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🎤 Katy Perry Backlash: Is Social Media Just a Hate Machine Now? | Karel Cast Ep. 25-59
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Katy Perry is getting dragged online—for her space show, her moves, even her past collabs. But what’s really going on here? Is this just what social media is now—a judgment factory? Mark Zuckerberg says the era of traditional social media is over. So is it all just toxic noise now?
Plus on today’s Karel Cast:
🔹 Teddi Mellencamp o...
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April 30, 2025 • 30 mins
The Most Ignored Yet Valuable Asset
Karel Cast 25-59
It’s the most valuable asset you have, and yet, your government doesn’t care to protect it. So many regulations are being removed, safeguards, and there’s no regulation on things that are poisonous to your asset. We spend billions a year, trillions, trying to protect it, but the current administration believes it doesn’t need to be safeguarded.
So, let’s talk about your most ...
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April 29, 2025 • 42 mins
Leslie is joined by Megan Salrin and Jimmy O'Donnell of the United Steelworkers (USW).
In one of his early acts as president, Donald Trump not only fired National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo but also removed NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox.
Firing Wilcox upended nearly 90 years of Supreme Court caselaw and left the NLRB unable to perform its vital mission of upholding workers’ rights.
During today's episode, ...
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April 29, 2025 • 30 mins
Everybody Wants This, But Can’t Have It
We all want it. Many fight and die for it. But it’s the one thing we cannot have in reality.What is it? Something you try to maintain every day, but truly, can’t.
Plus Jack in the box closing 200 stores, close them all…or, is there hope for rebranding?
And Justin Bieber must stop complaining about being famous.
The Karel Cast is heard on all streaming services from Apple Music to iHear...
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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 joined by Amie Parnes, Senior Correspondent at 'The Hill,' and Jonathan Allen, Senior Natio...
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April 28, 2025 • 30 mins
On Popes and Kings
Karel Cast 25-58
On Popes and Kings
The Pope has died and a new one is to be chosen. Has this ritual reached its end game? Is it still relevant in these times? How important is the Pope to the world…and why don’t other religions have one de facto ruler?
The lowest approval rating of any President in 80 years. Well, we knew that. But there’s other numbers more important, especially if you’re a Democrat.
Has t...
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April 24, 2025 • 30 mins
They’re Dead? I’m Gone
Karel Cast 25-59
It’s Entertainment Thursday and we start with TV shows killing off your favorite characters. With a recent death on 9-1-1 one has to wonder what are they thinking when they kill a much-liked main character.
Has any show gone too far and lost you because of killing off your favorite character? And what death was the most memorable for you.
Plus, a look at the biggest Entertainment headlin...
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April 23, 2025 • 30 mins
The Truth About Your Health
Karel Cast 25-58
A new report says that Linoleic acid can be found in seed oils made of canola, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, soy, sunflower, safflower and rice and it has been linked to breast cancer. RFK Jr and TikTok are going after seed oils. Why? Are they truly dangerous?
Protein. Eat this much according to influencers, eat that much according to doctors. Plant proteins for longevity, meat protein...
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April 22, 2025 • 30 mins
Wrestlemania Explains Trump Perfectly
Karel Cast 25-57
Wrestlemania came to Las Vegas this past weekend and it was a big multi-million dollar event. Even Trump got involved with rumors swirling he would attend.
But it's a perfect partnership for him. An event with lots of bluster, lots of glitz, but it's all fake, manufactured and filled with nothing more than overblown testosterone. But it goes far deeper than that. Profession...
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April 21, 2025 • 30 mins
There Is No Information Security Any More
Karel Cast 25-56
I received a letter this weekend, a letter that I’ve gotten before. In fact, I’ve gotten six of them total. And you know what it says. It says that all the verification of who you are, all the information of yours that your health care provider has, including your charts, your conditions, your medications, might as well be at the public library. Because it certainly isn’t...
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April 17, 2025 • 30 mins
When Did It Become OK To Argue Facts?
Karel Cast 25-55
There are 42 facts about Orangina that are indisputable. So, how are they disputed? When, exactly, did it become OK to argue facts?
And watching Real PD on Max has taught me one thing: Something is really wrong with our educational system! And I don’t just mean the perps…..I mean, it’s only Kansas, is English a second language there? Verbs not matching nouns, participles jus...
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April 16, 2025 • 32 mins
Are We Great Yet? I’m Confused
Karel Cast 25-54
I’m confused. During the campaign it would be all about how great America will be on day one of the regime. But here we are 100 days in and…are we great yet?
Prices on everything are soaring;
Division is worse than ever;
Both The Israel Genocide of Gaza’s and Ukraine war are still going with no end in sight;
Essential services and employees are being cut;
Military people are dy...
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April 16, 2025 • 17 mins
This time on Code WACK!
What’s it like operating an abortion clinic in Wyoming, one of the most anti-abortion states in the nation? Meet Julie Burkhart — longtime reproductive rights advocate, founder and CEO of Trust Women Foundation, which works to expand access to abortion care in underserved communities, and protégé of Dr. George Tiller, who was murdered for providing abortion care. Hear how Dr. Tiller’s legacy lives on throu...
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April 15, 2025 • 30 mins
Geme V. Lomi Compost Wars! Plus Kidfluencers?
Karel Cast 25-52
There's little things we all can do to help our planet. One is reduce your waste imprint. And you can do this by Geme and Lomi. But which is better? Well, let's see!
Kidfluencers on Netflix has shown us all the dangers of kid stars on social media. But is it also child abuse?
Plus it's Trump v. Harvard to the tune of $2.2b . Who will win? That's an easy question.
T...
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April 14, 2025 • 31 mins
Surviving the Hospital
Karel Cast 25-51
Afib took me down Thursday, and I had to call 911, go in an ambulance to the ER, then the ICU. Now, I’m home.
I’ve learned so much about our health care system, and myself, on this traumatic journey. And I’m going to share.
Also, Kidfluencers. I didn’t even know they existed, until a Netflix documentary blew the roof off of it all. Is this child abuse?
AND, it’s not futile to try and hel...
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April 9, 2025 • 30 mins
🔴 LIVE | Are We Deer In The Headlights? | Really Karel
Karel Cast 25-50
It's official. We are at war with China. A trade war, and we're not going to win. 80% of target and Walmart goods come from China. Amazon, Temu, China. So those prices will DOUBLE with a 104% tariff.
So, what are YOU doing to prepare? Because many, when faced with imminent danger, freeze, like a deer in the headlights. When people are in mass shootings and...
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April 9, 2025 • 10 mins
Can our local health departments counteract the mixed messages given by RFK, Jr. the secretary of Health and Human Services, about vaccine safety and efficacy? What about us? How can we combat disinformation and highlight the benefits of vaccinating our children and ourselves?
To find out, we spoke with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed—physician, epidemiologist, author, and county health commissioner. He is formerly the health director for the ...
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April 8, 2025 • 30 mins
When It's Time to Let Go
Karel Cast 25-49
The Trump regime has proven to be too much for the world, both practically and emotionally. It's a non stop roller coaster day to day. And that induces anxiety. In fact, most of American life induces anxiety. We are surrounded with health news every day, take this supplement, eat this way, exercise this much, eat this much protein...on and on...it induces anxiety.
So when is it time to j...
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April 6, 2025 • 31 mins
The New Depression Is Upon Us
Karel Cast 25-48
Today, the news will be talking about how the world economic bedrock has been shaken and how one man has decided to change fortunes instantly. His evil has infected every single country in the world, and it’s depressing.
Prices on everything are rising, and income isn’t, groceries are going up at least 4% more, and it’s depressing.
Social Security hangs in the balance. State medica...
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Trump Executive Order Stripping Collective Bargaining Rights is Biggest Attack on Labor in Decades by Progressive Voices
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