This Week on Heard Tell Twice On Sunday:

How "Organic Farming" and Bureaucratic Colonialism Crippled Sri Lanka's Economy w/ Torben Halbe

Polling Data on Major Issues, North Carolina's US Senate Race, Eminent Domain w/ Brooke Medina

Electric Vehicle Tax Credits, Rare Earth Minerals Needed for EVs, China, & more w/ Quinn Townsend

Autistic Portrayals in Media, Anti-Vax Misusing Autism, & We Are Not Broken w/ Eric Garcia

Defining Warrants And Explaining Scope and Usage, Geofencing, Rights, & Privacy w/ Leslie Corbly

How Germany's Current Energy Crisis Was Self-Made, Nuclear Fear-Fueled, & more w/ Felix Hosse

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On this episode of the Heard Tell Podcast Hong Kong native Frances Hui and Dissident Project Manager Grace Bydalek join host Andrew Donaldson to talk about what really happens when freedom is taken away by authoritarians.

Frances details her own personal story of growing up in Hong Kong, how events led her to become and activist, how China started stripping away freedom and rights from Hong Kong's people, what the protests were really like, and the heartbreaking moments they knew their freedoms where gone. Frances talks about her struggles, her journey to political asylum in America, and how she works to continue to highlight China's abuse of Hong Kong and others while trying to keep the culture and true history of Hong Kong alive. Frances also explains how she came to joing the Dissident Project, and the importance of teaching and giving first person accounts of how authoritarian regimes can take away freedoms, abuse human rights, and how freedom loving people must stand up to them.

Dissident Project Manager Grace Bydalek explains the importance of taking stories of folks like Frances to schools and other groups, putting a face on things only read about or seen on the news, and the vital work of giving voice to those who have experienced the horrors of losing their freedom first hand. Grace talks about how using things like technology, social media, and good old-fashioned face-to-face interactions can all be used communicate effectively with students of high school and college age just how precious and vulnerable things like freedom and rights can be, and what everyone can do about it.

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Our guest today is Felix Hosse of the EGO Institute in Berlin, Germany and a Young Voices contributor. Felix walks us through the history beyond the current headlines of how German and Europe became so dependent on energy from Russia in the first place, where the opposition to nuclear power comes from, and why it is being re-examined in light of recent events. Felix also talks about the political situation, with Chancellor Olaf Scholz's "traffic light" coalition trying to stay together in the face of economic crisis. Felix also explains how the German population is responding to the crisis, answers if there is a sense of urgency and if headlines about panic are accurate, and explains what can and should be done about the energy crisis from this point on.

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Your Heard Tell for Friday, September 2nd, 2022 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern the time we live in by continuing to discuss the energy crisis.

Our guest today is Felix Hosse of the EGO Institute in Berlin, Germany and a Young Voices contributor. Felix walks us through the history beyond the current headlines of how German and Europe became so dependent on energy from Russia in the first place, where the opposition to nuclear power comes from, and why it is being re-examined in light of recent events. Felix also talks about the political situation, with Chancellor Olaf Scholz's "traffic light" coalition trying to stay together in the face of economic crisis. Felix also explains how the German population is responding to the crisis, answers if there is a sense of urgency and if headlines about panic are accurate, and explains what can and should be done about the energy crisis from this point on.

Then, we have a sneak peek of this weeks Heard Tell Podcast you won't want to miss. Hong Kong dissident and political refugee Frances Hui and Dissident Project manager Grace Bydalek join host Andrew to give Frances's first-hand account of Hong Kong's loss of freedom at the hands of the authoritarian Chinese, experience of the protests movement, working for freedom in exile, and trying to teach others just how precious things like rights and freedoms are, and how fast they can disappear. In this clip from the episode,.France and Grace talk about the protests, the importance of modern media in telling the real story, and why they work with Dissident Project to teach the dangers of losing freedom and rights to a new generation of students here in America.

All that and more on this Friday edition of Heard Tell.

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Our guest Leslie Corbly joins to talk about the scope, usage, definition, and changing use of warrants. Leslie talks about how new technology such as geofence warrants and digital privacy issues is changing the long running debates on what can and cannot be accessed without permission or a court order. Plus, Leslie talks about how the uncertainty not only hurts the individual, but makes law enforcements job even harder and greatly increases the likelyhood of bad interactions with the public and running afoul of the court system. 

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Your Heard Tell for Thursday, September 1st, 2022 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern the time we live in by dealing with one of our most important rights and how we deal with education. Our guest Leslie Corbly joins to talk about the scope, usage, definition, and changing use of warrants. Leslie talks about how new technology such as geofence warrants and digital privacy issues is changing the long running debates on what can and cannot be accessed without permission or a court order. Plus, Leslie talks about how the uncertainty not only hurts the individual, but makes law enforcements job even harder and greatly increases the likelyhood of bad interactions with the public and running afoul of the court system. Then, Quinn Townsend returns to Heard Tell to talk about the Hope Scholarship program in West Virginia, one of several education savings account schemes of different names across the country, and what the program was and wasn't before a judge ordered it unconstitutional and halted it. Quinn talks about how education should be all of the above in trying to help children, school choice, funding, and the role of parents and teachers. Also, Quinn talks about the unique aspects of West Virginia, and how/why the state has long been one of the lowest ranked states for education.

All that and more on this Thursday edition of Heard Tell

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We review a part of our latest Heard Tell Podcast with guest journalist and author Eric Garcia where we talk about Autism issues from portrayals in media, to how news media covers Autistic folks, to how we talk about disabilities in general. Eric talks about how it is important to keep the people themselves front and center so that policy, portrayals, and the discussions about them are helping open opportunities and awareness. Eric talks about his book We Are Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation and covering folks on the spectrum, what to make of Autistic folks on reality TV shows, needs in education and policymaking, and letting folks with Autism not only be portrayed but also become the content makers themselves. Also, Eric and host Andrew delve into the resurgence in anti-vax advocates who use Autism as a weapon in their rhetoric to the detriment and denigration of the Autism community and the decline in vaccinations that we are now seeing in the return of polio and other diseases.

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Your Heard Tell for Tuesday, August the 30th, 2022 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern the time we live in by dealing with some economic headlines and issues from the president to your own pocketbook. Our guest Sean-Michael Pigeon talks how the consumer side of the economy, and the consumers themselves, ought to be the focus of practical, non-partisan policy but the rhetoric and politics of the day hurt the consumers most. Sean talks about what is, and what isn't, the president's fault when it comes to the economy, how the White House's messaging matters a great deal, and how things like gas prices and baby formula shortage show both the consequences and limitations of government on the economy. Also we talk regulation and how dynamic an economy affects folks more, how the velocity of money and inertia of the regulatory state are a constant reality that we don't talk about enough, and don't always fit into a soundbite or narrative.

Then, we review a part of our latest Heard Tell Podcast with guest journalist and author Eric Garcia where we talk about Autism issues from portrayals in media, to how news media covers Autistic folks, to how we talk about disabilities in general. Eric talks about how it is important to keep the people themselves front and center so that policy, portrayals, and the discussions about them are helping open opportunities and awareness. Eric talks about his book We Are Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation and covering folks on the spectrum, what to make of Autistic folks on reality TV shows, needs in education and policymaking, and letting folks with Autism not only be portrayed but also become the content makers themselves. Also, Eric and host Andrew delve into the resurgence in anti-vax advocates who use Autism as a weapon in their rhetoric to the detriment and denigration of the Autism community and the decline in vaccinations that we are now seeing in the return of polio and other diseases.

All that and more on this Wednesday edition of Heard Tell.

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Our guest is Quinn Townsend, Policy Manager at Alaska Policy Forum and a Young Voices contributor. Quinn joins us to talk about electric vehicle tax credits and how government incintives to try and affect consumer behavior on EVs does not always benefit who/what they are supposed to. Also, Quinn talks about the underlying issue with the push for EVs where the government on one hand is wanting to regulate them into wider use, but at the same time stopping the exploration and domestic mining of the rare earth minerals essential to EVs and other technologies, which not only increases cost but leaves the entire industry under the influence of China.

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Our friend and VP of Comms for John Locke Brooke Medina returns to Heard Tell with insight into the high profile and tightening race for North Carolina's US Senate seat being vacated by Senator Richard Burr. Brooke talks us through the surprising polling and interesting twists and turns as Rep. Ted Budd (R) and former NC State Supreme Court Justice Cheri Beasley (D) are in a virtual tie. Brooke also has new polling data on some of the most debated issues of the day, and discusses the numbers on abortion, Medicare expansion, environmental policy, energy and gas prices, & more. Plus, Brooke has a story about eminent domain that raises all kinds of questions of government power and how it is used to not only favor certain private companies but to displace homes, businesses, and even a church.

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