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Our friend Gabriella Hoffman of IWF, Outsider on the Inside Substack, District of Conservation Podcast, and a whole bunch of other stuff returns to talk about her policy focus work on data centers. We turn down the noise of the boom prophets and doom merchants to talk what data centers are and aren’t, where the policy needs to go for honest questions and reasonable regulation, historical lessons about energy and computers that affect where we are now and where we are going in the future, how conservation is a good angle to take on tech innovations, and much more.Read her IWF policy focus for yourself here: here:Subscribe and watch the full video here--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://www.heardtellmedia.comQuestions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAll that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Live from the UK on a very busy news day Over Yonder Jack Rowlett joins Heard Tell to react to PM Keir Starmer going before the House of Commons for a two hour grilling on the Mandelson/Epstein scandal that has him fighting off calls to resign, the state of the US-UK relationship, economic issues in the UK, energy policy at the heart of what ailes England, what President Trump does and doesn’t affect in UK perception of the US, where Tories, Labour, Reform, Lib-Dems, and the SNP currently stand, and more!Watch the full video here:https://open.substack.com/pub/heardtell/p/the-economy-but-in-plain-language?r=17xga&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://www.heardtellmedia.comQuestions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAll that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Host Andrew Donaldson is joined by economist Dr. Stephen Popick to talk proper economic terms from the headlines life inflation, The Fed, and more, how to understand the housing crisis, why it is a mistake to think economics runs of the political calendar, how AI is shaping the data behind the economy not just the economy itself, and much more.Watch the full video here:https://open.substack.com/pub/heardtell/p/the-economy-but-in-plain-language?r=17xga&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://www.heardtellmedia.comQuestions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAll that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Host Andrew Donaldosn brings his unique perspective on AI and higher education as someone who has college-aged children, his own education, and currently being enrolled in community collegeWatch the full video here:https://heardtell.substack.com/p/some-common-sense-regarding-ai-and?r=17xga --------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://www.heardtellmedia.comQuestions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAll that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

President Trump announces a "ceasefire" in the Iran War, so we do instant reaction with The Independent's Washington Bureau Chief Eric Garcia, plus what to expect when congress gets back in town, and more on this Heard Tell Live from the Heard Tell Substack--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://www.heardtellmedia.comQuestions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAll that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Andrew Donaldson gives his instant reaction after President Trump's press conference that started with the rescued airmen and ended with a hot mess of contradictory statements and yet more threats and moving deadlines over the Iran War and more.--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAll that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On trying to do better than the race to the bottom politics, social media, and news media have all decided to not only do, but monetize and make the dominate business modelAll and more on this Heard Tell Live from the Heard Tell Substack--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAll that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In football, they call it "cluster injuries" when multiple problems start to compile and cross streams to derail everything else the team might be doing. The same thing applies to politics, and the Trump administration has some self-induced cluster injuries starting to pile up. We break all that down and more on this Heard Tell Live from the Heard Tell Substack--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAll that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Some thoughts on the ongoing Iran conflict, what is and isn't being reported well about the conflict, talk about the troops/veterans, and more on this Heard Tell Live from the Heard Tell Substack--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAll that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this episode of Heard Tell, Andrew returns after an extended absence to explain where he has been, and he hasn't been working - publicly at least - lately and some grown folk talk about caregiving and home healthcare that quickly gets lost in policy, politics, and folks talking without understanding.All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAll that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this episode of Heard Tell, we turn down the noise on on the growing reaction to HHS Sec RFK, Jr's and President Trump's comments on Autism at the recent cabinet meetin. Reporter Eric Garcia, who usually joins us to talk his coverage of congress joins to talk about the danger of losing 50 years of progress in advocating and understanding Autism and related issues due to the revisionist histories, online conspiracies theories, frightened parents, misguided do-gooders, and some maliciously benevolent people who might think they are helping but are doing enormous damage to vulnerable folks. Eric's already written one book on autism, is writing another, and writes and reports every day while being autistic himself. Grown folk talk that cuts through the political agendas, online conspiracies, and news cycle noise on an important topic that is being lost to the crazymakers.All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.Buy Eric's first book "We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation" here:https://www.amazon.com/Were-Not-Broken-Changing-Conversation/dp/1328587843--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAll that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this episode of Heard Tell, we're back "across the pond" to check in on our United Kingdom friends with Oliver Dean joining us from the UK. What's going on in UK politics with a two-party system that for the first time in hundreds of years faces a real third threat in Reform, the flailing Labour government under PM Keir Starmer, and how there is a real pessimism that has lingered after that last election that has kept Labour from finding its footing, the Tories from finding a unified message, and finds Reform on the rise. Plus, we talk about the policy and backlash about online content censoring and online ID laws, immigration crisis, housing, and the systemic issues inside the UK that won't be solved in just one or two election cycles, and how the once vaunted UK university system is starting to show some real decline. All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAll that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this episode of Heard Tell, we turn down the noise on US Senator Bernie Sanders visiting West Virginia as part of his current tour with reporter and founder of Wheeling Free Press Justice Hudson who was in the room and working the crowds during the Wheeling rally. Since Justice reports on local issues from city council meetings and homeless ordinance debates to major disasters and election coverage, the perfect person to parse through the hot takes and media narratives. Was the crowd locals or "bussed in" as some accused, why does Bernie Sanders play better even in red states than some of his most ardent supporters do, how did West Virginia get to be so red in the first place, and grown folk talk about the difference between big splashy rallies and viral video moments and the hard work of actually winning elections. Plus, how the recent deadly flooding is present in all other things in Wheeling right now, and Justice’s personal experience of going to cover the flooding as a story, but having to get involved in the clean up himself. All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.Subscribe and follow Justice's work at Wheeling Free Press here: https://substack.com/@justicehudson--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAll that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this episode of Heard Tell, we turn down the noise on economic headlines and the interwebs and talking head reaction to them, by asking our economist friend Dr. Stephen Popick to explain them so well even host Andrew can understand it. Why wages are what they are including the living wage and minimum wage debates, rent vs mortgage debate, why the housing crisis is also a political crisis, why inflation and high prices are and are not the same thing, why natural ups and downs of the economy are not compatible with politics and news cycles, and much more.All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.DXY chart references: https://w.wiki/EyNNMortgage vs Rent char referenced: MBA Chart of the Week: Mortgage Payment to Rent Ratio --------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAll that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this episode of Heard Tell, we focus on one of the most strategically important and geopolitically challenging areas of the world: The Black Sea Region. Joining us from Romania is Antonia-Laura Pup, policy fellow with Young Voices Europe and a Fulbright Student at Georgetown focusing on China’s increasing influence on the economy and security of the Black Sea. Antonia talks us through understanding a region that is more than just the dominating Russia-Ukraine war headlines. Turkey’s role, 5G and tech revolution, media influence, economic changes, and cultural shifts that we all need to know about when this important region of the world hits the headlines.All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.Read Antonia's work and watch some of her media appearances here:Antonia-Laura Puphttps://www.joinyv.org/talent/antonia-laura-pup--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAll that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this episode of Heard Tell, host Andrew talks with Sabine Benoit, the Canadian Policy Associate at the Consumer Choice Center about the current state of affairs on both sides of the US-Canada border. Why tariffs are the overriding issue in relations, how Canadians really feel about their southern neighbors and President Donald Trump, and what's coming next. Plus, the CCC's airport index, how commerce and the economy of Canada is limiting both Canadians and Americans in travel and tourism, Canadian nationalism, Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry as interwebs characters of the day, online privacy policy, and more.All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAll that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this episode of Heard Tell, host Andrew talks and our film critic friend Luis Mendez of the Mendez Movie Report break out their lifelong wrestling fandom to talk the passing of Hulk Hogan from worldwide superstar, to reality tv star, to viral video infamy of sex tape and racist comments, to Gawker lawsuit, returning to wrestling, and more that lead him to being boo'd and rejected in his last WWE appearance. Plus, Luis talks how the summer box office is doing very well with the success of Superman and Fantastic 4, which brings up the superhero movie debates again and if Marvel and DC can build on the success. Plus, how IMAX is becoming more of a business strategy and why that might start pricing out some folks from the theaters, why Lilo & Stitch succeeded where Snow White failed, 2025 box office top ten breakdown, real talk on how expensive movies are getting, Christopher Nolan's Odyssey project concerns as IMAX tickets go on sale a year in advance, and much more.All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAll that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this episode of Heard Tell, host Andrew talks with our friend and congressional reporter Eric Garcia who takes us beyond the headlines and inside the halls of Congress. Eric breaks down what Speaker Johnson shutting down the House for August recess really means, how much the "Epstein Files" is really affecting Washington, and how passing the One Big Beautiful Bill exhausted GOP political capital. Plus, the real reason redistricting in Texas is being pushed, what Mamdani's visit to congress means when compared to fellow New Yorker AOC, the "soccer mom" demographic on the political move, GOP spinning the OBBB fallout back home during recess to local media, JD Vance triangulating his 2028 persona and more. Plus, Eric and Andrew remember a lifetime of being fans as Ozzy Osbourne passed away just after taking his final performance bow.All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.00:00 Intro/Congress goes for August recess early, Epstein Files, Speaker Johnson needs a reset, Democrats try to regroup18:00 Redistricting and the Latino vote30:55 Mamdani visits congress, Team Blue's eternal struggle to find "next big thing", midterms, AOC and "the squad" compared to Mamdani hype44:05 Changing demographic of "soccer mom" swing voters, soccer moms, college educated white women49:20 Sen Murkowski & Collins spinning OBBB fallout, how August recess means facing voters back home, midterm repercussions, GOP divisions from Epstein to lame duck Trump Admin, coming shutdown failure theater positioning, potential retirements56:15 JD Vance starting to build his 2028 image and approach1:02:20 Remembering Ozzy Osbourne1:18:20 Real talk about disability and mediaEric's Black Sabbath episode of Political Beatshttps://www.nationalreview.com/podcasts/political-beats/eric-garcia-black-sabbath/--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAll that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this episode of Heard Tell, host Andrew talks with our friend and certified film critic Luis Mendez of the Mendez Movie Report on why this year's box officeis way up from last year's historically bad Memorial Day weekend to this year's historically great one. Plus, we talk about why live action remakes are controversial with critics but audiences make up their own minds, Snow White's failure vs Lilo & Stitchs success, the upcoming How To Train Your Dragon, and why the genre isn't going away. Also, we talk about the business that is Disney, why cultural currency is vital to movie franchises and IPs, some film reviews, and more.All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAll that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

"Do you have enough principles and personal integrity to survive first contact with a viral video?"On this episode of Heard Tell, host Andrew talks about the ICE raids in LA turning into rioting violence, and an escalation in the PR/news media/social media tv show that is driving the escalation on the streets. Why too many folks want escalation, what it all means, and where we are going from here with much more than just the illegal immigrant debate on this Heard Tell.All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this episode of Heard Tell, host Andrew welcomes back Peter Pischke of CultureScape for a rousing discussion of how "nerd culture" should really just be called "the culture," how the traditional and political news media are missing the generational culture shift, misconceptions about content creation, the ongoing debate over disaffeted 18-34 year old males on the interwebs, and why the old terms and stereotypes about nerds, gamers, weebs, & geeks just doesn’t apply anymore. All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this episode of Heard Tell, host Andrew shares some thoughts on yet another news story furthering the debate on the death penalty, and how a combination of judicial issues, moral difficulties, government accountability and ethics questions, and revealing that the push for "humane" execution is making the problem worse, not better, and exposing a whole bunch of cowardice underneath all the different policy and legal jargon. All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.Casey Smith's piece on the execution of Benjamin Richie's execution can be read here:https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/05/22/violent-moment-during-indiana-execution-draws-scrutiny-doc-officials-deny-botched-process/--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this episode of Heard Tell, host Andrew shares some thoughts on the news that former President Joe Biden has cancer, and how once again the news media, social media, and the interwebs just can't seem to discuss death, illness, mortality, politics, and and culture in the same sphere at the same time without everyone involved embarrassing themselves.All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.Andrew's piece on the Joe Biden situation:https://heardtell.substack.com/p/joe-biden-the-man-interrupts-joe?r=17xgaAndrew's appearance on Fox5 DC regarding Joe Biden from prior to the cancer announcment.https://youtu.be/n7rnW2r2hB4--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this episode of Heard Tell, host Andrew shares some thoughts on the current state of politics, politicians, people, places, and a whole bunch of money involving the Middle East. From the changing leadership and recognition of the Ahmed al-Sharaa led Syria, to President Donald Trump's deal making trip, to the GCC's role as counter to Iran, and why the Saudi and Qatari sovereign wealth funds and soft power plans are key to understanding what is really going on.All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.Andrew's piece on President Trump's policy towards the Houthis can be read here: https://open.substack.com/pub/heardtell/p/american-foreign-policy-drive-by?r=17xga&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this episode of Heard Tell host Andrew talks about the blame game that is a core of politics and pundits but reminds us that the finger pointing of news and social media means three fingers pointed back at ourselves. And since the legislative branch is the one that represents We, The People, it is time to have an honest conversation about what we are representing before we just blame all our ills on Washington. All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this episode of Heard Tell host Andrew shares some thoughts on the NY Magazine article "Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College” and uses it to talk about higher education, why we should have a healthy skepticism of AI, why the learning part of education has been lost in the credentialism, what education ought to mean, and why he signed up for community college this past week.All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this episode of Heard Tell host Andrew shares some thoughts on the Signal scandal involving Trump administration officials using the messaging app as a group chat to discuss details of the recent Houthi strikes in Yemen, which included The Atlantic's Editor in Chief Jeffrey Goldberg in a stunning series of events. From the sequence of events, to what might or might not happen next, and how the basic principle of "OPSEC ends where convenience begins" is at the heart of this hot mess on this edition of Heard Tell. All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this episode of Heard Tell host Andrew comes fresh of some talking heading to talk through the reported cuts coming for Veterans Affairs, the wider push for DOGE & “efficient/smaller” government, and the rhetoric that there should not be any “sacred cows” when it comes to spending cuts. Which is fine in theory, but when it comes to entitlement programs and the optics of veterans and other classes of folks losing their jobs, benefits, and livelihoods, the politics and perception quickly changes from the buzzwords.All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this episode of Heard Tell we are talking about the goings on at the Academy Awards. The Oscars are always a cultural moment to slather our political & cultural issues upon, so just how political did this year’s ceremony get and how much did politics affect who won and viral cultural moments affect who lost?Film critic Luis Mendez returns to talk about the winners and losers on Oscar night, the cringe moments and the biggest surprises, how an election year and volatile political climate did and did not affect the awards ceremony, and how the film Anora surged ahead after the epic and very public collapse of Emile Perez. Plus Luis and host Andrew talk about the hot mess that is Disney/Marvel studios from the latest Captain America offering’s soft numbers to the controversies surrounding the live-action Snow White.All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.And do please subscribe to the Mendez Movie Report for more from Luis.--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this episode of Heard Tell, we turn down the noise of the news cycle and get to the information we need on Canada being all over US news and politics. But instead of talking about Canada amongst ourselves, let's try something different and talk to Canada and the politics and economics thereof with Sabine El-Chidiac, Canadian Policy Associate for the Consumer Choice Center and an actual Canadian. Sabine and host Andrew talk through the background of the current headlines going back to the first Trump administration, how political upheaval and looming elections affect Canada's position, how the Canadian government works and the politics American's and the world need to know and understand, and the economic crisis that is the undertow to many other problems facing Canada right now. Also, Sabine gives some things to watch for in news coverage coming up, and answers the question "Could Waffle House bring peace between our two nations?"All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.Read more from Sabine at CCC here:https://consumerchoicecenter.org/team/sabine-el-chidiac/CCC's tariff explainer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBkEuD4wJDY&t=1433s--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsRead lessAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this episode of Heard Tell, we turn down the noise of the news cycle and get to the information we need on the early days of the new Trump administration from the perspective of congress with congressional reporter and Washington Bureau Chief for The Independent Eric Garcia. Eric takes us behind the scenes and into the hallways of Capitol Hill for how the calendar & previous congress actions are dictating the new congress and the proposed Trump agenda, thoughts on the RFJ, Jr. nomination from the perspective of autism advocacy, good media and good reporters, the long-running congressional politics of Reagan National Airport (DCA) in light of the plane collision with a Blackhawk VIP helicopter, previewing some 2026 senate races like Senator Ossoff in Georgia and Senator Tillis in North Carolina, and Eric meets Babydog and despite host Andrew's warning, fell for the Jim Justice bulldog diversion.All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.Read Eric Garcia's work in The Independent here:--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

There have always been bad faith media actors and conspiracy theorists, because human nature is undefeated and there is nothing new under the sun. But technology means that bad faith actors and conspiracy theorists are finding comfortable homes in social media and news media where a constant search for optimized niche content is the name of the game. “Everything is a conspiracy if you don’t understand how things work” is a filter we are just going to have to apply to talking heads, pundits, social media accounts, news outlets, and even our elected officials. From the plane & helicopter crash at Reagan National to RFK, Jr.’s senate confirmation hearing, properly discerning our times means cutting through the conspiratorial noise and getting to good information by pruning our information intake in times like these.All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this episode of Heard Tell, we turn down the noise of the news cycle and gets to the information we need as 2025 starts out with two terrible terrorist attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas, and some truly bad news media and social media coverage thereof. Host Andrew delves into the changing state of getting information to current events, parsing through social media, consequences of distrust of legacy media, and how all the issues in news media and social media eventually come back to the biggest influence on both: the consumer, meaning us.All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this Heard Tell turns down the noise of the news cycle and gets to the heart of the matter when it comes to President Joe Biden deciding to pardon his son Hunter Biden, despite publicly declaring he would not. Politics, personal feelings, and performative news and social media all play a part, and host Andrew Donaldson talks about precedent, known history of Joe Biden, what Donald Trump has to do with it, and the lesson to learn from the latest twist in our political soap opera. All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this Heard Tell host Andrew Donaldson took a few days before responding to an article in The Economist entitled "American veterans now receive absurdly generous benefits" and subtitled "An enormous rise in disability payments may complicate debt-reduction efforts." Andrew talks through the nomenclature that is being misused, like the differences in "100% disabled", the good, bad, and often very indifferent VA system, the culture and technology changes that must be understood, and some of the things that are driving the increase in veteran benefits and claimants that are not being discussed in social media and news media.All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this Heard Tell host Andrew Donaldson talks post-election politics on Capitol Hill with senior Washington Correspondent at the Independent Eric Garcia, who takes us behind the scenes and into the halls of congress to discuss the incomiing 119th congress is going to look a whole lot like the 118th congress, changing leadership in the US Senate as the GOP takes the majority and elects new leadership, how Majority Leader Thune and Speaker of the House Johnson will work with president-elect Trump and what if any limits to what the White House wants will the legislative branch provide, and also the real scope on how congressional news makes it into the news cycle and how we can better inform ourselves about what our elected represenation is doing.All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.Buy Eric's Book "We Are Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation" here https://t.co/5dWGMA75BK--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this Heard Tell host Andrew Donaldson talks about Veterans Day and the cost of service, both the broad perspective of how the Department of Veterans Affairs is one of the largest parts of our government just to care for those that serve, and also the personal perspective of what those that servce pay in personal terms.All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this Heard Tell host Andrew Donaldson talks the aftermath of the 2024 election and talks the coalition that won it for the GOP and what Democrats need to do to rebuild theirs, looking ahead to how Trump administartion 2.0 success runs through a slim GOP House of Represenatives that hasn't shown itself to be particularly effective, and how the 2026 midterms and 2028 presidential races are already underway.All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this Heard Tell Special Edition host Andrew Donaldson reacts to the 2024 elections results as former President Donald Trump becomes the president-elect, breaks down why Kamala Harris lost running as a psuedo-incumbent, where both political parties go from here, and what it all means for an electorate that is showing signs of real change.All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this Heard Tell host Andrew Donaldson explains that while content must be created, analysts must analyze, and talking heads must talk, there really is nothing happening and nobody knows anything between now and whenever we find out who wins the 2024 election.All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Your Heard Tell Show is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by talking about the numbers about who is paying attention to the election and how. No, not poll numbers regarding the candidates, but new Pew research on who is paying attention to election year news media, how they consume it, and the trends in the last few elections that reveal how news media is changing and the narratives about news media are not keeping up with that change.All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Your Heard Tell Show is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by talking about the spectacle that was the Donald Trump rally at Madison Square Garden. Host Andrew Donaldson covers the reaction to Donald Trump’at MSG, why folks are responding so strong stronly to it, what was the Trump campaigns real intent in staging it, and what it all means a week from election day 2024.All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Your Heard Tell Show is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by talking about the data and reality of presidential polls and how we are using them wrong with economist Dr. Stephen Popick, as we talk data vs vibes and fact vs rhetoric as the election approaches.All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.00: Intro/ Economics on an election year, how housing policy affects politics10:01 Using presidential polls wrong, & what to watch for18:20 Is Harris underperforming? Debating a close election24:30 Enthusiasm gap? The data of bipartisan apathy.26:26 Trump's low ceiling/high floor and how his base gives him an advantage, swing states, rust belt vs sun belt, blue wall vs red south32:30 What to make of "voter purges" headlines in election years37:40 An Economist take on presidential promises to "fix" the economy and how policy promises are usually more bad than good41:10 The importance of advisors to a president, and judging the folks a candidate surrounds themselves with in determining our votes43:20 Politics of economic coverage during Christmas/economic literacy problem of the American public--------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Your Heard Tell Show is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times as host Andrew Donaldson goes through all the news media, social media, political, and cultural hot mess surrounding the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), what it is supposed to to, what some folks think they ought to be doing, and how to discern context from content when suffering folks are a huge news story.All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.-------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Your Heard Tell Show is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times as host Andrew Donaldson goes through the week that was covering the state of the 2024 presidential race, why we should get rid of the term "low information voters," the Mark Robinson hot mess, why the latest Continuing Resolution shows why congressional dysfunction is at the heart of our political chaos, and asks do endorsements still matter in presidential races?All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.-------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Your Heard Tell Show is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times as host Andrew Donaldson takes the news that the House of Representatives will once again push through a short-term Continuing Resolution, or CR for short, with the help of the US Senate to avert a government shutdown, and explains not only how congress has become a dysfunctional mess, but who is ultimately to blame for that mess, and how much of the current government and political hot mess we see comes from that same source.All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.-------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Your Heard Tell Show is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times as host Andrew Donaldson talks endorsements in the presidential race, do they still matter, and some examples from the past as well as what to watch for in current ones.All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.-------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Your Heard Tell Show is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times as host Andrew Donaldson explains where the term “low information voters” came from, why we shouldn’t use it, and what using such nomenclature tells us what politicians and pundits really think about the very voters they are supposed to be trying to convince. All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.-------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Your Heard Tell Show is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times as host Andrew Donaldson give the background to the headlines about North Carolina Lt. Governor and GOP nominee for Governor Mark Robinson's latest batch of scandals, how the sequence of events leading up to the airing of Robinson's online dirty deeds tells its own story, and a teachable moment on how to discern what we are seeing in the news media beyond the current news cycle, election, and even calendar year.All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.-------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Your Heard Tell Show is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times as host Andrew Donaldson does a quick recap of where the 2024 presidential election is at, how we got here, what to watch for going forward, Trump's ceiling, is Harris underperforming? swing states that will decide it and more. All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.-------------------Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us [email protected] follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy