Heard Tell

Your Heard Tell show for Friday, June 17th, 2022 is turning down the news cycle noise and getting to the information we need on a historical example with modern day implications that show that the arts are always a reflection and critique of politics & society, and the "culture wars" not only aren't an excuse to ignore, but art is a vital counterpoint to them. We cover writing from LD Burnett in Ordinary Times on the subject. Also, electric vehicles are the wave of the future, we are told, but there seems to be a disconnect between the rhetoric, the movement, and the current in real life reality. We discuss some numbers that bring facts to the table and talk about how electric vehicles have a future, but as EVs, not as unicorns making unfillable promises. We talk through the data, debates, and discussion points using some writing by our friend Connor Tomlinson as a jumping off point. Our guest today is Heard Tell show regular and Ordinary Times contributing editor Dr Michael Siegel. While normally we have our friend on to talk science, we wade into some of the hot topics surrounding January 6th. First, as a Pennsylvania resident, Michael talks about GOP PA GOV nominee Doug Mastriano whom he has written about before, but now is comparing the events of Jan 6th to the Reichstag Fire of Nazi Germany infamy, and how we can add this to the list of things that make him unfit for office. Plus, we delve into the debate surrounding Ashli Babbitt, which Michael has also been writing about, and the specific and larger questions of legal, moral, and ethical culpability for not only her death, but the QAnon crazy that fueled her and other, the conspiracy theories that fired up the mob on January 6th, and the leaders who played along until they and the country got bit. Plus Indiana State Police with a most unusual interstate moving violation, and Dolly Parton is awesome part eleventy-billion. All that and more on this Friday edition of Heard Tell.

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On this Heard Tell Good Talks, guest today is Daniel Di Martino, not only a Young Voices contributor but also heading up the exciting and important Dissident Project. Daniel tells his own story of how a communist dictatorship took his native Argentina from a vibrant and thriving country to economic ruin in just a handful of years, his immigration to the United States, and the perspective the freedom here gives to his homeland, and the warnings his native country's struggles should have for a prosperous and free America. Daniel also puts his economics education to use in explain how the Chavez/Maduro dictatorships seized power by controlling Argentina's economy, voting themselves unlimited power, and the probably lifelong suffering of that country's people ever since. Then, he discussed the launch of the Dissent Project, and effort to have real world, first hand experienced speakers go out and tell the true stories of what living under communism is really like.

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Your Heard Tell show for Thursday, June 16th, 2022 is turning down the news cycle noise and getting to the information we need on Xi Jinping of China and Vladimir Putin of Russia have a "warm and friendly" conversation, we'll talk how two of the most brutal dictators on earth growing closer is bad news for millions of people that live oppressed under them and the world that will have to deal with them. Relativism and truth have long been debate, but an interesting piece in The New Atlantis argues that during therapy is not the time for the former and that a dose of the latter is called, we'll talk about it and see what real world implications there are to writing by James Mumford. Also, after COVID being particularly brutal on service sector employees, new data is out that hints part of the labor issue falls to some old fashioned bad management, we'll talk how shift workers are getting the shaft on scheduling. Our guest today is Daniel Di Martino, not only a Young Voices contributor but also heading up the exciting and important Dissident Project. Daniel tells his own story of how a communist dictatorship took his native Argentina from a vibrant and thriving country to economic ruin in just a handful of years, his immigration to the United States, and the perspective the freedom here gives to his homeland, and the warnings his native country's struggles should have for a prosperous and free America. Daniel also puts his economics education to use in explain how the Chavez/Maduro dictatorships seized power by controlling Argentina's economy, voting themselves unlimited power, and the probably lifelong suffering of that country's people ever since. Then, he discussed the launch of the Dissent Project, and effort to have real world, first hand experienced speakers go out and tell the true stories of what living under communism is really like. Plus, we go out to Las Vegas where an NHL team is matching fund and raising awareness for a great housing charity. All that and more on this Thursday Edition of Heard Tell.

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On this Heard Tell Good Talks, our guest is journalist and filmaker John W. Miller who returns to Heard Tell to talk about Little League Baseball, and some writing and reporting he has been doing on the subject. John talks about how what was once a community and local tradition has changed to a for-profit model, changing not only how communities do things like sports but changing who can participate. John, who coaches baseball himself, also has some ideas on how to get the game back into the kid and community business, and why things like Little League greatly affect our culture in really important ways.

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Your Heard Tell show for Wednesday, June 15th, 2022 is turning down the news cycle noise and getting to the information we need on President Joe Biden writing an official letter to oil and gas executives over the high price of gasoline and the reduced refinery capacity, but what he should do is review his own words, policies, and leadership. We'll talk about the nearly 50 years of book we have on the president should have informed everyone on how he would perform as president, and how his rhetoric would not be matched with accountability. Meanwhile overseas, Russia is still making more money on their oil and gas exports than it is costing them to conduct their war of aggression against Ukraine, we'll talk about what that means for the conflict, and how it shows the true priorities of countries around the world. Our guest today is journalist and filmaker John W. Miller who returns to Heard Tell to talk about Little League Baseball, and some writing and reporting he has been doing on the subject. John talks about how what was once a community and local tradition has changed to a for-profit model, changing not only how communities do things like sports but changing who can participate. John, who coaches baseball himself, also has some ideas on how to get the game back into the kid and community business, and why things like Little League greatly affect our culture in really important ways. Plus, two uplifting stories; first, how a young woman went form supporting her family by working at McDonalds as a teenager to going into space, and a community in Minneapolis comes together to not only stop an eviction, but buy the home their neighbor had been fighting to keep for 18 years. All that and more on this Wednesday edition of Heard Tell.

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On this Heard Tell Good Talks, guest Sean Themea joins Heard Tell to talk about the current talk and schemes surrounding student loan debt. Sean discusses the issues with debt forgiveness, who will and won't benefit from the various plans, and how all the forgiveness in the world won't change the inherent problems in higher education. Sean also discusses the political calculations, and what the reaction to student debt forgiveness might look like.

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On this Heard Tell Good Talks, guest Pavel Pfitzner joins us from Australia to bring perspective on gas prices, as it isn't just the United States struggling with soaring cost of fuel. Pavel talks policy, politics, and projects out the near-term struggling from Down Under to bring perspective on our own gas issues.

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Your Heard Tell show for Tuesday, June 14th, 2022 is turning down the news cycle noise and getting to the information we need on the discussion of who is, and isn't, paying attention to the news cycle such as the January 6th committee hearings. We have not one but two great guests this episode from our Young Voices contributors. Pavel Pfitzner joins us from Australia to bring perspective on gas prices, as it isn't just the United States struggling with soaring cost of fuel. Pavel talks policy, politics, and projects out the near-term struggling from Down Under to bring perspective on our own gas issues. Then Sean Themea joins Heard Tell to talk about the current talk and schemes surrounding student loan debt. Sean discusses the issues with debt forgiveness, who will and won't benefit from the various plans, and how all the forgiveness in the world won't change the inherent problems in higher education. Sean also discusses the political calculations, and what the reaction to student debt forgiveness might look like. Also, host Andrew Donaldson updates us on his health and plans for Heard Tell moving forward. All that and more on this Tuesday edition of Heard Tell.

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On this Heard Tell Good Talks, guest Cooper Conway returns to Heard Tell to talk education issues that are still roiling folks both online and in real life. Cooper talks about school choice, funding, and what if any lessons we've learned coming out of the COVID-era education mess. Cooper also talks about the practice of "capping" charter schools, and has thoughts on the effects and fairness of the practice.

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Your Heard Tell for Wednesday, June 8th, 2022 is turning down the noise and getting the information we need on how we should be reacting to all that bad news that is constantly heading our way, or more importantly controlling the response we have to it, working off a wonderful piece from the great Matt LaBash. Out in San Francisco, controversial DA Chesa Boudin has been recalled, we'll talk about how law and order issues have different implications in rhetoric than on the streets and in media perception. Guest Cooper Conway returns to Heard Tell to talk education issues that are still roiling folks both online and in real life. Cooper talks about school choice, funding, and what if any lessons we've learned coming out of the COVID-era education mess. Cooper also talks about the practice of "capping" charter schools, and has thoughts on the effects and fairness of the practice. Plus, another aerospace giant is on the move to the DC suburbs, so we talk some military-industrial complex and how other sectors like Big Tech are increasingly setting up shop as close to the government funding spigot as possible. On the good news sides of things, we finish off with a dog owner who thought he'd lost his best friend at see, but turns out his pet Monster was quite the swimmer. All that and more on this Wednesday edition of Heard Tell.

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