{"podcast":{"title":"Heard Tell","slug":"heard-tell-7049105","podcast_index_feed_id":7049105,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6186025/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/heard-tell--6186025","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/6c5b7520affb96983f5fc921598ee642.jpg","author":"Andrew Donaldson","episode_count":796,"summary":"Turning down the noise of what we are hearing in the news cycle, social media, and the discourse to get to the information on culture, politics, and the issues of the day we need to properly discern the times we live in.Hosted by Andrew Donaldson","last_synced_at":"2026-09-18T08:22:28.947841+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heard-tell-7049105"},"episode":{"title":"Let's Talk West Virginia Water Right Quick","slug":"let-s-talk-west-virginia-water-right-quick","published_at":"2026-08-05T16:01:44+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heard-tell-7049105/let-s-talk-west-virginia-water-right-quick","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heard-tell-7049105","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/let-s-talk-west-virginia-water-right-quick--73503744","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73503744/stream.mp3","summary":"The old saying goes being listened to is better than being heard because the latter is passive and automatic whereas listening is active and requires focus. But I suspect what sounds like a good idea isn’t going to go well for Gov Patrick Morrisey because the folks on his “listening tour” wanted to be heard the first time and don’t want just attention they want it fixed.But there is no easy fix. The people don’t want to hear that, and the governor can’t say that. Meanwhile, too many are going without reliable access to the very foundational building block of life as we know it: water.Maybe the governor never has the experience of turning on the tap and getting that rotten egg smell as red goop sulpher runs for a bit before you get to the better, cleaner water like was one of my chores in the church I grew up. I talk about that, what is/isn’t the fault of Patrick Morrisey or any other elected official, reality vs rhetoric, and the real cost of infrastructure on this Heard Tell.______ Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inbox https://www.heardtellmedia.com Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us HeardTellShow@gmail.comPlease follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-960c-30f9bf37bcff/donations All that and more on this episode of Heard Tell. -------------------- Heard Tell SubStack Free to subscribe, comes right to your inboxhttps://heardtell.substack.com/Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us HeardTellShow@gmail.comPlease follow @HeardTellShow like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/4b87f374-cace-44ea-…","meta_description":"The old saying goes being listened to is better than being heard because the latter is passive and automatic whereas listening is active and requires focu…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":864,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/heard-tell-7049105/episodes/let-s-talk-west-virginia-water-right-quick/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heard-tell-7049105/let-s-talk-west-virginia-water-right-quick.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}