Broadcast 18. January 2020 on The Big Talker 106.7FM. Hosts: Yaël Ossowski & David Clement Welcome to Consumer Choice Radio, a weekly conversation featuring the latest news, interviews, and expert analysis that covers consumer topics around the world. Shownotes Link: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/radio/ep2/
Yaël on Joe Catenacci Show: 100 Years of Prohibition, U.S. Gov’s $1 billion 5G Alternative, and more (17. Jan 2020)
Consumer Choice Center Deputy Director Yaël Ossowski on The Joe Catenacci Show. Topics discussed: 100 Years of Prohibition: Why the legacy carries on in states like North Carolina and other southern states. We need modern alcohol policy. U.S. Senators want to create a $1 billion alternative to Huawei. Here’s why that’s a bad idea. Apple […]
Support Iranian protesters: Let them visit America
On Saturday, President Trump hit the record books yet again, this time for tweeting the most-liked message in the Persian language ever. The tweet offered support to the Iranian people protesting in the streets against their government and lauded their courage. The protests swelled throughout the weekend, mostly at university campuses, as young Iranians expressed anger that their government […]
Vaping Litmus Test – Consumer Choice Radio (11. Jan. 2020)
Broadcast 11. January 2020 on The Big Talker 106.7FM. Hosts: Yaël Ossowski & David Clement Welcome to Consumer Choice Radio, a weekly conversation featuring the latest news, interviews, and expert analysis that covers consumer topics around the world. Shownotes Link: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/radio/ep1/
Yaël on Joe Catenacci Show: California Crazies, Launch of CC Radio, and more (10. Jan 2020)
Consumer Choice Center Deputy Director Yaël Ossowski on The Joe Catenacci Show. Topics discussed: California Crazies! California wants its own prescription drug company and bans gas-powered lawn equipment The launch of Consumer Choice Radio! The Ukrainian Airlines plane crash in Iran and the fallout. An authoritarian regime is on edge, and how to keep people […]
Trump’s New Vaping Ban: What Gives?
The Trump Administration has come out with new rules to ban all pod vape flavors except for tobacco and menthol. What does this mean for the future of harm reduction and innovation? Broadcast on January 3, 2019, on The Big Talker 106.7FM on the Joe Catenacci Show.
Big Little Lies and Hollywood: Climate Doomsayers Have Gone Too Far
Have the climate change doomsayers gone too far? Are we too forgone or are innovation and technology actively making our world better every day? CCC Deputy Director Yaël Ossowski discusses messages coming out of recent Hollywood programs on climate change, and what consumers should really know about innovation for the future of our planet. Broadcast […]
Florida should crack down on frivolous lawsuits, costly verdicts
In a time of bitter division in our country, it’s refreshing to see partisan flags fall and elected leaders rally to improve our institutions and make our communities better off and more secure. In Florida and dozens of other states, that mantra of late has been “criminal-justice reform.” Florida’s 2019 reforms sought to rehabilitate rather than punish, […]
After another big lawsuit bites the dust, can we admit it’s time for legal reform?
It seems California isn’t so lawsuit crazy after all. On Monday, Los Angeles jurors announced their ruling in just one of the dozens of lawsuits currently making their way through the courts on baby powder made by Johnson & Johnson. The jury found the company was not at fault for a woman’s mesothelioma diagnosis. The […]
Bad Science, Unscrupulous Lawyers: It’s Time For Legal Reform
There are several high-profile lawsuits out now that are making a mockery of our justice system. Whether it’s baby powder or meatless alternatives on trial, injury lawyers are using unscrupulous methods to conjure huge settlements from juries. That raises prices for consumers, hurts victims by clogging up our justice system, and completely distorts science. Deputy […]