Episode Details

Heard Tell for Friday, April 8th, 2022, is turning down the noise and getting to the information we need on President Trump telling the Washington Post that he would really like to talk to the person in charge on January 6th and ask them why they didn't do more to stop it...to which we will help the former president out about with who the buck for that day stops. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will become Associate Justice Jackson after a 53-47 confirming vote in the US Senate, we will touch on the process and pending installing of America's newest Supreme Court Justice. Guest Stephen Kent joins us, and we talk about the philosophy and cultural impact of Star Wars, which he details in his excellent book " How The Force Can Fix The World: Lessons on Life, Liberty, and Happiness from A Galaxy Far, Far, Away." We talk about how things as wide ranging as the Stoics to the Samurai formed the ideas behind Star Wars mythology, and how concepts like mindfulness and preparedness could serve us well in the real world. Plus, since Star Wars is now owned by Disney, we touch on the latest controversies as the House of Mouse once again finds itself in the center of a cultural controversy. Also, Truth Social is going about as well as we predicted, and Devin Nunes beclowning himself on cable news makes for a nice microcosm of the entire enterprise, and the famous "girl in the red coat" from Schindler's List is all grown up and working to help today's pressing needs of Ukrainian refugees. All that and more on this Friday edition of Heard Tell. 

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