeardTellShow</a> like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: <a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations" rel="nofollow">https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations</a>All that and more on this episode of <a href="https://redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff?_gl=1%2Auekh0b%2A_gcl_au%2ANjM0OTU2NzMxLjE3ODM0MjY1MjYuNDMyOTEwOTE2LjE3ODk1NjEwNjYuMTc4OTU2MTA2NS4xMDEzNjEzNjAuMTc4OTUwMjkwNS4xNzg5NTYxMDY1%2A_ga%2ANjkzNzU2NTQ4LjE3NzU1OTYxNjg.%2A_ga_KVZ47LYJWW%2AczE3ODk2NjU1NjckbzM4NiRnMSR0MTc4OTY2NTU3MSRqNTYkbDAkaDA." rel="nofollow">Heard Tell.</a>--------------------<a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/ep/heardtell.substack.com" rel="nofollow">Heard Tell SubStack</a> Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us HeardTellShow@gmail.comPlease follow<a href="https://x.com/HeardTellShow" rel="nofollow"> @HeardTellShow</a> like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: <a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations" rel="nofollow">https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations</a> Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

A researcher in Russia dies, global panic ensues, but should it? Our friend Dr. Michael Siegel is back on Heard Tell to talk the latest example of science vs the internet vs people

The death of a researcher in Siberia has lit a worldwide fire back under the public health debate. With so many layers to this story from internet panic, Russian government secrecy, scientists not being great communicators, distrust in both science and government post-COVID being low, we turn to our friend Dr Michael Siegel to hash out what we should and shouldn’t be worried about.
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Panic! at the Russian Plague Disco

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Ace reporter and congressional insider <a href="https://x.com/EricMGarcia" rel="nofollow">Eric Garcia</a> returns to talk doing journalism in the era of streamers and content creators, what’s really going on in the House of Representatives and US Senate, previewing the midterms, changes in media, and more!The Independent’s Inside Washington newsletter <a href="https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/washington-newsletter-sign-up-biden-b1835800.html" rel="nofollow">can be found here:</a>______<a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/ep/heardtell.substack.com" rel="nofollow">Heard Tell SubStack</a> Free to subscribe, comes right to your inbox<a href="https://www.heardtellmedia.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.heardtellmedia.com</a>Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us HeardTellShow@gmail.comPlease follow<a href="https://x.com/HeardTellShow" rel="nofollow"> @HeardTellShow</a> like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: <a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations" rel="nofollow">https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations</a>All that and more on this episode of <a href="https://redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff?_gl=1%2Auekh0b%2A_gcl_au%2ANjM0OTU2NzMxLjE3ODM0MjY1MjYuNDMyOTEwOTE2LjE3ODk1NjEwNjYuMTc4OTU2MTA2NS4xMDEzNjEzNjAuMTc4OTUwMjkwNS4xNzg5NTYxMDY1%2A_ga%2ANjkzNzU2NTQ4LjE3NzU1OTYxNjg.%2A_ga_KVZ47LYJWW%2AczE3ODk2NjU1NjckbzM4NiRnMSR0MTc4OTY2NTU3MSRqNTYkbDAkaDA." rel="nofollow">Heard Tell.</a>--------------------<a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/ep/heardtell.substack.com" rel="nofollow">Heard Tell SubStack</a> Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us HeardTellShow@gmail.comPlease follow<a href="https://x.com/HeardTellShow" rel="nofollow"> @HeardTellShow</a> like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: <a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations" rel="nofollow">https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations</a> Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

Congressional reporter for The Independent Eric Garcia returns to talk journalism on Twitch, inside the hot mess that is House & Senate, preview the midterm races, & more

Ace reporter and congressional insider Eric Garcia returns to talk doing journalism in the era of streamers and content creators, what’s really going on in the House of Representatives and US Senate, previewing the midterms, changes in media, and more!

The Independent’s Inside Washington newsletter can be found here:

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Congress, Midterms, and Twitching Ain’t Easy

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We are thrilled to have our friend and long-time Heard Tell contributor Dr. Michael Siegel back to talk about all the recent headlines on space. Dr. Siegel is a Research Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at Pennsylvania State University and is the lead scientist for the Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) instrument aboard NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory. But more importantly, he’s our good friend who can explain the cosmos while also<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelSiegel14" rel="nofollow"> using his YouTube channel to discuss SciFi and pop culture</a> as well as science. We talk about SpaceX, NASA, colonizing the Moon and Mars, datacenters in space, Boeing’s Starliner debacle, and much more.______<a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/ep/heardtell.substack.com" rel="nofollow">Heard Tell SubStack</a> Free to subscribe, comes right to your inbox<a href="https://www.heardtellmedia.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.heardtellmedia.com</a>Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us HeardTellShow@gmail.comPlease follow<a href="https://x.com/HeardTellShow" rel="nofollow"> @HeardTellShow</a> like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: <a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations" rel="nofollow">https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations</a>All that and more on this episode of <a href="https://redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff?_gl=1%2Auekh0b%2A_gcl_au%2ANjM0OTU2NzMxLjE3ODM0MjY1MjYuNDMyOTEwOTE2LjE3ODk1NjEwNjYuMTc4OTU2MTA2NS4xMDEzNjEzNjAuMTc4OTUwMjkwNS4xNzg5NTYxMDY1%2A_ga%2ANjkzNzU2NTQ4LjE3NzU1OTYxNjg.%2A_ga_KVZ47LYJWW%2AczE3ODk2NjU1NjckbzM4NiRnMSR0MTc4OTY2NTU3MSRqNTYkbDAkaDA." rel="nofollow">Heard Tell.</a>--------------------<a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/ep/heardtell.substack.com" rel="nofollow">Heard Tell SubStack</a> Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us HeardTellShow@gmail.comPlease follow<a href="https://x.com/HeardTellShow" rel="nofollow"> @HeardTellShow</a> like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: <a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations" rel="nofollow">https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations</a> Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

Our friend & space expert talks SpaceX, NASA, Moon and Mars missions, Starliner, data centers in space, the ISS problem, and why space is still really hard, expensive, and cool

We are thrilled to have our friend and long-time Heard Tell contributor Dr. Michael Siegel back to talk about all the recent headlines on space. Dr. Siegel is a Research Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at Pennsylvania State University and is the lead scientist for the Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) instrument aboard NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory. But more importantly, he’s our good friend who can explain the cosmos while also using his YouTube channel to discuss SciFi and pop culture as well as science. We talk about SpaceX, NASA, colonizing the Moon and Mars, datacenters in space, Boeing’s Starliner debacle, and much more.

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A Whole Lotta Space News with Dr. Michael Siegel

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What an omnishambles, to take a term from our UK friend. Host Andrew talks the death penalty, the botched execution, and what it says about the judicial system, our government, and use.______<a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/ep/heardtell.substack.com" rel="nofollow">Heard Tell SubStack</a> Free to subscribe, comes right to your inbox<a href="https://www.heardtellmedia.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.heardtellmedia.com</a>Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us HeardTellShow@gmail.comPlease follow<a href="https://x.com/HeardTellShow" rel="nofollow"> @HeardTellShow</a> like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: <a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations" rel="nofollow">https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations</a>All that and more on this episode of <a href="https://redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff?_gl=1%2Auekh0b%2A_gcl_au%2ANjM0OTU2NzMxLjE3ODM0MjY1MjYuNDMyOTEwOTE2LjE3ODk1NjEwNjYuMTc4OTU2MTA2NS4xMDEzNjEzNjAuMTc4OTUwMjkwNS4xNzg5NTYxMDY1%2A_ga%2ANjkzNzU2NTQ4LjE3NzU1OTYxNjg.%2A_ga_KVZ47LYJWW%2AczE3ODk2NjU1NjckbzM4NiRnMSR0MTc4OTY2NTU3MSRqNTYkbDAkaDA." rel="nofollow">Heard Tell.</a>--------------------<a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/ep/heardtell.substack.com" rel="nofollow">Heard Tell SubStack</a> Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us HeardTellShow@gmail.comPlease follow<a href="https://x.com/HeardTellShow" rel="nofollow"> @HeardTellShow</a> like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: <a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations" rel="nofollow">https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations</a> Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

The difference between Christa Pike and the State of Tennessee is when Crista Pike goes to kill someone she gets the job done.

What an omnishambles, to take a term from our UK friend. Host Andrew talks the death penalty, the botched execution, and what it says about the judicial system, our government, and use.

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What The Botched Execution of Christa Pike Tells Us

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Let’s talk about teachers on this episode of Heard Tell, specifically how a program covered by<a href="https://westvirginiawatch.com/2026/09/15/state-funded-college-scholarship-successfully-tackling-wv-teacher-shortage/" rel="nofollow"> Amelia Knisely in WV Watch</a> reminds me of the programs that allowed my parents to not only go to college, but make educating West Virginians an entire lifetime that had far-reaching effects on who I became.Amelia Knisely’s piece can <a href="https://westvirginiawatch.com/2026/09/15/state-funded-college-scholarship-successfully-tackling-wv-teacher-shortage/" rel="nofollow">be read here:</a>https://westvirginiawatch.com/2026/09/15/state-funded-college-scholarship-successfully-tackling-wv-teacher-shortage/______<a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/ep/heardtell.substack.com" rel="nofollow">Heard Tell SubStack</a> Free to subscribe, comes right to your inbox<a href="https://www.heardtellmedia.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.heardtellmedia.com</a>Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us HeardTellShow@gmail.comPlease follow<a href="https://x.com/HeardTellShow" rel="nofollow"> @HeardTellShow</a> like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: <a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations" rel="nofollow">https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations</a>All that and more on this episode of <a href="https://redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff?_gl=1%2Auekh0b%2A_gcl_au%2ANjM0OTU2NzMxLjE3ODM0MjY1MjYuNDMyOTEwOTE2LjE3ODk1NjEwNjYuMTc4OTU2MTA2NS4xMDEzNjEzNjAuMTc4OTUwMjkwNS4xNzg5NTYxMDY1%2A_ga%2ANjkzNzU2NTQ4LjE3NzU1OTYxNjg.%2A_ga_KVZ47LYJWW%2AczE3ODk2NjU1NjckbzM4NiRnMSR0MTc4OTY2NTU3MSRqNTYkbDAkaDA." rel="nofollow">Heard Tell.</a>--------------------<a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/ep/heardtell.substack.com" rel="nofollow">Heard Tell SubStack</a> Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us HeardTellShow@gmail.comPlease follow<a href="https://x.com/HeardTellShow" rel="nofollow"> @HeardTellShow</a> like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: <a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations" rel="nofollow">https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations</a> Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

A modern program to recruit and retain teachers in West Virginia reminds me of programs that made my parents teachers, and determained my life long before I was even born

Let’s talk about teachers on this episode of Heard Tell, specifically how a program covered by Amelia Knisely in WV Watch reminds me of the programs that allowed my parents to not only go to college, but make educating West Virginians an entire lifetime that had far-reaching effects on who I became.

Amelia Knisely’s piece can be read here:

https://westvirginiawatch.com/2026/09/15/state-funded-college-scholarship-successfully-tackling-wv-teacher-shortage/

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Teacher Recruitment Changes Lives. It Did Mine

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Some brief thoughts on why the privilege of platform demands that we who have it must be willing to adapt and change, because the audience doesn’t care about the same things we do. Being protective of the quality of work, not precious about what the audience wants to call it or how they want to intake it, on this Heard Tell.______<a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/ep/heardtell.substack.com" rel="nofollow">Heard Tell SubStack</a> Free to subscribe, comes right to your inbox<a href="https://www.heardtellmedia.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.heardtellmedia.com</a>Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us HeardTellShow@gmail.comPlease follow<a href="https://x.com/HeardTellShow" rel="nofollow"> @HeardTellShow</a> like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: <a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations" rel="nofollow">https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations</a>All that and more on this episode of <a href="https://redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff?_gl=1%2Adkk6yp%2A_gcl_au%2AMTU1ODMyNjg4MS4xNzQ3NzU3NzEx%2A_ga%2AMjAwOTIxNTQ3Ny4xNzI0MzYwMTE1%2A_ga_KVZ47LYJWW%2AczE3NDk0OTk4MDYkbzY2NCRnMSR0MTc0OTQ5OTgwNyRqNTkkbDAkaDA." rel="nofollow">Heard Tell.</a>--------------------<a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/ep/heardtell.substack.com" rel="nofollow">Heard Tell SubStack</a> Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us HeardTellShow@gmail.comPlease follow<a href="https://x.com/HeardTellShow" rel="nofollow"> @HeardTellShow</a> like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: <a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations" rel="nofollow">https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations</a> Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

New media, old prejudices, & why the privilege of platform requires a willingness to change

Some brief thoughts on why the privilege of platform demands that we who have it must be willing to adapt and change, because the audience doesn’t care about the same things we do. Being protective of the quality of work, not precious about what the audience wants to call it or how they want to intake it, on this Heard Tell.

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Old Biases Ain’t Working in New Media Ecosystem

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My personal habit of not really talking about 9/11 on 9/11 ends today. And going forward. I talk about why, my experience that day, dealing with memory, generational shift, and more.Tom Jurod’s The Falling Man, free to read on 9/11 but otherwised paywalled, <a href="https://t.co/hdamIY4LQm" rel="nofollow">can be read here:</a>______<a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/ep/heardtell.substack.com" rel="nofollow">Heard Tell SubStack</a> Free to subscribe, comes right to your inbox<a href="https://www.heardtellmedia.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.heardtellmedia.com</a>Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us HeardTellShow@gmail.comPlease follow<a href="https://x.com/HeardTellShow" rel="nofollow"> @HeardTellShow</a> like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: <a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations" rel="nofollow">https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations</a>All that and more on this episode of <a href="https://redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff?_gl=1%2Adkk6yp%2A_gcl_au%2AMTU1ODMyNjg4MS4xNzQ3NzU3NzEx%2A_ga%2AMjAwOTIxNTQ3Ny4xNzI0MzYwMTE1%2A_ga_KVZ47LYJWW%2AczE3NDk0OTk4MDYkbzY2NCRnMSR0MTc0OTQ5OTgwNyRqNTkkbDAkaDA." rel="nofollow">Heard Tell.</a>--------------------<a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/ep/heardtell.substack.com" rel="nofollow">Heard Tell SubStack</a> Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us HeardTellShow@gmail.comPlease follow<a href="https://x.com/HeardTellShow" rel="nofollow"> @HeardTellShow</a> like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: <a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations" rel="nofollow">https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations</a> Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

The passing of the generations means not talking about 9/11, which has long been my habit, is no longer an option for those of us with a living memory of that horrible day

My personal habit of not really talking about 9/11 on 9/11 ends today. And going forward. I talk about why, my experience that day, dealing with memory, generational shift, and more.

Tom Jurod’s The Falling Man, free to read on 9/11 but otherwised paywalled, can be read here: https://t.co/hdamIY4LQm

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25 Years Of Still Not Knowing How To Talk About 9/11

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All heck is breaking loose in West Virginia’s gubernatorial politics.After weeks if not months of speculation US Senator and former WV Governor Jim Justice openly admitted he is considering another run his old job. The current governor, Patrick Morrisey, was already on a string of bad press before that, and over the weekend found himself at the center of another controversy. Center being the key word, as he flipped the coin for WVU football’s home opener wearing a dark blue WV State Parks polo surrounded by 60k West Virginians all wearing white. Because all WVU fans knew to wear white.Is that fair? On this Heard Tell we talk about how there is no such thing as fair in politics, that Charleston Gazette piece that I think was over the line critical of Patrick Morrisey, the reasons why Gov. Morrisey is having a rough go of it, thoughts on the quasi-primary that appears to be under way, and what it all means. Or should mean, if we were a more serious people than apparently we are.All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell. ______<a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/ep/heardtell.substack.com" rel="nofollow">Heard Tell SubStack</a> Free to subscribe, comes right to your inbox<a href="https://www.heardtellmedia.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.heardtellmedia.com</a>Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us HeardTellShow@gmail.comPlease follow<a href="https://x.com/HeardTellShow" rel="nofollow"> @HeardTellShow</a> like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: <a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations" rel="nofollow">https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations</a>All that and more on this episode of <a href="https://redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff?_gl=1%2Adkk6yp%2A_gcl_au%2AMTU1ODMyNjg4MS4xNzQ3NzU3NzEx%2A_ga%2AMjAwOTIxNTQ3Ny4xNzI0MzYwMTE1%2A_ga_KVZ47LYJWW%2AczE3NDk0OTk4MDYkbzY2NCRnMSR0MTc0OTQ5OTgwNyRqNTkkbDAkaDA." rel="nofollow">Heard Tell.</a>--------------------<a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/ep/heardtell.substack.com" rel="nofollow">Heard Tell SubStack</a> Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us HeardTellShow@gmail.comPlease follow<a href="https://x.com/HeardTellShow" rel="nofollow"> @HeardTellShow</a> like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: <a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations" rel="nofollow">https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations</a> Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

Does the Governor's Shirt Color Matter in West Virginia Politics? YES!

All heck is breaking loose in West Virginia’s gubernatorial politics. 

After weeks if not months of speculation US Senator and former WV Governor Jim Justice openly admitted he is considering another run his old job. The current governor, Patrick Morrisey, was already on a string of bad press before that, and over the weekend found himself at the center of another controversy. Center being the key word, as he flipped the coin for WVU football’s home opener wearing a dark blue WV State Parks polo surrounded by 60k West Virginians all wearing white. Because all WVU fans knew to wear white. 

Is that fair? On this Heard Tell we talk about how there is no such thing as fair in politics, that Charleston Gazette piece that I think was over the line critical of Patrick Morrisey, the reasons why Gov. Morrisey is having a rough go of it, thoughts on the quasi-primary that appears to be under way, and what it all means. Or should mean, if we were a more serious people than apparently we are. 



All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.

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While American and Canadian officials crank up the rhetoric, threats, and retaliations, we try to turn down the noise on the US-Canada trade hot mess as our old friend and certified Canadian David Clement joins American Andrew Donaldson on how we got here, can either President Trump or PM Carney get out of this mess, the politics and structures that make the situation worse, and what happens next on this Heard Tell.______<a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/ep/heardtell.substack.com" rel="nofollow">Heard Tell SubStack</a> Free to subscribe, comes right to your inbox<a href="https://www.heardtellmedia.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.heardtellmedia.com</a>Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us HeardTellShow@gmail.comPlease follow<a href="https://x.com/HeardTellShow" rel="nofollow"> @HeardTellShow</a> like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: <a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations" rel="nofollow">https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations</a>All that and more on this episode of <a href="https://redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff?_gl=1%2Adkk6yp%2A_gcl_au%2AMTU1ODMyNjg4MS4xNzQ3NzU3NzEx%2A_ga%2AMjAwOTIxNTQ3Ny4xNzI0MzYwMTE1%2A_ga_KVZ47LYJWW%2AczE3NDk0OTk4MDYkbzY2NCRnMSR0MTc0OTQ5OTgwNyRqNTkkbDAkaDA." rel="nofollow">Heard Tell.</a>--------------------<a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/ep/heardtell.substack.com" rel="nofollow">Heard Tell SubStack</a> Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us HeardTellShow@gmail.comPlease follow<a href="https://x.com/HeardTellShow" rel="nofollow"> @HeardTellShow</a> like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: <a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations" rel="nofollow">https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations</a> Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

An American and a Canadian Talk About Trade Uproar

While American and Canadian officials crank up the rhetoric, threats, and retaliations, we try to turn down the noise on the US-Canada trade hot mess as our old friend and certified Canadian David Clement joins American Andrew Donaldson on how we got here, can either President Trump or PM Carney get out of this mess, the politics and structures that make the situation worse, and what happens next on this Heard Tell.

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Instead of yelling at others as part of the “affordability”, for this Heard Tell we take the roiling online debate and bring it back to the personal. Having a diverse educational and work background is a good place to start, and being the parent of young adult kids who are navigating these issues in real time means some helpful context. Then we can run the concept through a filter of perspective, knowledge, and accountability before we go off on social media projecting our thoughts on others.______<a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/ep/heardtell.substack.com" rel="nofollow">Heard Tell SubStack</a> Free to subscribe, comes right to your inbox<a href="https://www.heardtellmedia.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.heardtellmedia.com</a>Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us HeardTellShow@gmail.comPlease follow<a href="https://x.com/HeardTellShow" rel="nofollow"> @HeardTellShow</a> like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: <a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations" rel="nofollow">https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations</a>All that and more on this episode of <a href="https://redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff?_gl=1%2Adkk6yp%2A_gcl_au%2AMTU1ODMyNjg4MS4xNzQ3NzU3NzEx%2A_ga%2AMjAwOTIxNTQ3Ny4xNzI0MzYwMTE1%2A_ga_KVZ47LYJWW%2AczE3NDk0OTk4MDYkbzY2NCRnMSR0MTc0OTQ5OTgwNyRqNTkkbDAkaDA." rel="nofollow">Heard Tell.</a>--------------------<a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/ep/heardtell.substack.com" rel="nofollow">Heard Tell SubStack</a> Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us HeardTellShow@gmail.comPlease follow<a href="https://x.com/HeardTellShow" rel="nofollow"> @HeardTellShow</a> like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: <a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations" rel="nofollow">https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations</a> Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

Running the "Affordability" debate through the personal and filtering it through perspective, knowledges, and accountability before projecting it back out on others

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Perspective, Expectations, and Affordability's Moving Target

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The old saying goes being listened to is better than being heard because the latter is passive and automatic whereas listening is active and requires focus. But I suspect what sounds like a good idea isn’t going to go well for Gov Patrick Morrisey because the folks on his “listening tour” wanted to be heard the first time and don’t want just attention they want it fixed.But there is no easy fix. The people don’t want to hear that, and the governor can’t say that. Meanwhile, too many are going without reliable access to the very foundational building block of life as we know it: water.Maybe the governor never has the experience of turning on the tap and getting that rotten egg smell as red goop sulpher runs for a bit before you get to the better, cleaner water like was one of my chores in the church I grew up. I talk about that, what is/isn’t the fault of Patrick Morrisey or any other elected official, reality vs rhetoric, and the real cost of infrastructure on this Heard Tell.______<a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/ep/heardtell.substack.com" rel="nofollow">Heard Tell SubStack</a> Free to subscribe, comes right to your inbox<a href="https://www.heardtellmedia.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.heardtellmedia.com</a>Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us HeardTellShow@gmail.comPlease follow<a href="https://x.com/HeardTellShow" rel="nofollow"> @HeardTellShow</a> like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: <a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations" rel="nofollow">https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations</a>All that and more on this episode of <a href="https://redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff?_gl=1%2Adkk6yp%2A_gcl_au%2AMTU1ODMyNjg4MS4xNzQ3NzU3NzEx%2A_ga%2AMjAwOTIxNTQ3Ny4xNzI0MzYwMTE1%2A_ga_KVZ47LYJWW%2AczE3NDk0OTk4MDYkbzY2NCRnMSR0MTc0OTQ5OTgwNyRqNTkkbDAkaDA." rel="nofollow">Heard Tell.</a>--------------------<a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/ep/heardtell.substack.com" rel="nofollow">Heard Tell SubStack</a> Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us HeardTellShow@gmail.comPlease follow<a href="https://x.com/HeardTellShow" rel="nofollow"> @HeardTellShow</a> like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: <a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations" rel="nofollow">https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations</a> Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

Let's Talk West Virginia Water Right Quick

The old saying goes being listened to is better than being heard because the latter is passive and automatic whereas listening is active and requires focus. But I suspect what sounds like a good idea isn’t going to go well for Gov Patrick Morrisey because the folks on his “listening tour” wanted to be heard the first time and don’t want just attention they want it fixed.

But there is no easy fix. The people don’t want to hear that, and the governor can’t say that. Meanwhile, too many are going without reliable access to the very foundational building block of life as we know it: water.

Maybe the governor never has the experience of turning on the tap and getting that rotten egg smell as red goop sulpher runs for a bit before you get to the better, cleaner water like was one of my chores in the church I grew up. I talk about that, what is/isn’t the fault of Patrick Morrisey or any other elected official, reality vs rhetoric, and the real cost of infrastructure on this Heard Tell.

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Some thoughts on charging parents for enabling the violence of their mass shooting children, why “fell through the cracks” is a lie, and why accountability for these violent events needs to go even further. ______<a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/ep/heardtell.substack.com" rel="nofollow">Heard Tell SubStack</a> Free to subscribe, comes right to your inbox<a href="https://www.heardtellmedia.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.heardtellmedia.com</a>Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us HeardTellShow@gmail.comPlease follow<a href="https://x.com/HeardTellShow" rel="nofollow"> @HeardTellShow</a> like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: <a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations" rel="nofollow">https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations</a>All that and more on this episode of <a href="https://redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff?_gl=1%2Adkk6yp%2A_gcl_au%2AMTU1ODMyNjg4MS4xNzQ3NzU3NzEx%2A_ga%2AMjAwOTIxNTQ3Ny4xNzI0MzYwMTE1%2A_ga_KVZ47LYJWW%2AczE3NDk0OTk4MDYkbzY2NCRnMSR0MTc0OTQ5OTgwNyRqNTkkbDAkaDA." rel="nofollow">Heard Tell.</a>--------------------<a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/ep/heardtell.substack.com" rel="nofollow">Heard Tell SubStack</a> Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us HeardTellShow@gmail.comPlease follow<a href="https://x.com/HeardTellShow" rel="nofollow"> @HeardTellShow</a> like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: <a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations" rel="nofollow">https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations</a> Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

Father of Apalachee High School Murder Gets 15 Years and That's A Good Thing

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The story of WV House of Delegate member Elliot Pritt being charged with grooming and abusing a student has made me sick. Reviewing my text messages w/him &amp; notes from where I wrote about him in 2023 even more so. Subscribe and watch the full video <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/heardtell/p/the-sickening-del-elliott-pritt-abuse?r=17xga&showWelcomeOnShare=true&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web" rel="nofollow">here</a>--------------------<a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/ep/heardtell.substack.com" rel="nofollow">Heard Tell SubStack</a> Free to subscribe, comes right to your inbox<a href="https://www.heardtellmedia.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.heardtellmedia.com</a>Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us HeardTellShow@gmail.comPlease follow<a href="https://x.com/HeardTellShow" rel="nofollow"> @HeardTellShow</a> like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: <a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations" rel="nofollow">https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations</a>All that and more on this episode of <a href="https://redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff?_gl=1%2Adkk6yp%2A_gcl_au%2AMTU1ODMyNjg4MS4xNzQ3NzU3NzEx%2A_ga%2AMjAwOTIxNTQ3Ny4xNzI0MzYwMTE1%2A_ga_KVZ47LYJWW%2AczE3NDk0OTk4MDYkbzY2NCRnMSR0MTc0OTQ5OTgwNyRqNTkkbDAkaDA." rel="nofollow">Heard Tell.</a>--------------------<a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/ep/heardtell.substack.com" rel="nofollow">Heard Tell SubStack</a> Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us HeardTellShow@gmail.comPlease follow<a href="https://x.com/HeardTellShow" rel="nofollow"> @HeardTellShow</a> like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: <a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations" rel="nofollow">https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations</a> Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

The story of WV House of Delegate member Elliot Pritt being charged with grooming and abusing a student has made me sick. Reviewing my text messages w/him &amp; notes from where I wrote about him in 2023 even more so. 

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The Sickening Del Elliott Pritt Abuse Charges and Backstory

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One of our principles on Heard Tell when covering politics &amp; culture is “follow the money” since that’s the closest you usually can get to the truth in a world that is all about image, branding, and marketing. But the same increasingly applies to sports, and with sports media and political media both chasing the content economy the two genres have more in common than not. Our friend Dave Van de Walle of the Vandy program and a long-time marketing and sports professional joins us to talk about it all on this episode of Heard Tell.Subscribe and watch the full video <a href="http://heardtellmedia.com/" rel="nofollow">here</a>--------------------<a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/ep/heardtell.substack.com" rel="nofollow">Heard Tell SubStack</a> Free to subscribe, comes right to your inbox<a href="https://www.heardtellmedia.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.heardtellmedia.com</a>Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us HeardTellShow@gmail.comPlease follow<a href="https://x.com/HeardTellShow" rel="nofollow"> @HeardTellShow</a> like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: <a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations" rel="nofollow">https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations</a>All that and more on this episode of <a href="https://redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff?_gl=1%2Adkk6yp%2A_gcl_au%2AMTU1ODMyNjg4MS4xNzQ3NzU3NzEx%2A_ga%2AMjAwOTIxNTQ3Ny4xNzI0MzYwMTE1%2A_ga_KVZ47LYJWW%2AczE3NDk0OTk4MDYkbzY2NCRnMSR0MTc0OTQ5OTgwNyRqNTkkbDAkaDA." rel="nofollow">Heard Tell.</a>--------------------<a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/ep/heardtell.substack.com" rel="nofollow">Heard Tell SubStack</a> Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us HeardTellShow@gmail.comPlease follow<a href="https://x.com/HeardTellShow" rel="nofollow"> @HeardTellShow</a> like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: <a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations" rel="nofollow">https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations</a> Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

How increasingly in both sports media and news media "follow the money" is the best way to get to the truth

One of our principles on Heard Tell when covering politics &amp; culture is “follow the money” since that’s the closest you usually can get to the truth in a world that is all about image, branding, and marketing. But the same increasingly applies to sports, and with sports media and political media both chasing the content economy the two genres have more in common than not. Our friend Dave Van de Walle of the Vandy program and a long-time marketing and sports professional joins us to talk about it all on this episode of Heard Tell.

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"Follow the money" Explains Sports and Politics

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Talking America 250 (Part 2). The conversation turns stateside as Ben Harris, an Englishman with a serious soft spot for America but experienced working in the UK Parliament, walks through his viral essay on American exceptionalism: freedom, abundance, and the strange magic of a country built on ideals instead of blood and soil. Andrew and Ben talk grocery store abundance vs. European scarcity, why American diversity actually works when almost nowhere else&#39;s does, and why unaccountable government and corruption, not ideology, are the real threats to what makes America work. They close out with some real optimism about the next generation, a few digs at UK politics (RIP Andy Burnham&#39;s honeymoon), and a proper 4th of July toast to the great, imperfect, ridiculous, beautiful experiment that is America.Watch the<a href="https://heardtell.substack.com/p/talking-america-250-wenglishman-ben?r=17xga" rel="nofollow"> full video here</a>:https://open.substack.com/pub/heardtell/p/the-economy-but-in-plain-language?r=17xga&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true--------------------<a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/ep/heardtell.substack.com" rel="nofollow">Heard Tell SubStack</a> Free to subscribe, comes right to your inbox<a href="https://www.heardtellmedia.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.heardtellmedia.com</a>Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us HeardTellShow@gmail.comPlease follow<a href="https://x.com/HeardTellShow" rel="nofollow"> @HeardTellShow</a> like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: <a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations" rel="nofollow">https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations</a>All that and more on this episode of <a href="https://redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff?_gl=1%2Adkk6yp%2A_gcl_au%2AMTU1ODMyNjg4MS4xNzQ3NzU3NzEx%2A_ga%2AMjAwOTIxNTQ3Ny4xNzI0MzYwMTE1%2A_ga_KVZ47LYJWW%2AczE3NDk0OTk4MDYkbzY2NCRnMSR0MTc0OTQ5OTgwNyRqNTkkbDAkaDA." rel="nofollow">Heard Tell.</a>--------------------<a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/ep/heardtell.substack.com" rel="nofollow">Heard Tell SubStack</a> Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us HeardTellShow@gmail.comPlease follow<a href="https://x.com/HeardTellShow" rel="nofollow"> @HeardTellShow</a> like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: <a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations" rel="nofollow">https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations</a> Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

America 250 w/Englishman Ben Harris: Part Two

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For the 4th of July and reviving an old tradition, Host Andrew sits down with our man in Westminster, Ben Harris, for the 4th of July episode. Ben (soccer jersey and all) breaks down why Britain can&#39;t build anything due to a planning system where NIMBYs hold veto power over housing, energy, even supermarkets, and how an entire generation of young Brits is getting crushed by it. They dig into the UK&#39;s revolving door of PMs, the &#34;triple lock&#34; pension time bomb, Starmer&#39;s political faceplant over winter fuel payments, the differences in free speech in the UK and America, structural issues and how politics not only can&#39;t fix them but makes the situation worse. Plus how the UK&#39;s issues connect back to America: same structural rot, just a bigger economy buying us time. If you want to understand why the UK feels stuck, and how America needs to pay attention to avoid the same traps, Ben Harris and Andrew Donaldson lay it out and more on Heard TellWatch the<a href="https://heardtell.substack.com/p/talking-america-250-wenglishman-ben?r=17xga" rel="nofollow"> full video here</a>:https://open.substack.com/pub/heardtell/p/the-economy-but-in-plain-language?r=17xga&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true--------------------<a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/ep/heardtell.substack.com" rel="nofollow">Heard Tell SubStack</a> Free to subscribe, comes right to your inbox<a href="https://www.heardtellmedia.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.heardtellmedia.com</a>Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us HeardTellShow@gmail.comPlease follow<a href="https://x.com/HeardTellShow" rel="nofollow"> @HeardTellShow</a> like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: <a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations" rel="nofollow">https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations</a>All that and more on this episode of <a href="https://redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff?_gl=1%2Adkk6yp%2A_gcl_au%2AMTU1ODMyNjg4MS4xNzQ3NzU3NzEx%2A_ga%2AMjAwOTIxNTQ3Ny4xNzI0MzYwMTE1%2A_ga_KVZ47LYJWW%2AczE3NDk0OTk4MDYkbzY2NCRnMSR0MTc0OTQ5OTgwNyRqNTkkbDAkaDA." rel="nofollow">Heard Tell.</a>--------------------<a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/ep/heardtell.substack.com" rel="nofollow">Heard Tell SubStack</a> Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us HeardTellShow@gmail.comPlease follow<a href="https://x.com/HeardTellShow" rel="nofollow"> @HeardTellShow</a> like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: <a href="https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations" rel="nofollow">https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations</a> Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

For the 4th of July and reviving an old tradition, Host Andrew sits down with our man in Westminster, Ben Harris, for the 4th of July episode. Ben (soccer jersey and all) breaks down why Britain can&#39;t build anything due to a planning system where NIMBYs hold veto power over housing, energy, even supermarkets, and how an entire generation of young Brits is getting crushed by it. They dig into the UK&#39;s revolving door of PMs, the &#34;triple lock&#34; pension time bomb, Starmer&#39;s political faceplant over winter fuel payments, the differences in free speech in the UK and America, structural issues and how politics not only can&#39;t fix them but makes the situation worse. Plus how the UK&#39;s issues connect back to America: same structural rot, just a bigger economy buying us time. If you want to understand why the UK feels stuck, and how America needs to pay attention to avoid the same traps, Ben Harris and Andrew Donaldson lay it out and more on Heard Tell

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America 250 w/Englishman Ben Harris Part One

Turning down the noise of the news cycle and turning up the information on culture, politics, and the issues of the day

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