Heard Tell w/ Andrew Donaldson For 03FEB23

Guilt Trip Headlines, Social Security Politics, Marie Kondo, & more w/ Jack Salmom & Brooke Medina

Your Heard Tell for Friday, February 3rd, 2022, is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by talking through examples of a trend in headline writing that is made for engagement of all the wrong kinds. Our guest is economist Jack Salmon who talks through the changing politics and policy proposals — or lack there of — of Social Security these days, comps to UK’s ingrained NHS, the numbers and terminology to watch out for in news media, and some ideas that might actually make things better. Then, our guest is Brooke Medina, VP of Communications for John Locke Foundation, joins for a discussion about the currently headlines of Marie Kondo changing her neat and tidy ways, and how we should be discussing how we present the “ideal” on everything from reality TV to our own social media, the search for authenticity, better ways to use our social media, and focusing on the important things in life both online and off. Also, a story of “woke” not only having gone too far but backfiring into becoming a success story for the woman targeted by social media…