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July 28, 2023 51 mins

Your Heard Tell Show for Friday, July 28th, 2023 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by discussing the passing of Sinead O'Connor and how one of the original "viral moments" of over 30 years ago looks in retrospect and can teach us about media narratives, fame, viral videos, historical context, and how every story is always a people story to properly understand it. Our guest is Heard Tell's resident science expert, Dr. Michael Siegel who continues his streak of having the most appearances of any guest in program history. We talk the purposeful nonsense of RJK, Jr.'s presidental campaign, how so much of the anti-vax movement before, during, and post-COVID centers around him, and how bad faith actors like him manipulate media to get their message out. Plus, Michael answers questions about the "mirror planet" discovery, is the Sun at its max power right now, and talks space explorations and breakthroughs. We end on a good note as we always do, this time talking about one of the most annoying things about being online that might just be, finally, going the way of AOL.

All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.


Leila Brillson's piece on Sinead O'Connor that Andrew reads from can be read here:

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