Your Heard Tell For 07SEP23

History of Waffle House On Its Birthday, UK Poliitcs & School Crisis, Gadsden Flag Kid Viral Video w/guests Jack Rowlett and Garion Frankel

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Your Heard Tell Show for Thursday, September 7th, is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern our times by wishing Waffle House a happy birthday and some of the history you may not know about the cultural icon, including the two WW2 vets turned friend who built an empire on "good food fast." Jack Rowlett of Young Voices UK returns to the program and takes us over the pond to talk about UK politics, especially how a feeling that the country is "falling apart" has an explosive living metaphor as 150 schools and counting are not able to open due to structural issues. Is this the last straw for embattled PM Rishi Sunak, when will a general election be called, how does Labour and leader Keir Starmer stand to gain, and what to watch for in the coming months and headlines. Plus, Jack tells us the US headlines that are breaking through and having our friends over yonder talking about American politics. Then, Garion Frankel returns to Heard Tell to talk about that viral video of the school boy with the Gadsden Flag patch and the overreacting teachers, how there is more to the story, how viral videos are not only a part of the news landscape but a vital business component thereof, and why everyone needs to step back and think before using children as the centerpieces of narratives.

All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell.

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