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Leslie is joined by the incoming President of the United Steelworkers (USW), David McCall. During this interview, they remember the late Tom Conway, former President of the USW, who sadly passed away on September 25th of this year. While the labor movement and the union both lost a great leader, thanks to Tom’s vision and hard work, both are on firm footing and primed to continue the fight for economic justice and fairness for working families. Tom’s legacy involves innovations and breakthroughs on a number of fronts: He bargained cutting-edge contracts across USW sectors. - He understood that companies needed to be successful so they could pay workers good wages and benefits, so where he could, he worked with them. - When he couldn’t, he was relentless in his work to find ways to make sure workers’ needs remained at the forefront. - This included the 2015 oil strike, which helped secure a number of important health and safety provisions for workers. - And a number of rounds of steel bargaining that help

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More and more, the Freedom Caucus is the Chaos Caucus. If you think they hate democracy, and America by extension, you’re on to something. I used to think they couldn’t govern. Now I see that they have no interest in governing. Their refusal to continue aid to Ukraine speaks volumes. It’s not the money; it’s Putin. They prefer autocracy to democracy, and they’ve figured out how to employ the tyranny of the minority. Here’s a short piece on the crisis of public confidence that they have ginned up. I hope you’ll listen.

Horrific Israel Attack Plus How Much Does Beauty Cost and What Happened? Karel Cast #263 There has been fighting in the Middle East since there has been a Middle East. Why? Religion, mostly, but there's another reason as well, and it can never ever be solved. Why? Because both sides think they are right and neither side is willing to give an inch. So you end up with Star Bellied Sneetches, refusing to go left or right, just standing in each other's way to peace. Hamas should not kill Israelis. Israelis should not force Palestinians out of their homes. How does this end? It appears it doesn't. $100 billion dollars a year, that's more than food stamp program, is spent on beauty in the USA, and beauty products. How much of that is you? Do you buy in to the creams and potions, or are you a shower, moisturize and go sorta person? Watch as I smear $200 cream on my face and see if it makes me younger. What happened to Karel? That's a valid question that's been asked of late, and it warrants an answer. So today,

Impossible waiting game; Southern Border Debacle; My Math Correct Karel Cast #261 Why, when something as important as life or death is involved, does the medical system tell us to hurry up and wait? Oh, you have cancer you need to see this doctor. That will take three weeks for our first appointment…really? Oh, we found these abnormal labs, we need to redo the test, how about next week…really? Also, my numbers about the middle class are correct, no the government's. Why Because they aren't realistic from the government. And the state of gay in the USA as another gay bar is attacked in Oakland, CA. Watch on YouTube and listen wherever you get your podcast. Subscribe at YouTube.com/reallykarel @ReallyKarel is all social media and website reallykarel.com The Karel Cast is heard three times a week on all your favorite streaming services and the video can be seen on Youtube. Karel is a history-making #LGBTQ talk show host currently living in Las Vegas with his pup Ember.

Scientists are freaking out about September's record heat and Antarctica's missing sea ice; Critical climate targets still barely within reach, thanks to growth of renewable energy; PLUS: After weakening UK climate policies, British Prime Minister cancels high-speed rail, expands offshore drilling... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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How did UnitedHealth Group, America’s largest health insurer by revenue, make billions in profit in the second quarter of 2023? How do UnitedHealth Group, CVS and Cigna control 80 percent of the drug supply market -- and why should we be concerned? To find out, we spoke to Wendell Potter, a former health insurance industry executive turned whistleblower, the New York Times bestselling author of Deadly Spin and the president of the Center for Health and Democracy. He is the author of the Substack newsletter HEALTH CARE un-covered which covers out-of-control profiteering in U.S. health care, its impact on everyday Americans, and potential policy solutions. Check out the Transcript and Show Notes for more!

Gaetz, #McCarthy #Trump #Monsters Inside and Out Trashing #USA #KarelCast #261 Every story is personal, right? When you read the news it's personal. We all have monsters in our brain, anxiety, medical anxiety, money woes, relationship insecurity, we all have our monsters; when you couple those with the monsters like Gaetz, McCarthy, the entire House and Senate which just sits by as Rome burns, school shootings (including two parents being tried for manslaughter for buying a gun), economic insecurity, global warming, they're all monsters and they are running amok. And it's taking its toll. Watch on YouTube and listen wherever you get your podcast. Subscribe at YouTube.com/reallykarel @ReallyKarel is all social media and website reallykarel.com The Karel Cast is heard three times a week on all your favorite streaming services and the video can be seen on Youtube. Karel is a history-making #LGBTQ talk show host currently living in Las Vegas with his pup Ember.

New York City floods again after third 100-year storm in two years; From Minneapolis to Mexico, bizarre extreme heatwaves set new September records; Home insurance bubble could burst as climate disasters strain insurance markets; PLUS: Norway almost 100% EVs... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

In today's short piece, I try to calculate the incalculable. Right-wing media, led by the Murdochs and Fox have done what you may properly feel is irreparable harm to the country and democracy in general. I’ll never get how people who demonstrably hate America and most of what it stands for, can wave the flag and talk about how they love the USA. Please give it a listen.

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Shocking Economic Figures, Math Monday Karel Cast # 260 What does it take to be in the one percent? What does it actually take to be in it in your state? The numbers are shocking. And what does it mean to be in the middle class these days? Those numbers are equally as shocking. Also, as student loans become repayable again, what "terrifying trade offs" are people making to manage? And what trade offs are you making in your every day life to manage the higher prices? Watch on YouTube and listen wherever you get your podcast. Subscribe at YouTube.com/reallykarel @ReallyKarel is all social media and website reallykarel.com The Karel Cast is heard three times a week on all your favorite streaming services and the video can be seen on Youtube. Karel is a history-making #LGBTQ talk show host currently living in Las Vegas with his pup Ember.

Horrifying Cult of Maga; Target Closing Stores Instead of Acting Karel Cast #259 You know, it all boils down to one thing. MAGA is a cult, and we are letting them win. We allow them to be in Congress, in the Senate, in the House, we allowed a cult leader to be President. And it's sad, really. As Americans we are supposed to want to work together to make the country great. Instead they listen to these GOP Cult leaders and work against their own self interests to please billionaires. It's just the saddest point in USA History. Also, Target is closing stores instead of standing up to criminals. Just like the rest of America. Why stand up to criminals? Just let them win. It's really the way we are going to lose America. Watch on YouTube and listen wherever you get your podcast. Subscribe at YouTube.com/reallykarel @ReallyKarel is all social media and website reallykarel.com The Karel Cast is heard three times a week on all your favorite streaming services and the video can be seen on Youtube. Karel is a histor

What policy solutions are needed to help people with disabilities get and keep quality health care - and which policies may do more harm than good? What would a Medicare for All system mean to this community? To find out, we spoke to Angela Gardner, a disability rights advocate who lives in the Los Angeles area. Angela is also a board member of Healthy California Now representing Hand in Hand, which fights for access to home care and disability justice, among other things. This is the second of two episodes with Angela. Check out the Transcript and Show Notes for more!

Trump An Outraged Fraud; Money, Men, Religion Kill; Phone Etiquette Karel Cast #258 A judge has issued a summary judgment in NYC that blatantly says Trump and his kids are Frauds, and have been committing fraud for decades. So how is he still a credible candidate? Or does everyone simply accept that he's a fraud? Biden on the picket line….disillusioned youth who don't believe the USA is a land of opportunity, what a show! Add in the most dangerous things on the planet, money, men and religion and then end with an article on phone etiquette and you have a show! Watch on YouTube and listen wherever you get your podcast. Subscribe at YouTube.com/reallykarel @ReallyKarel is all social media and website reallykarel.com The Karel Cast is heard three times a week on all your favorite streaming services and the video can be seen on Youtube. Karel is a history-making #LGBTQ talk show host currently living in Las Vegas with his pup Ember.

New Orleans declares emergency over saltwater intrusion in drinking water; Fracking operations are "devouring America's groundwater" amid persistent drought; PLUS: Republicans' government shutdown will suspend critical operations like FEMA disaster recovery... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

Years ago, Wendy’s hit a home run with the “Where’s the Beef” campaign, and its star, the octogenarian, Clara Peller. The new Republican Congress’s impeachment inquiry begs the same question because it lacks protein (and evidence). It's not a Double-Double, or a Quarter-Pounder, but it is a Whopper.  In today’s piece, we note My Kevin’s Sophie’s Choice—his job or our country—and the ridiculousness of the Trump whataboutism that tries to compare the Former Guy with Biden. I hope you’ll listen. It’s fun!

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. They discuss the pending government shutdown, and then preview the second GOP presidential debate. During the second half of the show, Dr. Bob Bollinger, Professor of Infectious Diseases at the John Hopkins University School of Medicine, examines the latest COVID-19 surge, and details the new vaccine booster shot. Charlie's Twitter handle is @CharlieCookDC. Dr. Bollinger holds joint appointments in International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and in Community Public Health at the JH School of Nursing. He is also Founding Director of the Center for Clinical Global Health E

On the radio show this week, we cover why the national budget is also a moral document that shows the deep priorities of our country – and where kids stand in that budget; we uncover the latest with Fox News, dive into double standards and false equivalencies in the media, and learn tactics to get real news; we hear about the #ChildcareCliff why it impacts businesses too and hear how we can help our nation avoid it; and we close the show discussing tactics to get every member of Congress on the bus… the Momnibus! *Special guests include: Michelle Dallafior, First Focus on Children, @First_Focus; Angelo Carusone, Media Matters, @mmfa; Lauren Hipp, MomsRising, @MomsRising; and Tina Sherman, MomsRising, @MomsRising.