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Your Heard Tell for Thursday, August the 11th, 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 getting to what is really going on with a review of the loudest, most trending news story of the week, the Mar-a-Lago search warrant, and seeing if our reactions on Monday match the information we have on Friday - starting with being honest about what we did and did not know based on initial reactions. We go to Michigan and the story of a man who started his own internet service provider when he couldn't get the big name companies to do so is expanding to hundreds of homes, laying miles of fiber optic cables, and just got a multi-million dollar federal money infusion to keep explanding, we'll detail this amazing bit of good, old fashioned yankee ingenuity. Our guest today is Alexander Jelloian, a Young Voices contributor and of the Initiative for African Trade and Prosperity, a project of the Institute for Economic Affairs in the United Kingdom. Alexander talks Africa, and more specifically China's increasing intrests, investment, and interference in the continent. Alexander details the recent history of how the players might be new but the issues of economic exploitation and imperial/colonial ambitions are nothing new in Africa, and how strategic partnerships and good faith alliances are crucial in curtailing the actions of China and others. Plus, Alexander details how trade policy doesn't fix everything, but could be the key for not only international powers in Africa, but more prosperity and peace among the African nations themselves. Also, we have a sneak peak at the return of the Heard Tell Podcast, longer form discussions and deeper dives into issues and current events, starting with Chris Schlak reporting on his in-person perspective of CPAC Dallas, and how that viral Brandon Straka-Marjorie Taylor Greene moment was even more bizarre, longer, and far more planned out than just the viral videos indicated. We finish this epsiode, and the week, as we always do with an uplifting story, this one from our good friend Rufus Hickok who wanted to highlight the work of a couple in New York City who took on the mission of feeding people in need, and built up a community in the process. All that and more on this Friday edition of Heard Tell.

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Our guest today is a Heard Tell favorite, historian Sarah Stook is back talking about her latest presidential history article at Elections-Daily.com about dead presidents. Eight of them, to be exact, who all died in office of either assassination or illness. Sarah brings new light and perspective on history you do know, like the assassinations of Lincoln and JFK, the incredible true stories you might not know like how his own doctors probably killed Garfield, and the mysteries such as did mondane things like raw fruit and bad drinking water kill sitting US presidents. Sarah also answers the "what if" question of modern medicine would make any historical outcomes different.

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Your Heard Tell for Thursday, August the 11th, 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 getting to what is really going on with the reaction to the Mar-a-Lago search warrant and the reaction to it. We'll dig into what we do and don't, what that does and doesn't mean, and why neither "We got him this time" and "The republic is going to fall" are going to happen here...at least not today. Our guest today is a Heard Tell favorite, historian Sarah Stook is back talking about her latest presidential history article at Elections-Daily.com about dead presidents. Eight of them, to be exact, who all died in office of either assassination or illness. Sarah brings new light and perspective on history you do know, like the assassinations of Lincoln and JFK, the incredible true stories you might not know like how his own doctors probably killed Garfield, and the mysteries such as did mondane things like raw fruit and bad drinking water kill sitting US presidents. Sarah also answers the "what if" question of modern medicine would make any historical outcomes different. Also, a story you really need to see, a wild pitch at a Little League tournament game went from inches away from tragedy to one of the greatest moments in sportsmanship you will ever see. All that and more on this Thursday edition of Heard Tell.

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Guest Roy Mathews returns to Heard Tell to talk about Kazakhstan, and how the ancient crossroads between the East and the West once again finds themselves between world powers. Roy explains the situation of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev from publicly confronting Putin, to internal questions about legitimacy, and what his background and motivations are in trying to position his country in a shifting world with China on one side and Russia on the other, and is there an opening for the west to make inroads. Plus we'll talk how China's increasing trade and financial influence complicates not just geopolitics, but the ordinary Kazakh citizens including the largest diaspora of Uyghurs along with other ethnic Turkic groups who know all too well China's human rights violations.

Our guest Prathamesh Yamul joins Heard Tell, who has a piece out on how one year out from the botched US withdrawl from Afghanistan a turf war between the Taliban and ISIS-K is dictating what's going on in the war torn country. Prathamesh walks us through what has happened in Afghanistan in the year since Kabul fell, and other than the drone strike again Zawahiri when most folks in the west stopped paying attention. Prathamesh also talks about what we should and should not be watching for going forward to see if anything is ever going to really change in this most troubled of countries.

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Our guest today is once again economist Dr. Stephen Popick (Jericho Hill) who returns to talk the big words causing big consternation in our news media like inflation, recesssion, cost of living, and more. Stephen also will go through some of the economic headlines from various news sources and tell us what is noise, what is fact, what we need to pay attention to, and what economic numbers and terms are just being used without proper context.

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Your Heard Tell for Tuesday, August the 9th, 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 getting to what is really going on with yet another high profile media figure, this time Malcom Gladwell, opining on working from home, and getting plenty of pushback. We'll talk the pros, cons, hypocrisy, and changing times of work and labor remote and otherwise. The convicted killers of Ahmaud Arbery are sentenced in their federal hate crimes trial, we'll cover the details including Travis McMichael's request of the legal system that really throws into relief what he did on that viral video as he lynched an innocent man. Our guest today is once again economist Dr. Stephen Popick (Jericho Hill) who returns to talk the big words causing big consternation in our news media like inflation, recesssion, cost of living, and more. Stephen also will go through some of the economic headlines from various news sources and tell us what is noise, what is fact, what we need to pay attention to, and what economic numbers and terms are just being used without proper context. Also, a piece in Christianity Today that Head Tell subscribers asked us to look into, we will talk about new data about the political and cultural leanings of evangelicals who do not regularly attend church, but are very politically and social media active. We end the program on a good note as always, this time how virtual stray cats are helping raise money for their real life conterparts. All that and more on this Tuesday edition of Heard Tell.

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Our guest today is Prathamesh Yamul, who has a piece out on how one year out from the botched US withdrawl from Afghanistan a turf war between the Taliban and ISIS-K is dictating what's going on in the war torn country. Prathamesh walks us through what has happened in Afghanistan in the year since Kabul fell, and other than the drone strike again Zawahiri when most folks in the west stopped paying attention. Prathamesh also talks about what we should and should not be watching for going forward to see if anything is ever going to really change in this most troubled of countries.

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Your Heard Tell forMonday, August the 8th, 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 getting to what is really going on with the sad spectacle of "Vote-a-rama" in the US Senate as the Inflation Reduction Act passes through reconciliation. We'll talk about the whole mess from Build Back Better, to Build Back Manchin, to what happend over the 16 hours of reconciliation, and what it tells us about the current state of things in congress. Alex Jones loses his civil case brought by the Sandy Hook parents, and while Texas law is going to curtail the awarded damages, we break down what happens when a dealer in inflammatory fantasy has to face hard truth in a court of law. Our guest today is Prathamesh Yamul, who has a piece out on how one year out from the botched US withdrawl from Afghanistan a turf war between the Taliban and ISIS-K is dictating what's going on in the war torn country. Prathamesh walks us through what has happened in Afghanistan in the year since Kabul fell, and other than the drone strike again Zawahiri when most folks in the west stopped paying attention. Prathamesh also talks about what we should and should not be watching for going forward to see if anything is ever going to really change in this most troubled of countries. We go to Madison County, NC where the school districts and sheriff's office are teaming up with a radical idea for school safety: AR-15s, ammo, and breaching tools kept on-site at all the schools. We'll discuss this reaction to Uvalde and other shool shootings for you to make up your own mind on. Also, some kids in Tampa are making smiles, and money, for charity one t-shirt at a time. All that and more on this Monday edition of Heard Tell.

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Our guest today is Heard Tell regular Dr Michael Siegel, who joins to talk about anti-semitism past, in current headlines, and from his own lived experience. Michael talks about the difference between previous generations, his father's experiences, and things that have happened in his own lifetime to give perspective and a human face to what hate can drive people to do. Also, Michael helps discuss the anti-semitic donor and supporter of Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial nominee Doug Mastriano that has brought the issue to the fore in the state he lives in, and how Vladimir Putin's policy towards Jews in Russia is doing the same overseas. Plus we talk about the mindset of living with such things as the Tree of Life shootings in recent memory, and how it affects a community after.

Our guest today is the returning Gabriella Hoffman of Young Voices and the District of Conservation podcast. We talk the aftermath of the gun legislation that passed congress, the new press for another assault weapons ban, and 2nd Amendment issues both in response to the headlines and as part of an election year cycle. Gabriella also breaks down some of the legal wrangling over gun control, such as the the Bruen and Heller decisions, what the current makeup of the court means for gun control, and the press for wider concealed and open carry rights. We aslo talk about the whether the rhetorical link between gun control and hunting/conservation has an effect on 2A issues, and how conservationist and hunters shape the issue.

What is really going on beyond the recent headliens involving Alzheimer’s Disease research and misconduct? Heard Tell viewers asked for this story to be covered, and we reached out to Dr Ryan Townely, a clinician and Alzheimer’s disease researcher who participates in clinical research trials and educates medical students, neurology residents, and fellows. Dr Townley will explain the controversies, what headlines are sensationalized, what parts of the stories folks need to pay attention to, and give good facts and information on a disease that rightly terrifies people and is devistating to almost 6 million Americans with no treatment or cure. Dr Townley also talks about what we do know about the disease, the good research and work that is advancing towards treatments and cures, and risk factors and things folks can do in the mean time.

Our guest today is Nolan Gray, author of the book Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It joins to explain beyond just the internet arguments how zoning and planning affect not just our cities and communities, but also the cultural and political debates we have about everything from property rights, to taxes, to quality of life. Nolan breaks down the nomenclature of what zoning is and isn't, compares cities like Houston who has little zoning to other cities like Minneapolis, Fayetteville, and Hartford who have varied and different zoning issues. Nolan also explains that while zoning is often citied as need to improve cities, it is usually the chief obstacle to building more affordable, vibrant, equitable, and sustainable cities. Also, Nolan breaks down a real world example of the how zoning laws and political ideology clash using the umbiquitous American zoning product - the stripmall.

Our guest today is Heard Tell regular and Elections Daily's own Joe Szymanski who returns to break down the primary action from Tuesday night. Arizona, Washington, Missouri, Kansas, and Michigan all went to the poll and Joe helps sort out what the surprises were, what happened as expected, and what the matchups for the November general election mean. Joe also breaks down the big name races, and how the surprise of the night didn't involve a candidate at all.

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What is really going on beyond the recent headliens involving Alzheimer’s Disease research and misconduct? Heard Tell viewers asked for this story to be covered, and we reached out to Dr Ryan Townely, a clinician and Alzheimer’s disease researcher who participates in clinical research trials and educates medical students, neurology residents, and fellows. Dr Townley will explain the controversies, what headlines are sensationalized, what parts of the stories folks need to pay attention to, and give good facts and information on a disease that rightly terrifies people and is devistating to almost 6 million Americans with no treatment or cure. Dr Townley also talks about what we do know about the disease, the good research and work that is advancing towards treatments and cures, and risk factors and things folks can do in the mean time.

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