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Welcome to the Earth Circle by Progress Factors that shines a light on how great companies are making big moves towards a more responsible world. Whilst so much social media reports on environmental challenges and greenwashing practices, we're here to share the good news and inspire others to also do more. In each episode, we'll dive deep into conversations with innovative companies and visionary leaders who are actively working to make our planet more sustainable and our communities better ...
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What is Entertaining in 2025?Karel Cast 25-23There's a new Marvel Movie opening, Captain America with Harris Ford as Red Hulk and an African American Captain. As Marvel pours out movie after movie, is this the entertainment we want?And what about streaming? Why do all the good RomComs like Bridgette Jones' new outings not get to go to theaters but …
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Is America Worth The Cost of Admission?Karel Cast 25-22The economy in the USA is the biggest issue on all our minds. Rents are out of control; mortgage rates and interests; groceries; fuel; utilities; internet; autos and so much more. No place exemplifies this more than California. But California burns, often; floods often. Crime is rough in the ma…
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This week's commentary focuses on Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation roadmap for the Trump Administration. Although the president denied knowing anything about it while on the campaign trail, it was conceived and written primarily by Russell Vought, the once and current OMB director (super-powerful controller of the budget), and a slew of Trump …
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This time on Code WACK! Why are some 200,000 Americans dying each year due to issues with their health insurance and access to care? Would a single payer healthcare system put a stop to this? To find out, we interviewed Dr. James G. Kahn, an expert in health policy and economics, and advisor to Code WACK! and editor and primary blogger of Health Ju…
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#MAGA Hypocrisy Can You Imagine 2025? | Really Karel ShowKarel Cast 25-21JD Vance claims judges are not allowed to check executive power...then who is? But can you imagine what Orangina and other GOP would have done if Harris, or Biden or Obama or Hillary had said this? Can you imagine?A friend of mine was accosted yesterday over a parking space. A…
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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 joi…
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Super Bowl Is All That’s Wrong with America 2025 | Really Karel ShowKarel Cast 25-020Yesterday was the “big game” day. But what is it, really?Well, it’s companies paying $16m a minute to get their message across. And where does that money come from? From our pockets. And are these companies good for America, good for the world, good for the planet?…
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The strong reactions to the tragic murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson by alleged killer Luigi Mangione are bringing renewed attention to the abuses of for-profit health insurance. How does our complex, costly, and callous for-profit healthcare system contribute to America's high mortality rate and how many people are believed to die eac…
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Rage Exhaustion Is Real So What to Do?Karel Cast 25-019On yesterday’s show we touched on it, and today, Scientific American proves me out: Rage Exhaustion is real and can take a real toll on our health, both physical and mentally.Tuning out isn’t the answer, because, in today’s world you simply can’t.So how do we not kill ourselves by being outrage…
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The EASY Way to Understand Donald Trump's EXPENSES | #trump #reallykarel @BBC Karel Cast 25-018There’s a lot of talk about the economy, how tariffs will effect it and so much more. But there’s a much bigger cost to Orangina’s presidency, and we are beginning to pay it.What is it and how can we make sure we don’t pay to much of the toll? I know.Supp…
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The Room Most Affected By Trump Tariffs: The Kitchen | #trump | @ReallyKarel Karel Cast 25-017Trump has imposed 25% tariffs on we, the people. Oh he says Canada and Mexico (and China) but they don’t pay, we do. So on Tuesday, will prices skyrocket again?And which room in your house, of all rooms will be affected more? That’s easy, the most importan…
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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 joi…
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If you have listened to our eGenius episode then you’ve heard of Stefan Zistler before. This time he’s taken the time to explain what all the ins and outs about the eGenius project he’s been working on for years. Once again a big shout out to the University of Stuttgart, whose Institute of Aircraft Design (IFB) carried out the aircraft modification…
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Air Tragedy In DC: If Flying Still Safe?Karel Cast 25-015The worst air disaster in two decades. 67 people gone in under three minutes. It stokes the worse fears in all of us. But should it? Is flying safe?Well, it is, until it isn’t.Support the show at patreon.com/reallykarelThe Karel Cast is supported by you at patreon.com/reallykarel Please donat…
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This time on Code WACK! For the second episode in our two-part series on racism in medicine, in honor of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr, we’re asking the question: What is racially concordant care and how does it help save lives? What else can be done to reduce deadly disparities in medicine? To find out, we spoke to Dr. Uché Blackstock. Blackstock, a…
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⚔️ The Battle Lines Are Clear – Who Will Dominate? | #battlelines #battle #reallykarel Karel Cast 25-014A text from a “friend” shows me now that the battle lines are drawn. There will be casualties of this war. Very, very real ones.There can be no civility, nor common ground. We truly are in a fight for the soul of the country and the world.Will we…
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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 joi…
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Why #MAGA is So Afraid of #DEIKarel Cast 25-013Donald Trump is fighting DEI harder than climate change, grocery prices, or any other issue facing America. Why? Why is MAGA so afraid of diversity, equity and inclusion? That’s a really simple question to answer.But as companies like Target continue to discontinue this practice, what does it tell you …
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Goodbye Gaza and Let’s Finish Veganuary with a Bang!Karel Cast 25-012As Trump continues to decimate the country, I’ve decided to take to the kitchen and end Veganuary with a bang by making vegan cornbread and protein-packed chili.Of course, we first address Trump wanting to turn Gaza in to a resort community for rich Israelis. After all, it is beac…
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👉 America's New Priorities: What Matters Most in 2025 || Really Karel ✨Karel Cast 25-012You can tell who a person is by what they prioritize. What do they put first in their lives? How do they live.The same can be said for a country. You can tell the nature of a country by what it excels at, what its priorities are…so what are the USA’s new priorit…
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Karel Cast 25-011History is full of scared White men pretending to be rulers. But what they and their supporters are, are scared. They’re afraid that if women, Blacks, Gays, trans, Hispanics, Native Americans…they’re afraid that if they are given an equal playing field, the White men will loose because they are inferior. And they’re right.The USA i…
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California has suffered a devastating loss. Lives, properties, memories, all up in smoke. Republicans wasted no time blaming men (Democratic ones, of course) for this climate change-fueled act of God. Predictably, Republicans from red states that take huge amounts of money from the federal government, want to use fire relief as a cudgel to force Ca…
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Karel Cast 25-010There’s a lot of talk about making America great again. But what about Americans? What about the people?Do you remember your passions? Your drive? Your goals. It seems today it’s all about survival and keeping pace with the world as we know it. But what do you LOVE in your life, or did you, that you would like back? Are you doing i…
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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 joi…
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This time on Code WACK! In honor of Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy of equality and justice for all, we welcome Dr. Uché Blackstock, author of the New York Times bestselling book “Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine.” Trained as an ER physician, the Harvard Medical School graduate is the founder and CEO of Advancing Health Equ…
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Karel Cast 25-009Joe Biden had one job: to keep Donald Trump from winning the Presidency ever, and he failed. Today, he stands side by side with the man he called oligarch to transfer power of the first world superpower over to a despot.It is the beginning of the end of Trump’s reign; four years that the USA will either survive, its institutions ho…
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What's Holding Democrats Back from Winning in 2025? | Really Karel 🔥Karel Cast 25-008Trump and MAGA have, well, balls. They are offensive, abrasive, dismissive, they are exclusionary and ill-tempered. And they win. Consistently. Biden gave his farewell speech and used words like Oligarch and all kinds of dire predictions. But then, they turn around…
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How is the Department of Veterans Affairs becoming increasingly privatized and what could this mean for those who have served and sacrificed for our country? Is corporate health insurance better than the VA healthcare system - or not? How is privatization affecting the financial viability of the VA -- and what can be done to stop it?To find out, we…
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TikTok Ban Is Pointless In This New Age 2025 | Really Karel Show USA Karel Cast 25-007TikTok could disappear over the weekend from the App stores in the USA. And other countries have already followed suit. BUT, with thousands flocking to Rednote does it even matter? And why are we so afraid of Chinese surveillance on TikTok but not on the millions …
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Report Adds Insult to Injury 2025 | Really Karel Show USA 🎙️ @BBC @BBCHindi @bbcnewsarabic Karel Cast 25-006Jack Smith issue a report and says Trump would have been convicted of insurrection if he went to trial. So why didn’t he? Democratic and justice department misconduct.Plus more updates on the fires and it’s Veganuary, but is America a lost ca…
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America Is Becoming Too Stressful To Flourish 2025 🌪️ | Really Karel Show USA 🎙️ Karel Cast 25-005Climate change is destroying cities.Christian nationalism is about to take over the nation.Groceries are soaring. Health care costs are out of control. Mass shootings are still happening. How do we tune it out and flourish in today’s world? Is there a …
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We Are Too Broken to Fix Blue States Should Join Canada 2025 | Really Karel News 2025Karel Cast 25-004SoCal is in devastation. My friends were evacuated. Lives have been forever changed.And while there’s a valid question to be had about Climate Change, building in these areas in today’s world and more one simple post sums up why we’re too broken as…
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🚨 CA Wildfires Threaten Lives | My Friends in Danger 2025 🔥 | Really Karel NewsKarel Cast 25-003A windstorm has caused massive fires and losses in Southern California, from Pacific Palisades to Pasadena. I have friends all over that area and some are evacuated.This happens often, and when will we finally say you simply cannot live or rebuild in the…
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Karel Cast 25-002I have paid over $150 a month for nine years to Nationwide Pet Insurance for their Whole Health with Wellness plan for Ember.Now, they have decided to not offer it in Nevada and CA, and other states, and are cancelling 300k policies. Not for nonpayment or too many claims, but just because they can. It’s almost impossible to insure …
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Why have U.S. administrations from both sides of the aisle chosen to privatize Medicare and how has that complicated health care for patients? How do mega insurance companies benefit as a result? How much is all this costing us, anyway? And what can we do about it?To find out, we spoke with Wendell Potter, a former health insurance industry executi…
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Things I Learned On Vacation about Me, and the USAKarel Cast 25-001It’s been a great two weeks of shows here, but I’ve been on vacation here in Las Vegas and I’ve learned a lot about myself and about the USA.We’ll talk about the attacks on NY Day; We’ll talk about Jan 6 and what it means and we’ll talk about how liberals are becoming the epitome of…
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In the wake of the recent presidential election, we’re revisiting one of our favorite podcast episodes from 2023 about the hurdles America's Indigenous peoples face in accessing health care. What’s being done to help elder Native Americans receive culturally competent long-term care? Would it surprise you to learn that relying on the Indian Health …
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Homeless Speak Out; Moto Madness and Cheerleaders?Karel Cast 24-184Happy Christmas Eve! First we talk about how it's OK to not be OK on Christmas. Then, on Christmas and holidays, we often think of those less fortunate, including the homeless. We look back on a segment about the homeless and how the GOP views them, versus how they really are, and w…
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This time on Code WACK! What could another Trump presidency mean for the rise in Medicare private plans and what would that mean for patient care and financial waste in our healthcare system and for the Medicare Trust Fund? To find out, we recently interviewed Dr. Diljeet Singh, an integrative gynecologic oncologist and incoming president of Physic…
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Karel's Kitchen Is Open Wide!Karel Cast 25-02We all have to eat better in 2025 and Plant Based is the way. So let's go in to my kitchen and just have some fun today! We'll make bean burgers, a vodka gimlet SHIRTLESS because I lost a bet, we'll make Veggie Korma and so much more. Ember gets in to the mix and we have a blast.Eating Plant Based 2025 i…
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The Queen of Horror Rises! Anne and Chris RiceKarel Cast 24-187Happy New YearShe may be gone, but her work lives on. Interview with the Vampire is a hit show on AMC, her books sell like hotcakes and Her son is accomplished author all by himself. I had the pleasure of sitting with Anne and Christopher Rice just months before her death and it was mag…
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Let's Visit the Outing in Ireland, the world's only LGBTQ music a matchmaking festival! An let's meet Eddie McGuinness, their founder, as well as the most famous drag queen in the UK Panti Bliss; trans revelation Kellie Maloney and so many more on the streets of Dublin. The Outing will take place again over Valentine's Day 2025, so come and see for…
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Very High Tea, Velvet Chocolat and MoreKarel Cast 24-183On this special Holiday Karel Cast, first we go to High Tea at Cobblestone Cottage in Las Vegas to encourage you to do something nice for yourself this holiday season; something you love. I go with BFF Steve Cabral and Ember and we have just a great time.Then, it's off to the kitchen. You've s…
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80% Of Your Life Comes From Here; Islamaphobia Still ReignsKarel Cast 24-186The port of Los Angeles is where 80% of your goods come from and where, if tariffs happen it will change the entire port. Let’s go take a look at the port and see what it’s actually like inside.Islamaphobia is not new and they were very worried under Trump. Well, they’re wo…
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90s Icon Marc Summers Plus Super 90s Quiz We Love the 90s!Karel Cast 24-185As the year closes, nostalgia is bound to pop up and what better decade to remember than the '90s! And who better to remember it with than Marc Summers. You loved him on Double Dare, and he's been on Broadway with a new play that set records as well. And let's not forget the…
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Merry Christmas! Let's Sing and Eat!Karel Cast 24-184Merry Christmas from The Karel Cast! Let's take a look back on the Christmas and talk about dining a little healthier and why most of America doesn't do it. Join Jewels Long Beach, Amy Brown, DJ Valentino Rose and me before I was vegan (and I hate it).Then let's talk about the history of Christma…
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Leslie is joined by Fred Redmond, Secretary-Treasurer of the 60 unions and 12.5 million members of the AFL-CIO.The two discuss:- Why there is no source that Union workers trust more for information about politics than their fellow Union workers- How, despite the massive headwinds Democrats faced in this year's elections, Union voters turned out for…
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