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.

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Our guest joining us on Heard Tell guest Cassandra Shand returns to the program to talk about the current crisis in Cuba, from the fuel and food shortages that are plaguing most of the world, to the healthcare system collapse and crackdown on protests that are becoming all too familiar again. Cassandra also talks about the newest wave of the very old problem of migrants and exiles fleeing Cuba and trying to get to America, and whether or not America's current policy from embargo to official status to immigration rules needs reviewed and adjusted.

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Your Heard Tell for Friday, July the 29th, 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 parsing out the uproar over the Pact Act procedural vote in the US Senate that stopped VA funding and burn pit legislation from going forward. We'll talk about the funding and financial bloat added to the bill, whether or not that was the right time to fight that battle, and what it means in real world, practical terms beyond just the politics and outrage on social media on an issue that has been decades trying to get recognition. Vladimir Putin is once again using refugees as weapons, and the millions flowing from Ukraine into Europe are not just a byproduct of war but a centerpiece to Putin's plans. We work through a piece by Ivana Stradner and Iulia Sabina-Joja that breaks down the history and intention of people being used to destabilize governments and the world order opposed to Russia's war of aggression in Ukraine. 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. Meanwhile, Chris Cuomo is back, sort of, as the disgraced and fired former CNN host has a new TV gig, and one of the UK largest grocery stores collects over a million free meals from customers for those in need. All that and more on this Friday 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.

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Your Heard Tell for Thursday, July the 28th, 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 revisiting an old trope with new data and the benefit of hindsight. "Millennials are lazy" went from meme to accepted common knowledge but new data, and the rise of the generation behind them, is shedding new light show that shows the lazy rhetoric wasn't accurate for what was happening. We'll tall teen employment then and now and what it should have taught us about changing economic times and the folks living through them. We have not one but two guests on Heard Tell today focusing on two countries we need to be paying attention to. 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. Also joining us on Heard Tell guest Cassandra Shand returns to the program to talk about the current crisis in Cuba, from the fuel and food shortages that are plaguing most of the world, to the healthcare system collapse and crackdown on protests that are becoming all too familiar again. Cassandra also talks about the newest wave of the very old problem of migrants and exiles fleeing Cuba and trying to get to America, and whether or not America's current policy from embargo to official status to immigration rules needs reviewed and adjusted. All that and more on this Thursday edition of Heard Tell.

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Our guest today is freelance journalist and head of the Happy Warrior substack and podcast Peter Pischke. Peter joins to talk about two platforms that have tremendous influence in American culture and media: Reddit and YouTube. Peter details from writing he has done how the case of popular Youtuber Act Man is an example of the good, the bad, and the ugly of content moderation on one of the worlds biggest, most dynamic, and ever-growing media platforms. Also, Peter explains the influence of Reddit, and how even the mostly free-for-all subreddits are starting to have to be reigned in by the parent company, stoking debates on censorship, fair use rules, and what should and shouldn't be content that can be held as liable against a platform.

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Your Heard Tell for Wednesday, July the 27th, 2022 is turning down the noise and getting the information we need on calls to boycott Hulu after the Disney-owned streaming service started turning down political ads for the 2022 midterms. We'll get past the headlines and explain how this has more to do with a business deal in 2024 than politics in 2022, and how the 2020 election shaped the decision.We have another example of how the why and intedned audience for stories that pop up in media is more telling than the stories themselves, like a piece which headline screams "Americans Who Can’t Afford Homes Are Moving to Europe Instead" while the text is really an exercie in folks who can afford plenty, we'll talk about how the most important demographic for media companies is the disposable income set. Our guest today is freelance journalist and head of the Happy Warrior substack and podcast Peter Pischke. Peter joins to talk about two platforms that have tremendous influence in American culture and media: Reddit and YouTube. Peter details from writing he has done how the case of popular Youtuber Act Man is an example of the good, the bad, and the ugly of content moderation on one of the worlds biggest, most dynamic, and ever-growing media platforms. Also, Peter explains the influence of Reddit, and how even the mostly free-for-all subreddits are starting to have to be reigned in by the parent company, stoking debates on censorship, fair use rules, and what should and shouldn't be content that can be held as liable against a platform. Plus you won't believe Russia's latest excuse for why their blood war of aggression against Ukraine isn't going according to plan, and we go beyond the viral video to details of the pizza guy who save four children from a burning house. All that and more on this Wednesday edition of Heard Tell.

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Our guest today is the returning Alexander Salter, an economist and research fellow at Texas Tech and Young Voices contributor. With headlines full of economic news and a White House trying to define what a recession is/isn't while also explaining inflation, cost of living, and other issues, Alexander helps us turn down the noise and get to the terminology and language of economics that is vital to understanding what is going on in this unique environment. Alexander also delves into the odd economics of having low unemployment but a labor issue and inflation, the path that got us here, and the bipartisian habit of fiscal ill responsibility that shows no signs of changing anytime soon. We also put him on the spot as to whether the latest economic data is the peaking of the worst, or if the summer of discontent will run into the fall and winter.

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Your Heard Tell for Tuesday, July the 26th, 2022 is turning down the noise and getting the information we need on the continuing online bluster and roar of folks fearing, wanting, or advocating for a civil war in America, we'll bring up the learned opinions on two experts on American Civil War to bring perspective to the rhetoric, and also provide a historical means to test to judge what motivates the folks who use such bluster. Monkeypox is spreading in the headlines even faster than the disease itself is through the infected, we'll talk about how the not-to-distant ugly past in how folks deal with illnesses is rearing its prejuidiced head again. The situation in Myanmar is in the news at the ruling military junta begins to execute prisoners of last years protests, we will cover this all to predictable development that is part and parcel to tyrannical crackdowns. Our guest today is the returning Alexander Salter, an economist and research fellow at Texas Tech and Young Voices contributor. With headlines full of economic news and a White House trying to define what a recession is/isn't while also explaining inflation, cost of living, and other issues, Alexander helps us turn down the noise and get to the terminology and language of economics that is vital to understanding what is going on in this unique environment. Alexander also delves into the odd economics of having low unemployment but a labor issue and inflation, the path that got us here, and the bipartisian habit of fiscal ill responsibility that shows no signs of changing anytime soon. We also put him on the spot as to whether the latest economic data is the peaking of the worst, or if the summer of discontent will run into the fall and winter. Plus, we read from an op-ed that takes a dissenting view on Uvalde and the police response to the Robb Elementary School shooting, and after its users have raised tens of millions of dollars for charity Twitch is formalizing a new way for content creators to fundraise for good causes. All that and more on this loaded Tuesday edition of Heard Tell.

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Our guest today from Young Voices UK is Lettice Bromovsky. We take a deep dive and review of UK Conservative Party leadership contest, and get into the background, credentials, and prospects of Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss as they contend to be the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Lettice walks us through how the leadership contest is structured, the last days of Boris that brought it about, and what we can expect in the next 6 weeks of convincing the party who should be the next leader. Also, we talk through the also-rans, who rose in prominence, who lost standing, and what it means for the future of the Conservatives.

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