Heard Tell

On this Heard Tell Good Talks, our guest is James Czerniawski returns to Heard Tell to talk the hype, hyperbole, and habits forming around AI, both in the discourse and in congress. James helps us understand what AI is, and isn't, and why that definition and understanding is essential before trying to regulate this growing industry and important in addressing fears and concerns folks have. James also talks about the Biden Administration's "Executive Order on Addressing United States Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products in Countries of Concern" which is really aimed directly at China, and rehashed some arguments from the TikTok debate. 

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On this Heard Tell Good Talks Consumer Choice Center's Deputy Director Yael Ossowski back to the program. Yael walks us through his piece in USA Today about the FTC going after Amazon, how this is just a new version of a long-running debate between government and the biggest retailers/companies around, the difference between good regulation and bad policy, how "the curse of bigness" isn't the same as antitrust or a monopoly, and how legitimate issues of Amazon doing wrong for consumers and employees gets glossed over by government overreach.

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Your Heard Tell Show for Friday, September 1st, is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by talking about the latest, and harshest, sentences for those charged with the most serious crimes related to January 6th rioting at the US Capitol, and how when you turn down the noise the justice system is not only parsing out what happened, but is working. James Czerniawski returns to Heard Tell to talk the hype, hyperbole, and habits forming around AI, both in the discourse and in congress. James helps us understand what AI is, and isn't, and why that definition and understanding is essential before trying to regulate this growing industry and important in addressing fears and concerns folks have. James also talks about the Biden Administration's "Executive Order on Addressing United States Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products in Countries of Concern" which is really aimed directly at China, and rehashed some arguments from the TikTok debate. Then, host Andrew talks about the online trend of claiming the "good old days" were better than now, except they weren't when you actually think about it and look at the data. Garion Frankel returns to the program to talk about the Hispanic POV of the recent SCOTUS ruling on affirmative action and college/university admittance, how Texas has been handling higher ed without AA for two decades, dealing with problems of discrimination, and is the ruling and reaction matching what is actually going to happen going forward. We end the program with a class action lawsuit that claims Burger King is telling whoppers over their burgers, at least in their advertising and menu pictures.

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Your Heard Tell Show for Thursday, August 31st is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by talking about how fandom is ruining politics and skewing folks' perspective on what is really going on. Economist Alexander Salter returns to talk about economics and his new book, The Political Economy of Distributism, how we have failed to properly understand and teach basic concepts like property, liberty, common good, and other building blocks to good economic understanding, and better ways to discuss them. Dr. Salter also talks about ethics in economics, how that influences politics and policy, and why everyone from news media to social media to office holders can't seem to find a way to discuss the current complicated economic situation. Then, with hurricane season upon us, host Andrew reups his classic rant and newly updated for the Heard Tell SubStack his piece about the ridiculous habit of news media to put reporters and weather people in danger just for the action shots during storms in Information: But Dumber, Louder, and Wetter. Plus, Jill Jacobson of Young Voices joins Heard Tell to talk about the latest versions of the very old debate on books in school, or more to the point what is/isn't obscene and who gets to decide the difference. Jill talks about the Texas SAFER Act, what it does and doesn't do, how even well-intentioned legislation can be derailed when poorly written, the cycle of legislate/litigate, the big business of American education, and the conflict between parents, students, teachers, school systems, and now even school vendors like the book suppliers. We end on a good note with the amazing story of a failed college kicker who finally made the team, after a 16-year detour through the Marine Corps, grad school, and not taking no for an answer.

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On this episode of Heard Tell, our guest is attorney and EiC Emeritus of Ordinary Times Burt Likko returns to Heard Tell to take a broad look at Trump's January 6th-related indictments, reviews what he wrote back then compared to what the charges now read, how we got here, where its going, and how to understand the legal machine the political narratives is now going to be filtered through.

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On this Heard Tell Good Talks our guest is Alan Elrod of The Pulaski Institute who helps use cover the increasing politicization and increased culture warring over adoption. Alan not only wrote about, but appeared on Dr. Phil to discuss, and is himself adopted. We talk about how life is full of contingency, what should define a family, and better policies that are kid and family centered but not giving in to some folks' worst impulses.

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On this Heard Tell Good Talks our guest is Dennis Sanders who returns to Heard Tell to talk about his writing about hope, and how folks losing it or not keeping it greatly affects our politics and fuels the culture wars. Plus, we talk that David Brooks piece that had everyone talking, and how we do a bad job talking about race, culture, class, and more.

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Your Heard Tell Show for Wednesday, August 15th, 2023 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by welcoming Consumer Choice Center's Deputy Directory Yael Ossowski back to the program. Yael walks us through his piece in USA Today about the FTC going after Amazon, how this is just a new version of a long-running debate between government and the biggest retailers/companies around, the difference between good regulation and bad policy, how "the curse of bigness" isn't the same as antitrust or a monopoly, and how legitimate issues of Amazon doing wrong for consumers gets glossed over by government overreach. Plus, we have Neetu Arnold from Young Voices joining to talk about the student loan debt relief debate. Neetu discusses how the recent court cases are reshaping efforts to address student loan debt but not doing much to solve the core problems, how student loan debt doesn't get the protections for the borrower other loans do, the predatory system that is making it worse, and how there won't be a one-size-fits-all answer to the issue.

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On this Heard Tell Good Talks our guest is Ethan Brown of The Sweaty Penguine Podcast who joins to talk about the rash of forest fires, the narrative about how climate change does and doesn't affect them, and how most forrest fires are made worse by bad policy, bad conservation, and folks sometimes meaning well but not understand how the environment really works. Plus, Ethan explains how headlines about forrest fires should be an opportunity to talk practical environmentalism at the local level, not just buzzwords thrown around the internet.

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On this Heard Tell Good Talks our guest is Dr. Bob Hutton, professor of history and Appalachian studies at Glenville State University talks the past, present and future of higher ed in Appalachia and West Virginia, talks how campuses can bring both culture shock and diversity to a local community, how outside students take to Appalachia, and addresses the issues facing colleges and universities in coming years as closures and budget cuts come along with declining enrollment.

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