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June 18, 2025 • 30 mins
📺 Commercials Reveal Everything Broken in Our Society | Karel Cast Ep. 25-82
Ever sit through streaming commercials and feel something’s… off?
From fast food pushed at midnight to Big Pharma pitching miracle pills with deadly side effects, today’s ads say more about our society than the shows themselves.
Why are we bombarded with:
• 🍔 Food we shouldn’t eat
• 💊 Drugs with horrific side effects
• 🎬 Movies with recycled p...
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June 18, 2025 • 17 mins
HIS WEEK ON CODE WACK!
As federal officials carry out large-scale, military-style raids and widespread arrests of undocumented immigrants, another fight is quietly brewing — one that could push thousands of people off their health insurance.
More than half a million young people who were brought to the U.S. as children and grew up here could soon lose eligibility for affordable and subsidized health coverage. A new rule proposed...
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June 17, 2025 • 30 mins
🌍 Why the World Feels Like It’s Falling Apart | Karel Cast Ep. 25-81
Genocide in Gaza. War in Ukraine. Trump’s relentless assault on immigrants, women, and the LGBTQ+ community. Climate collapse accelerating. Sky-high food prices. Corporate bigotry from brands like Target, the Dodgers, and Home Depot.
It feels like the world is unraveling—but why?
Why do the same crises keep coming back, generation after generation, with no rea...
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The guest host for today's show is Brad Bannon. Brad runs Bannon Communications Research, a polling, message development and media firm which helps labor unions, progressive issue groups and Democratic candidates win public affairs and political campaigns. His show, 'Deadline D.C. with Brad Bannon,' airs every Monday from 3-4pm ET.
Brad is first joined by Charlie Cook, Founder of 'the Cook Political Report,' to talk about ten yea...
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June 16, 2025 • 30 mins
🔥 War & Protest Explode Across the Globe | Karel Cast Ep. 25-80
A full-scale war between Israel and Iran has erupted, escalating the Middle East crisis to new and dangerous levels. Is this a necessary defense or Netanyahu’s strategy to erase all opposition? And is Gaza now completely forgotten as aid stalls and the world watches elsewhere?
Meanwhile, across the U.S., millions march in “No Kings” rallies, demanding a return to co...
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June 13, 2025 • 5 mins
In a United States where the presidential administration is comfortable arresting sitting members of Congress and tackling sitting senators who dare ask a question at a press conference, and where they’ve called the military into the streets against American citizens, it’s hard to believe anything more can happen, but you may rest assured it will. Today’s commentary deals specifically with the ongoing ICE raids. This is important. ...
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June 12, 2025 • 30 mins
🚨 War With Iran? LA ICE Raids Distract From Dangerous Moves | Karel Cast Ep. 25-79
As all eyes lock on Los Angeles and the chaos surrounding ICE raids, something far more dangerous brews behind the scenes. The U.S. is quietly evacuating embassies in Iran — a classic signal that conflict may be imminent. Are we watching a modern Wag the Dog scenario play out while the media diverts our attention?
Also in this episode:
✈️ A chill...
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June 12, 2025 • 30 mins
🚨 War With Iran? LA ICE Raids Distract From Dangerous Moves | Karel Cast Ep. 25-79
As all eyes lock on Los Angeles and the chaos surrounding ICE raids, something far more dangerous brews behind the scenes. The U.S. is quietly evacuating embassies in Iran — a classic signal that conflict may be imminent. Are we watching a modern Wag the Dog scenario play out while the media diverts our attention?
Also in this episode:
✈️ A chill...
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June 12, 2025 • 15 mins
How are big insurance companies dodging the very rules meant to protect patients — and turning our health care system into a profit machine for Wall Street? What can we the people do to stop it?
Join us as we dive into the dark side of corporate loopholes, for-profit health care, and policy failure with Rachel Madley, Director of Policy and Advocacy at the Center for Health and Democracy. A former FDA staffer and health policy a...
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June 12, 2025 • 15 mins
How are big insurance companies dodging the very rules meant to protect patients — and turning our health care system into a profit machine for Wall Street? What can we the people do to stop it?
Join us as we dive into the dark side of corporate loopholes, for-profit health care, and policy failure with Rachel Madley, Director of Policy and Advocacy at the Center for Health and Democracy. A former FDA staffer and health policy a...
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June 11, 2025 • 30 mins
🔴 Trump’s Real Plan for Power EXPOSED | Karel Cast Ep. 25-78
Donald Trump isn’t focused on fixing immigration — he had four years to do that and did nothing. So what is his endgame? It’s all about one thing: Power.
In this episode, I lay out exactly how Trump plans to hold onto power — and why we should all be paying attention.
PLUS: Is it wrong to focus on joy and positivity in a world filled with political chaos and daily tra...
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June 10, 2025 • 31 mins
Gavin vs Trump: Why Newsom Stands Alone Against MAGA Madness | Karel Cast 25-78
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Why is Gavin Newsom the only one standing up to Trump and the MAGA machine? Today, House Speaker Mike Johnson invoked a vile image—saying Newsom should be “tarred and feathered,” a punishment once used on runaway slaves. The attack is more than words—it’s a dangerous escalation.
As Trump’s authoritarian grip tightens, where is the resista...
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The guest host for today's show is Brad Bannon. Brad runs Bannon Communications Research, a polling, message development and media firm which helps labor unions, progressive issue groups and Democratic candidates win public affairs and political campaigns. His show, 'Deadline D.C. with Brad Bannon,' airs every Monday from 3-4pm ET.
Brad is first joined by CNN Military Analyst Cedric Leighton.
Col. Leighton (USAF-Ret.) gives the l...
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June 9, 2025 • 31 mins
Trump Wages War With California Uses Troops As Personal Army | Karel Cast 25-77
Donald Trump has activated the National Guard under a rarely-used Title X order—and he’s sending them into California, targeting Governor Newsom in what many are calling a personal war disguised as immigration enforcement. This alarming move mirrors the darkest chapters of history, echoing tactics used in 1930s Germany.
Is this the beginning of a cons...
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June 5, 2025 • 30 mins
🇺🇸 Does America Have Just 1,251 Days Left? | Karel Cast Ep. 25-76
It’s been 209 days since Donald Trump returned to power — and with 1,251 days left in his term, America faces a crisis like never before. From LGBTQ+ hatred and xenophobic travel bans to attacks on reproductive rights and democracy itself, this presidency feels like an unrelenting nightmare. Can our nation survive the next 1,251 days?
In today’s Karel Cast, we br...
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June 4, 2025 • 30 mins
🚨 Trump vs Pride: Why the Politics of Hate Is Escalating | Karel Cast Ep. 25-75 🌈
IIn this powerful episode of the Karel Cast, we break down the GOP’s growing war on LGBTQ rights and visibility. Trump’s administration just erased Harvey Milk’s name from a Navy ship — during Pride Month — and declared June as “Title IX Month” instead, twisting the law to target trans rights.
This isn’t new — the GOP has a long, shameful history ...
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June 3, 2025 • 30 mins
Why So Many Americans Feel Helpless — And How to Break Free | Karel Cast Ep. 25-74
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Do you ever feel like nothing you do matters? Climate change, skyrocketing prices, broken politics — and yet the most common reaction is: “What can I even do?” You’re not alone — helplessness is becoming America’s national mood.
In this bold episode of the Karel Cast, we dig into:
• Why that feeling of helplessness is more than j...
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June 2, 2025 • 41 mins
The guest host for today's show is Brad Bannon. Brad runs Bannon Communications Research, a polling, message development and media firm which helps labor unions, progressive issue groups and Democratic candidates win public affairs and political campaigns. His show, 'Deadline D.C. with Brad Bannon,' airs every Monday from 3-4pm ET.
Brad is first joined by Kate Ackley, a Senior Reporter for Bloomberg Government.
Kate shares a a ge...
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Is Trump Actually Good for Gay Pride? The Truth Behind Corporate Pullouts 🏳️🌈🔥 | Karel Cast Ep. 25-73
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Is Donald Trump actually doing the LGBTQ+ community a favor? In this episode of the Karel Cast, we dive into the recent backlash as companies pull out of Pride events due to anti-DEI rhetoric — and why that might not be the worst thing.
Corporations are bailing, boycotts are being threatened, and people are outr...
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May 30, 2025 • 23 mins
Leslie is joined by Liz Shuler, President of the 63 unions and over 15 million members of the AFL-CIO, and the first woman leader of America’s labor movement.
The pair discusses the Supreme Court ruling upholding Trump's firings of the National Labor Relations Board and Merit Systems Protection Board members, the draconian House budget bill, and the field hearings the Union conducted through the 'Department of People Who Work for ...
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