Yaël broadcasts from the HB5 studio in Concord, North Carolina, and Todor comes in from Warsaw, Poland. TOPICS: Traveling with a baby Exploring the south Cluster headaches – Clusterbusters.org Default mode network – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Default_mode_network Examining medical journals Self-medicating Psychedelics Social Justice On Friendship Black Mirror BOOKS: Unjust: Social Justice and the Unmaking of America (by Noah Rothman): https://amzn.to/2XOZLyB […]
Interview on Southern Fried Philosophy
I had a great time speaking with Mojo and Biggun’ on the Southern Fried Philosophy podcast, one of my personal favorites. Check out the episode and show notes for more!
VIDEO: Why we need a modernized alcohol policy
On June 26th, Yaël Ossowski was interviewed on The Big Talker 106.7 FM about why we need a modernized alcohol policy, a recent Supreme Court decision that could help that, success in North Carolina, and how every consumer can step up to ensure more competition and better rules.
Nicotine is Not Your Enemy
In the fourth season of the popular show Mad Men, creative advertising executive Donald Draper pens a page-long ad in the New York Times explaining why he’s “quit tobacco.” A long time creative force in pushing cigarettes in popular media, he decides he’s had a change of heart when it comes to the dangerous effects […]
NC Reps push for alcohol provision during RNC
“Extending the ‘Last Call’ time would be up to the individual businesses, and would be a huge boom, for modernization of our state’s alcohol policy. Not only would clubs, bars, and restaurants have more flexibility, but consumers would also have a bigger range of options to choose from, and that could finally provide an incentive […]
VIDEO: Yaël Ossowski on international populism, and U.S. immigration
CCC Deputy Director Yaël Ossowski discusses international populism and U.S. immigration on The Big Talker 106.7 FM with Joe Catenacci.
San Francisco vape ban embraces harm over science
In an attempt to curb youth vaping, the Board of Supervisors of the city of San Francisco voted yesterday to ban all sales of vaping devices and e-cigarettes. The ban was passed unanimously and will apply to the sales and distribution of e-cigarettes once it has final approval. The ban was counterproductive and took the […]
Yaël Ossowski on democratic socialism, European healthcare, education, and consumer choice
Consumer Choice Center Deputy Director Yaël Ossowski on democratic socialism, healthcare, and education in European countries, and why we need more competition to make consumers more prosperous and offer them more choices. Interviewed on The Joe Catenacci Show on The Big Talker 106.7 FM. 13. June 2019
Yaël Ossowski FDA Testimony on Smart CBD Regulation
On May 31st, 2019, Consumer Choice Center Deputy Director Yaël Ossowski was invited to provide testimony to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on regulations for cannabis and cannabis-derived compounds such as CBD. https://consumerchoicecenter.org/cannabis-legalization/
Yaël Ossowski on Joe Catenacci Show: Social Media Regulation, Decentralization, and Unlivable Cities
CCC Deputy Director Yaël Ossowski is invited on the Joe Catenacci Show on Wilmington’s Big Talker 106.7FM to discuss regulation of social media and tech platforms, the great decentralized alternatives people can use, and the sad state of many elite cities and towns that are now unlivable due to high taxes and regulations. http://consumerchoicecenter.org