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Your Heard Tell for Monday, April 18th, 2022, is turning down the noise and getting to the information we need on a ranking from the Washington Post of potential 2024 Democratic Presidential contenders, which is a great list as long as you forget everything we know about how 2020 went...and, by the way, President Joe Biden is going to be the 2024 Democratic candidate running as an incumbent unless something really strange happens. Russia's Foreign Ministry is upset at folks stoking "Anti-Russian hysteria" and bans most of the UK's current government, we'll discuss how Putin's regime should just stop invading countries, leveling cities, and murdering innocent people instead. Our guest today is Georgia Gilholy from Young Voices UK who joins Heard Tell to discuss India, a vital nation to geopolitics and one very much stuck in the middle of moving forces. With ties to America, military and infrastructure reliance on Russia, constant tension with Pakistan, and increasing business ties to China, the world's largest democracy is also at the crossroads of conflicting foreign policy. Georgia walks us through the entanglements, complications, and perspectives of India during this vital moment, and how the United State's lack of cohesive and consistent foreign policy hurts when it comes to influencing countries like India, even if they want stronger ties with America. Also, Texas Governor Greg Abbott backs off his increased border measures, we will discuss the why behind the change, and a wonderful story of a couple who round up used RV to house homeless veterans. All that and more on this Monday edition of Heard Tell.

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This week on Twice on Sunday:

Law professor Jane Bambauer on the Fourth Amendment, geofencing, search & seizure in the digital age and data collection by law enforcement

Historian Eric Medlin on the way to use/not use history and historians in discerning current events and breaking news

Writer Avi Woolf details the history of the GOP and the refutes the contention by some current pundits that the isolationist/populist trends in the Republican Party are what it has always been, not a Trumpian change

Brooke Medina breaks down the latest polling in the North Carolina Senate GOP Primary, and talks how to tell is a poll is a good one, the troubles with Madison Cawthorn, and more

Scientist Dr. Michael Siegel returns to give an account of SciFi depictions that are/are not scientifically accurate, or at least plausible, and defends his very wrong opinions on the great cinematic masterpiece, Armageddon

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Heard Tell for Friday, April 15th, 2022, is turning down the noise and getting to the information we need on President Biden's approval polling woes as the younger the polled voter gets the worse his numbers look. Additionally, the president's numbers among key demographics like Hispanic and Black Americans are way down along with dissatisfied Independents, we discuss what it means for the midterm elections, and how a strong cycle for Republicans in 2022 sets the stage for the 2024 presidential elections. We turn down the noise on the will-he-or-won't-he caterwauling over Elon Musk trying to gain control of Twitter. Guest Dr Michael Siegel returns to Heard Tell to talk science and technology like usual, but also discusses Ukraine - to which he has family ties - and the limits of science in certain world events. Michael also talks as an educator at the university level what he's seeing in students coming out of the COVID era, and we break down good and bad science depictions in SciFi movies and tv shows. Plus, Marie Le Pen is having a big sad over folks continually pointing out her cozy ties with Vladimir Putin, we'll give the French Presidential candidate some unsolicited advice as to fix that, and a living American legend uses his upcoming 100th birthday to continue the charity work he's spent a lifetime building. All that and more on this Friday edition of Heard Tell.

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On this Heard Tell Good Talks, guest Brooke Medina returns to Heard Tell to talk the people and politics of North Carolina, specifically new polling about the US Senate race and the GOP primary field. Brooke details the surprising numbers of Trump-endorsed Ted Budd, and what might happen in the next 40 days before voters go to the polls. Also, we talk the overall electoral environment where it is still the economy stupid, but war in Ukraine has changed folks perspective some, Madison Cawthorn and Mark Meadows making national headlines for all the wrong reasons, and more politics from the Old North State. Speaking of Mark Meadows, formerly of congress and CoS to Donald Trump, found some voter fraud in the 2020 election...because he was the one committing it.

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Heard Tell for Thursday, April 14th, 2022, is turning down the noise and getting to the information we need on on two elected officials who did very bad things and got caught, but now their party has to adjust to how to handle them, a process that the politics of should be secondary. Plus, a shocking story of two individuals who faked their way past the Secrete Service to get as far next to the First Lady, and what that story says not just about security but also government incompetence and corruption. Guest Brooke Medina returns to Heard Tell to talk the people and politics of North Carolina, specifically new polling about the US Senate race and the GOP primary field. Brooke details the surprising numbers of Trump-endorsed Ted Budd, and what might happen in the next 40 days before voters go to the polls. Also, we talk the overall electoral environment where it is still the economy stupid, but war in Ukraine has changed folks perspective some, Madison Cawthorn and Mark Meadows making national headlines for all the wrong reasons, and more politics from the Old North State. Speaking of Mark Meadows, formerly of congress and CoS to Donald Trump, found some voter fraud in the 2020 election...because he was the one committing it. To end the show a lovely story of a charity in the UK helping released prisoners get to jobs so they won't find themselves right back in jail. All that and more on this Thursday edition of Heard Tell 

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On this Heard Tell Good Talks, guest Avi Woolf has been writing in Ordinary Times about the contention that the populist, isolation swing in the GOP in the Trump era was a return to a long-standing way of thinking, but Avi goes further and deeper, walking us through the history, ideology, and policies of the GOP since the 1920s and explaining what has, and hasn't, changed in the Republican party when it comes to foreign policy, trade and commerce, and going to war overseas.

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Heard Tell for Wednesday, April 13th, 2022, is turning down the noise and getting to the information we need on who is responsible for what is said, done, and trends on social media, and how the current debates over social media usage is really just a remix on how to regulate human behavior we've been having since there were more than two humans. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has to pay the piper, or in this case a Metropolitan Police fine for breaking his own governments COVID restrictions with parties, we'll update the story we've been following from Over Yonder. Also, President Biden isn't mincing words when it comes to the latest war crime accusations against Vladimir Putin and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, not only calling it a "genocide" but doubling down on why he used that term, we'll discuss it. Guest Avi Woolf has been writing in Ordinary Times about the contention that the populist, isolation swing in the GOP in the Trump era was a return to a long-standing way of thinking, but Avi goes further and deeper, walking us through the history, ideology, and policies of the GOP since the 1920s and explaining what has, and hasn't, changed in the Republican party when it comes to foreign policy, trade and commerce, and going to war overseas. We have a story out of Australia about lottery winners who get a lesson in making sure the decimal point is in the right place on your winnings, and much more on this Wednesday edition of Heard Tell.

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On this Heard Tell Good Talks, guest today for a Good Talks is historian Eric Medlin, who returns to Heard Tell to talk about his recent writing about the proper role of history and historians in the public discourse, and how the public intellectual pursuits can be both a productive place for historians but also one fraught with getting beyond their scope of expertise. Eric uses the war in Ukraine as an example of historical events playing out in real time and how, while history is a great guide to understanding current events, historians that are very online should also avoid things like the prediction business or not taking the whole of history in context just to make a point on social media.

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Heard Tell for Tuesday, April 12th, 2022, is turning down the noise and getting to the information we need on Sweden and Finland moving to join NATO by the summer, and how Vladimir Putin's invasion and war crimes in Ukraine is having the opposite affect on the primary organization aligned against him than he intended. In domestic politics, we go to Missouri, and the Show Me States disgraced former governor Eric Greitens efforts to gain a US Senate seat are faltering after new allegations of abuse and mistreatment of others, this time from his ex-wife who has gone on the record in court as part of a custody dispute. We will detail how the latest accusations fit with what brought down Greitens before, and why he is unfit for this or any office going forward. Our guest today for a Good Talks is historian Eric Medlin, who returns to Heard Tell to talk about his recent writing about the proper role of history and historians in the public discourse, and how the public intellectual pursuits can be both a productive place for historians but also one fraught with getting beyond their scope of expertise. Eric uses the war in Ukraine as an example of historical events playing out in real time and how, while history is a great guide to understanding current events, historians that are very online should also avoid things like the prediction business or not taking the whole of history in context just to make a point on social media. Also, Ukrainian President Zelensky sits for an interview with 60 Minutes, and we once again note how he tailors his message to the audience he is addressing, in this case appealing to Americans with language and phrases that fit right into our founding documents and principles. We finish with a story about a Titanic survivor that turned tragedy into a triumph, and much more on this Tuesday edition of Heard Tell.

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On this Heard Tell Good Talks, guest Jane Bambauer, Professor of Law at the University of Arizona and a Young Voices contributor discusses the Fourth Amendment and the new spin on warrants and searches in "geofencing" crowds and groups of people. We discuss the very old legal issues that new technology is challenging and redefining, and Jane breaks down a specific case of the courts ruling law enforcement went too far not only against the suspect but twenty other bystanders who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Plus we discuss what issues need to be solved through case law, what needs to be done legislatively, and what everyone needs to know about their rights when it comes to search & seizure in real life and of your data.

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