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On this Heard Tell GoodTalks, Pavel Pfitzner of Young Voices joins us to talk about how we got here, the history of Ukraine and Russia that is vital to understanding the situation at hand, what it is Putin wants, who is the target audience for Russia's PR and propaganda campaign, and we try to take a global perspective on the implications of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Pavel also touches on how American media has not only gotten so much of the story wrong or out of context, but how their coverage of it is actively making the situation worse.

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Heard Tell for Wednesday, February 23th, 2022 is turning down the noise and getting to the information we need about how recent history tells us exactly how America will respond to the crisis in Ukraine, how much push back Vladimir Putin will get, and - more importantly - how long America will pay attention at all to overseas affairs. Continuing our coverage of the Ukraine crisis, Pavel Pfitzner of Young Voices joins us to talk about how we got here, the history of Ukraine and Russia that is vital to understanding the situation at hand, what it is Putin wants, who is the target audience for Russia's PR and propaganda campaign, and we try to take a global perspective on the implications of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Pavel also touches on how American media has not only gotten so much of the story wrong or out of context, but how their coverage of it is actively making the situation worse. Also, with so much focus on education and folks upset with what is going on in schools, some have taken to advocating for cameras to be placed in the classrooms. Our friend Bryan O'Nolan has written a piece in Ordinary Times coming out against the practice, and he explains why it would be bad for kids, teachers, parents, and education in general to do so from his experience as a teacher himself. Plus, the verdict to the Ahmaud Arbery hate crime trail is in, we once again will talk about all the implications from not just the two trials, but how the story almost didn't get out to start with, what is and isn't justice, and how we still have a long way to go. We end the program talking about a civil rights martyr you really need to know about, plus much more on this Wednesday edition of Heard Tell

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On this Heard Tell Good Talks, guest Kenneth Schrupp of Young Voices joins us to discussion education in America, education funding, school choice, means testing education savings accounts, and how the students stuck at the poorest performing schools don't have a chance with the status quo going unchanged. We also talk about how the education dynamic is changing post-COVID, online school, charter schools, privates schools, and misunderstandings about the true cost of public education.

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Heard Tell for Wednesday, February 17th, 2022 is turning down the noise and getting to the information we need about the developing crisis in Ukraine, as Vladimir Putin announces that Russia will "recognize" two regions of Ukraine as independent and send in "peacekeepers" that are anything but. We talk the background, how this is an invasion of Ukraine under pretense, how world leaders are responding, and how the usual paradigms of foreign policy and politics don't apply to what Putin is doing here. Also, former president Trump's long promised social media platform Truth Social became available over the President's Day holiday, but not everything went according to plan. We skip the caterwauling and cover how recent history and examples should make everyone very skeptical of Truth Social's staying power and success. Guest Kenneth Schrupp of Young Voices joins us to discussion education in America, education funding, school choice, means testing education savings accounts, and how the students stuck at the poorest performing schools don't have a chance with the status quo going unchanged. We also talk about how the education dynamic is changing post-COVID, online school, charter schools, privates schools, and misunderstandings about the true cost of public education. All that and more on this Tuesday Edition of Heard Tell.

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On this Heard Tell Good Talks, guest Gabriella Hoffman of Young Voices joins us to talk labor issues, regulation, unions, politics, and political appointments, and more. Recent actions involving the NLRB, Labor Department nominee David Weil, and legislative fights over unionizing, the gig economy, and categorizing workers are all in the news and are ongoing battles in a very long war over government involvement with big labor, worker rights, and an ever-evolving work force and economy. Plus Gabriella talks about her work and podcast highlighting conservation.

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Heard Tell for Wednesday, February 17th, 2022 is turning down the noise and getting to the information we need about the school board recall election in San Francisco, how there are two very different narratives going about why the three ousted members had upset voters, but that the overlap of those narrative on one particular point has a teachable moment for election to come. Also, we take a story out of Brazil to discuss that despite how so many of us complain about the internet and social media, worldwide there is a tech boom going on that is reaching even the poorest areas and giving hope to a new generation of dreamers. Guest Gabriella Hoffman of Young Voices joins us to talk labor issues, regulation, unions, politics, and political appointments, and more. Recent actions involving the NLRB, Labor Department nominee David Weil, and legislative fights over unionizing, the gig economy, and categorizing workers are all in the news and are ongoing battles in a very long war over government involvement with big labor, worker rights, and an ever-evolving work force and economy. Plus Gabriella talks about her work and podcast highlighting conservation. We update two stories Heard Tell has been covering, in Brian Flores vs the NFL and also the Russia/Ukraine situation that continues to threaten Europe and the rest of the world with the potential for war. Finally, we talk about some folks that would go to any height for charity work...well, 26 stories up, at least. All that and more on this Monday edition of Heard Tell.

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On this Heard Tell Good Talks, is turning down the noise and getting to the information we need about a senate confirmation hearing for three district court nominees that turned into an utter clown show when three US Senators started equating The Innocence Project working to free wrongfully convicted folks as being responsible for rising crime rates. Guest Zeke Webster returns to Heard Tell, and as an attorney and public defender talks about the work of the Innocence Project, the asinine correlations of freeing the innocent and being "soft on crime", how such attitudes permeate every layer of the criminal judicial system, and how concepts like freedom and justice mean nothing if the wrongfully accused and convicted lose their rights.

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Heard Tell for Wednesday, February 17th, 2022 is turning down the noise and getting to the information we need about a senate confirmation hearing for three district court nominees that turned into an utter clown show when three US Senators started equating The Innocence Project working to free wrongfully convicted folks as being responsible for rising crime rates. Guest Zeke Webster returns to Heard Tell, and as an attorney and public defender talks about the work of the Innocence Project, the asinine correlations of freeing the innocent and being "soft on crime", how such attitudes permeate every layer of the criminal judicial system, and how concepts like freedom and justice mean nothing if the wrongfully accused and convicted lose their rights. Also, we take a question on Twitter from a member of the audience to re-examine the designations of "essential" and "non-essential" businesses during the COVID pandemic, how such designations had vast and real consequences, and how some states are pushing back legislatively to prevent such arbitrary rulings under emergency powers from picking and choosing which businesses can and cannot be open. Plus, we check in on the Ahmaud Arbery federal hate crimes trial, and work through why the racial elements of the McMichael's crime was excluded from the criminal trial, but is front and center here, and why folks need to not look away from the glaring hatred the now-convicted killers of Arbery had, and the lessons we should learn from it. There's more news about the massive amounts of fraud that have come from the $6 trillion shower of money the government rained down in the name of COVID relief, and we end the program and the week that was with a wonderful story of an LA Rams player for whom winning the Super Bowl was the second best thing that happened to him on Sunday. All that and more on this Friday Edition of Heard Tell.

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On this Heard Tell Good Talks, we return to a story we covered last week, and the caterwauling over a harm reduction grant that turned into accusations that the Biden Administration was spending $30m to give away free crack pipes. Andrew Egger of The Dispatch investigated not only the original story but the media reaction to it, the reaction to the reaction, the Biden Administration's mix messaging reacting to the reaction, and how the underlying policy discussion of the issue is once again lost as we talk about the viral story instead.

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Heard Tell for Wednesday, February 17th, 2022 is turning down the noise and getting to the information we need about a disturbing story out of San Francisco about policing using DNA collected from victims of rape and sexual assault as a database to prosecute/investigate other crimes with. Our friend Em Carpenter has a write up at Ordinary Times with the details for us to discuss. Writer PJ O'Rourke passed away, and frequent guest to Heard Tell Michael Siegel does some great writing to explain the impact and legacy of a great writer. Also, we return to a story we covered last week, and the caterwauling over a harm reduction grant that turned into accusations that the Biden Administration was spending $30m to give away free crack pipes. Andrew Egger of The Dispatch investigated not only the original story but the media reaction to it, the reaction to the reaction, the Biden Administration's mix messaging reacting to the reaction, and how the underlying policy discussion of the issue is once again lost as we talk about the viral story instead. Plus, with mask mandates going away and most of the country either open or re-opening, lots of folks are wondering why so many important government agencies like social security are still either closed to the public or greatly reduced in services. We finish off with a great story of a lady who found the abandoned one room school her father went too, and the history and legacy of folks who not that long ago because of segregation had to build their own schoolhouses out in the woods. All that and more on this Thursday edition of Heard Tell.

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