Heard Tell: Covering culture and politics, but without all the caterwauling. Writing & media from Andrew Donaldson
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Andrew Donaldson is a widely published writer and commentator. He regularly contributes to States Newsroom outlet West Virginia Watch, is the managing editor of Ordinary-times.com, and host of the Heard Tell Podcast, Substack, and YouTube channel.
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I offer you The Saturday List each...Saturday. I also interview people on YouTube, and it's called The Vandy Program. Marketing executive by day.
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