John Tierney is certainly a wealth of information.. most of which is actively overlooked by legacy media, which is surprising given his position at the New York Times. It's also wonderful that he's such a gentleman and allows you to speak uninterrupted. You've had such great luck in finding gracious and courteous guests who are a welcome breath of fresh air as compared with the rude people you were typically paired with on your TV appearances. They couldn't best you on the facts of the matters at hand and so they simply interrupted you constantly in order to prevent you from speaking and to run the clock out. Although you are terribly missed on network and cable TV it never stops being a wonderful experience to hear you on Substack, where you're actually allowed to speak at length and finish expressing your thoughts.
On recycling, I wish that the many essential points brought forth by yourself and John Tierney could be spread far and wide. I recall an investigative story from decades ago...from John Stossel? The source eludes my memory but the facts that were presented made such an impression on me at the time. There was footage of vast, cavernous warehouses stuffed to the ceilings with compacted plastic bottles and assorted 'recycling' effluvia with the underlying message that it all came from the USA and other Western nations under contract, and while money was being made in collecting it the trash stayed right there in small developing countries because they either didn't have the facilities to actually break it all down and recycle it or they didn't know how, and so it was just warehoused, year after year after year. John Tierney today tells us what actually became of those mountains of plastic...they are being burned.
There was also the exposure of the amazing levels of waste throughout the entire recycling process, one example being how cities now need around four trucks for every garbage route when it used to require only one...with the other 2-3 trucks being entirely dedicated to the pickup of recyclables, which are usually comingled again later down the line, rendering the entire process a terrible waste.
It was superbly fitting that in the TV series The Sopranos, the company run by Tony Soprano as a cover for his Mafia operations was a recycling and trash collection company. It's all a hideous scam, up and down the line.
John Tierney's explanation of the beginning of disposable consumer products as part of a public health strategy was fascinating as well, such as the invention of the Dixie cup. I see that it was invented in 1907, and I recall with some sadness a travel film to the then Soviet Union I saw in the 1970's which showed a public beverage dispenser that used a single glass cup for all patrons. Hygiene was accomplished by inverting the glass onto a little platform on the machine, which would then spray a jet of water up inside the glass. This 'cleaning' feature was optional to use of course, and I'm astonished that there haven't been even more public health crises in third world countries than the ones we've heard about...a testament to the resilience of the human immune system I suppose.
Thank you again Ann and John for your time and insights...your podcasts are always illuminating and worthwhile.
Beside “Leave the gun, take the cannoli.,” this is one of my all time favorite movies lines: https://youtu.be/eaCHH5D74Fs . Btw, the handles on paper bags today don’t last a walk to the car, never mind a five block walk home.
To all the fascinating life lesson topics discussed could we please add the whiney girly baby weather panic syndrome. Only in societies full of women with $100,000 SUVs could every weather event be a source of terror equal to the Japanese landing on Wake Island...1/2” of snow is turned into a weather forecaster’s prediction of “possibly” up to 14” with wind gusts that “might” reach “close to” 50mph, blah, blah, blah. Consequently, food/fuel bedlam panic sets in and we have morbidly obese women engaging in cage match brawls over the last loaf of bread, gallon of milk and dozen of eggs. Unless you are in DC, snow is no big deal and you will not starve to death...take a chill, crack open a brew and enjoy nature in all of its natural splendor. Then go out with a shovel and if you do not induce a coronary there is the timeless reward of a hot cocoa awaiting you at the end of the day.
Thank you Professor Coulter and Professor Tierney for you gracious sharing and especially the lessons of Garbology 101. 🙂 So Interesting. Learned very much. Well said. Well Done! If I may comment on one socially media-ly related concept. Despite the fine motor skill research, what is the use for violent video games (Call of duty…,) my opinion is they may perpetuate isolation instead of socially inclusive tendencies. Thank you Ann for the Mr. Tierney book recommendations! Appreciate.
Fredric Wertham’s book criticizing comic books was “Seduction of the Innocent.” It lead to, among other things, the “Comics Code,” an industry self-censoring group similar to the later MPAA for movies; and, partly, to Mad Magazine switching to a magazine format to avoid it.
The “kid in the Eighties” whose abduction scarred the memories of so many moms in NY and elsewhere was Etan Patz. His case was fictionalized in the movie “Without A Trace” which starred Kate Nelligan and Judd Hirsch.
If recycled material was valuable, someone would pay me to collect my trash.
Great podcast with a great guest, Ann!
John Tierney is certainly a wealth of information.. most of which is actively overlooked by legacy media, which is surprising given his position at the New York Times. It's also wonderful that he's such a gentleman and allows you to speak uninterrupted. You've had such great luck in finding gracious and courteous guests who are a welcome breath of fresh air as compared with the rude people you were typically paired with on your TV appearances. They couldn't best you on the facts of the matters at hand and so they simply interrupted you constantly in order to prevent you from speaking and to run the clock out. Although you are terribly missed on network and cable TV it never stops being a wonderful experience to hear you on Substack, where you're actually allowed to speak at length and finish expressing your thoughts.
On recycling, I wish that the many essential points brought forth by yourself and John Tierney could be spread far and wide. I recall an investigative story from decades ago...from John Stossel? The source eludes my memory but the facts that were presented made such an impression on me at the time. There was footage of vast, cavernous warehouses stuffed to the ceilings with compacted plastic bottles and assorted 'recycling' effluvia with the underlying message that it all came from the USA and other Western nations under contract, and while money was being made in collecting it the trash stayed right there in small developing countries because they either didn't have the facilities to actually break it all down and recycle it or they didn't know how, and so it was just warehoused, year after year after year. John Tierney today tells us what actually became of those mountains of plastic...they are being burned.
There was also the exposure of the amazing levels of waste throughout the entire recycling process, one example being how cities now need around four trucks for every garbage route when it used to require only one...with the other 2-3 trucks being entirely dedicated to the pickup of recyclables, which are usually comingled again later down the line, rendering the entire process a terrible waste.
It was superbly fitting that in the TV series The Sopranos, the company run by Tony Soprano as a cover for his Mafia operations was a recycling and trash collection company. It's all a hideous scam, up and down the line.
John Tierney's explanation of the beginning of disposable consumer products as part of a public health strategy was fascinating as well, such as the invention of the Dixie cup. I see that it was invented in 1907, and I recall with some sadness a travel film to the then Soviet Union I saw in the 1970's which showed a public beverage dispenser that used a single glass cup for all patrons. Hygiene was accomplished by inverting the glass onto a little platform on the machine, which would then spray a jet of water up inside the glass. This 'cleaning' feature was optional to use of course, and I'm astonished that there haven't been even more public health crises in third world countries than the ones we've heard about...a testament to the resilience of the human immune system I suppose.
Thank you again Ann and John for your time and insights...your podcasts are always illuminating and worthwhile.
Beside “Leave the gun, take the cannoli.,” this is one of my all time favorite movies lines: https://youtu.be/eaCHH5D74Fs . Btw, the handles on paper bags today don’t last a walk to the car, never mind a five block walk home.
To all the fascinating life lesson topics discussed could we please add the whiney girly baby weather panic syndrome. Only in societies full of women with $100,000 SUVs could every weather event be a source of terror equal to the Japanese landing on Wake Island...1/2” of snow is turned into a weather forecaster’s prediction of “possibly” up to 14” with wind gusts that “might” reach “close to” 50mph, blah, blah, blah. Consequently, food/fuel bedlam panic sets in and we have morbidly obese women engaging in cage match brawls over the last loaf of bread, gallon of milk and dozen of eggs. Unless you are in DC, snow is no big deal and you will not starve to death...take a chill, crack open a brew and enjoy nature in all of its natural splendor. Then go out with a shovel and if you do not induce a coronary there is the timeless reward of a hot cocoa awaiting you at the end of the day.
Thank you Professor Coulter and Professor Tierney for you gracious sharing and especially the lessons of Garbology 101. 🙂 So Interesting. Learned very much. Well said. Well Done! If I may comment on one socially media-ly related concept. Despite the fine motor skill research, what is the use for violent video games (Call of duty…,) my opinion is they may perpetuate isolation instead of socially inclusive tendencies. Thank you Ann for the Mr. Tierney book recommendations! Appreciate.
Great info and great fun!
This was hilarious!
Wow bring John back if possible! Would love to hear more from him!
Help! This crying Indian won't leave me alone!!!
Thank you. Wonderful interview. I knew I was right about recycling.
Fredric Wertham’s book criticizing comic books was “Seduction of the Innocent.” It lead to, among other things, the “Comics Code,” an industry self-censoring group similar to the later MPAA for movies; and, partly, to Mad Magazine switching to a magazine format to avoid it.
The “kid in the Eighties” whose abduction scarred the memories of so many moms in NY and elsewhere was Etan Patz. His case was fictionalized in the movie “Without A Trace” which starred Kate Nelligan and Judd Hirsch.
Ann, I second Mr. Tierney’s declaration: “You are a rare, enlightened human being.”