Consumer Choice Center Cast

Consumer Choice Center Cast


Latest Episodes

David Clement on CTV's Your Morning to Caution Against Waiving COVID IP and tech protections
May 10, 2021

North American Affairs Manager David Clement is interviewed on CTV's "Your Morning," making the case for why Canada should not support the #TRIPSwaiver​ at the WHO, which would suspend intellectual property protections on COVID vaccines and tech, and what

Here Comes the Menthol Police (Yaël on Big Talker FM w/ Joe Catenacci)
May 07, 2021

-Let's take a moment to celebrate our diversity of choice in consumer products in America -The Biden admin supports the COVID vaccine IP waiver. Bad news for the vulnerable -The coming menthol ban and what it will mean for minority communities, harm red

United States Postal Spy Service, TRIPS Waiver, and more (Yaël on Big Talker FM w/ Joe Catenacci)
April 30, 2021

-Lockdown difference between the U.S. and Europe -The TRIPS waiver and the threat to COVID vaccine intellectual property and tech https://consumerchoicecenter.org/global-organizations-and-populists-who-aim-to-seize-covid-vaccine-tech-and-ip/ -The US Po

Earth Day Innovation (Yaël on Big Talker FM with Joe Catenacci)
April 23, 2021

-Celebrating Earth Day Innovation -Technology Neutrality: Electric Car Edition -Banning AI and facial recognition for law enforcement without a warrant -What happens when North Carolina reaches herd immunity? Consumer Choice Center Deputy Director Yaë

Demasking our Kids (Yaël on Big Talker FM w/ Joe Catenacci)
April 16, 2021

-2-year-olds with masks on planes? https://fee.org/articles/does-the-cdc-s-mask-mandate-for-2-year-old-children-make-sense-a-look-at-the-science/ -What happens with the "experts" are wrong? -Deconstructing the War on Plastic https://consumerchoicecent

Data and Consumer Privacy, Politicization of Everything, and Love for Florida (Yaël on Big Talker FM's Joe Catenacci Show)
April 09, 2021

-We need smart data and consumer privacy rules that work while championing innovation -Why the target is on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' back and trust in media -Tracking the errors of the CDC and FDA -The Politicization of Everything, Georgia and MLB Ed

Gimme that Train Competition (Yaël on Joe Catenacci Show - Big Talker FM)
April 02, 2021

-A train from Wilmington to Raleigh? Don't hold your breath and don't trust Amtrack -We need some real competitors on passenger trains -Biden infrastructure plan and the push for electric vehicles -The real environmental burden of electrical vehicles

Ditching State Monopolies (Yaël on Joe Catenacci Show Big Talker FM)
March 26, 2021

-The Suez boat affair reveals a lot about the necessity and complications of free trade -Lysander Spooner and the American Letter Mail Company -The importance of federalism -The history of the French cajuns (cadiens) and the French language in Louisian

Trusting the Elites (Yaël on the Joe Catenacci Show) Big Talker FM
March 19, 2021

-The AstraZeneca affair in Europe has shredded the credibility of several political leaders and the establishment -Florida's Ron DeSantis vs. the Elites and what it means for the future of public policy -The Biden Administration has abandoned free trade

A Return to Responsibility (Yaël on Joe Catenacci Show)
March 15, 2021

-The huge relief bill is a payoff to political constituencies rather than relief to the American people -Will the unconstitutional emergency orders be rescinded? -A return to constitutional government to protect our rights -Joe Biden's immigration poli