Yaël Ossowski guests hosts “Mornings with Joe Catenacci” on Big Talker 106.7FM in Wilmington, NC. October 22, 2020, 7-10AM EST. http://bigtalkerfm.com ▬ Breakdown ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 0:00 – Countdown 06:00 – Yaël Ossowski Intro 13:45 – John Francis Trump on NC Lockdowns 25:40 – Michael Munger on Capitalism, Big Tech, and Housing 40:32 – Fergus Hodgson on […]
How Not to Respond to Alarming Social Media Censorship
Call it election interference, censorship, or simple editorializing, but Twitter and Facebook’s throttling of several New York Post articles this week has drawn lots of criticism. The stories allege that Hunter Biden, former Vice President Joe Biden’s son, introduced Ukrainian energy adviser Vadym Pozharskyi to his father after receiving a cushy $50,000 a month board seat at the company Burisma. (Other outlets have contested the […]
Consumer Choice Radio EP41: Big Tech Missteps and the Fake News Gamble
Consumer Choice Radio, hosted by Yaël Ossowski (@YaelOss) & David Clement (@ClementLiberty). TOPICS The NY Post Hunter Biden story Tech backlash and why regulation would harm consumers Bans on political advertising are terrible Amy Coney Barrett and the Senate confirmation rigamarole Many US Senators are conspiracy theorists How do we tell what is fake news […]
Civil discourse, WHO and Lockdowns, Health Insurance and Your Job | Yaël Ossowski on Joe Catenacci Show
Consumer Choice Center Deputy Director Yaël Ossowski on The Joe Catenacci Show. Topics discussed:The civil discourse must be renewed The World Health Organization’s about-face on lockdowns https://fee.org/articles/who-reverses-course-now-advises-against-use-of-punishing-lockdowns/ It’s time for us to separate our health insurance for our jobs https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/10/12/americans-need-to-separate-health-insurance-from-our-jobs/ This was broadcast on October 16, 2020, on The Big Talker WFBT 106.7FM http://bigtalkerfm.com Listen […]
Trump’s drug import plan will make us all pay
Make Canada Great Again? Believe it or not, that’s what is at the center of President Donald Trump’s latest executive order aimed at trying to lower the cost of prescription drugs for Americans. Trump’s plan, dubbed the “Most-Favored-Nation-Price” model, would effectively import price controls on pharmaceuticals from other nations with single-payer, government-run health systems, including Canada. With […]
ВООЗ змінює курс – тепер радить не вдаватись до локдаунів
Попри те, що ВООЗ закликає країни утримуватися від введення локдаунів, багато урядів продовжують використовувати цю стратегію. Попри те, що ВООЗ закликає країни утримуватися від введення локдаунів, багато урядів продовжують використовувати цю стратегію. Український – поки в роздумах. Наслідки пандемії COVID-19 завдали нищівного удару економіці багатьох країн і нашій, підірвали наші особисті та економічні свободи, що […]
WHO Reverses Course, Now Advises Against Use of ‘Punishing’ Lockdowns
For months, an overwhelming majority of the planet’s population has been subject to cruel and unnerving lockdowns: businesses closed, travel restricted, and social gatherings kept to a minimum. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have sunk our economies, kept loved ones apart, derailed funerals, and made personal and economic liberty a casualty as much as our health. […]
Americans Need to Divorce Health Insurance From Our Jobs
In between the jabs during the first presidential debate, both President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden stumbled through their vision for healthcare reform. While Biden wants to expand a “public option,” a kind of Obamacare plus, Trump focused on his executive orders mandating cheaper drug prices and the congressional repeal of the […]
Consumer Choice Radio EP40: Jacob Grier on the Rediscovery of Tobacco, Cocktail Culture, 2020 Party Hopping
Consumer Choice Radio, hosted by Yaël Ossowski (@YaelOss) & David Clement (@ClementLiberty). INTERVIEW: Jacob Grier (@jacobgrier) – He writes about tobacco, public policy, and other vices. His articles have appeared at Slate, Reason, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Daily Beast, and many other publications. jacobgrier.com jacobgrier.substack.com BOOKS: The Rediscovery of […]
Good food, good times, Queen Kamala, Politics uber alles | Yaël Ossowski on Joe Catenacci Show
Consumer Choice Center Deputy Director Yaël Ossowski on The Joe Catenacci Show. Topics discussed: —Mexican and Austrian food FTW —Kamala Harris is Bad California Politics —Politics is creeping into anything and everything —Social media overregulation thanks to political threats This was broadcast on October 9, 2020, on The Big Talker WFBT 106.7FM http://bigtalkerfm.com Listen to […]