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The Innocents Abroad podcast. Broadcasting from Vienna and Warsaw, a podcast on life and society abroad. 1. August 2019 TIME CODES 2:09 – European Heath Wave http://l.yael.at/E 4:00 – Leaving the city for the countryside, traveling with babies 5:40 – Global Warming Media 6:45 – Now using Buzzsprout on Spotify, Tunein, etc. 7:49 – Facebook data https://www.facebook.com/theinnocentsabroadpodcast/ 8:20 –…
CCC’s Yaël Ossowski stops by The Big Talker 106.7 FM to discuss the benefits of upzoning and YIMBYism to solve affordable housing issues. http://consumerchoicecenter.org
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…
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!
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.
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…
“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…
CCC Deputy Director Yaël Ossowski discusses international populism and U.S. immigration on The Big Talker 106.7 FM with Joe Catenacci.
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…
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
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/
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
Nearly every day we hear of more major cases of identity theft, financial crime and other forms of attacks or malicious interference on the internet. Breeches become commonplace and lax standards leave consumers worried about how their information is safeguarded. The colossal breaches at British Airways and Marriott and Starwood in 2018 compromised the private…
Channeling the spirit of Theodore Roosevelt and nostalgia for the early 20th century Progressive Era, the latest bad idea being circulated in elite circles is to use the trust-busting power of the federal government to break up the social network Facebook. The idea has been promoted by the likes of Democratic politicians like senators Elizabeth…
Washington D.C.: President Trump will give the EU and Japan six months to agree to a deal that would “limit or restrict” imports of automobiles and their parts into the US. It is claimed that car imports threaten national security since they have hurt domestic producers and their ability to invest in new technologies. In response, Consumer Choice Center Deputy…
At the dawn of the social media revolution, our first instincts were on the money. Instantaneous communication, blogging and social networks were the ultimate innovations for free speech. Millions of people were given a voice beyond the reach of traditional gatekeepers. It was glorious. Now that we’ve lived through two decades of this revolution, however,…
But critics claimed capping the interest rate would shrink the market, hurting Americans who rely on small borrowers. “The people who need access and who depend on credit cards to cover large transactions between paychecks are usually those who cannot otherwise gain access to credit and loans from banking institutions,” said Yaël Ossowski, the deputy…
En vertu de l’accord de coalition du gouvernement, la légalisation du cannabis récréatif devrait être une réalité d’ici cinq ans. Le “Consumer Choice Center” est une organisation américaine qui exerce du lobbying en faveur de la liberté, des droits et des intérêts des consommateurs. Ses responsables ont présenté au Luxembourg leur expérience et leurs mesures…
The Consumer Choice Center went to Luxembourg to provide policymakers, civil society leaders, religious groups, and labor unions with lessons on the legalization of cannabis from Canada. The CCC promoted the idea of “smart” legalization that would embrace consumer access, competition, safety, and eradication of the black market. This report aired on Luxembourg’s RTL station…
It’s a great time to be alive. In the past few years, we’ve been incredibly lucky to gain access to great technologies and services that make our lives better every day. Just think about the great problem-solving innovations we’ve had in recent years. Want a safer alternative to consuming nicotine? Enter vape devices. Looking for a…