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🔥 Thanksgiving Cooking Chaos + Shocking LGBTQ News You Need to Hear | Karel Cast 25-157

🔥 Thanksgiving Cooking Chaos + Shocking LGBTQ News You Need to Hear | Karel Cast 25-157 It’s Thanksgiving, so we’re starting in the Karel kitchen with a whirlwind “best of” cooking compilation from the past few years. From crisp classic Gimlets to Indian dishes, falafel, and more, Karel takes you through some of his funniest and most memorable cooking moments—including that shirtless scene he had to do after losing a bet. Come laugh, stir, sip, and celebrate the holiday. Then we shift to the we...

Nov 27, 2025•59 min

Code Wack - Love your Medicare Advantage plan? It does NOT love you back

This time on Code WACK! Will Humana and UnitedHealth Group be found by the courts to have prematurely denied or cut off physician-ordered post-acute care for Medicare Advantage members using AI models with error rates as high as 90%? And could these same AI tools, which over 60% of doctors allege systematically deny patients necessary care, be used in Traditional Medicare as well? The answer is YES, depending on where you live. To learn more, we spoke with Jeremy White, author of InHumana: An Am...

Nov 26, 2025•18 min

Leslie Marshall Show - 11/25/25 - Working Families Take Major Hits in 2025

Leslie is joined by Roxanne Brown, President-Elect of the United Steelworkers. Currently serving as the Union's international Vice President, Brown will be sworn in to her new position on March 1, 2026. Following the USW's regular four-year nomination and election process that recently took place, Brown was elected to be the Union's new President! During today's interview, Leslie and Roxanne discuss how working families have taken major hits to their rights and their pocketbooks in 2025, thanks ...

Nov 26, 2025•43 min

🔟 Fears Gen Y & Z Don’t Understand

🔟 Fears Gen Y & Z Don’t Understand (But Gen X & Boomers Live With Daily) | Karel Cast 25-156 Generational battles are louder than ever, with Gen Y and Z openly dragging Gen X and Boomers — but there’s one big truth no one wants to admit: Older generations know what it’s like to be young, but younger generations have no idea what it’s like to age. Today, we break down 10 major fears that Boomers and Gen X carry with them every day — fears younger generations don’t even think about. From ...

Nov 25, 2025•1 hr

SDCC Takeover - Changes to Student Loan Repayment Plans and Forgiveness Programs

The Student Debt Crisis Center takes over the airwaves of 'the Leslie Marshall Show,' where they cover the newest student loan updates, actions folks may need to take, potential changes to repayment plan options and forgiveness programs, and how you can make sure that you have the lowest monthly payment. This episode's SDCC hosts are President and Founder, Natalia Abrams, Executive Director, Sabrina Calazans, and Communications Associate Ángel Rentería. The Student Debt Crisis Center (SDCC) is a...

Nov 20, 2025•41 min

BS, Gaslighting & AI: Demystifying the health insurance denial process

This time on Code WACK! Imagine watching your mom suffer a stroke and two seizures that left her unable to use her right side… and then having her Medicare Advantage health insurer deny coverage for the nursing home care she desperately needs. Now imagine learning that the decision to deny her coverage may have been based on artificial intelligence (AI) instead of clinical observation by a qualified medical professional! Here to share this shocking personal story is Jeremy White, author of InHum...

Nov 19, 2025•18 min

Leslie Marshall Show - 11/18/25 - 2025 AAM 'Made in America Holiday Gift Guide'

Leslie welcomes back Scott Paul, President of the Alliance for American Manufacturing, for a preview of the newly released 2025 'Made in America Holiday Gift Guide.' (link: https://www.americanmanufacturing.org/blog/the-2025-made-in-america-holiday-gift-guide/) This year's guide makes it easier than ever for shoppers to find U.S.-made products and support American workers this holiday season. New polling released with the Gift Guide shows overwhelming demand for locally made goods, with 81% of A...

Nov 19, 2025•41 min

New Epstein Emails Say Trump Spent Hours with Victim; October Monthly Job Cuts Surge to 22-Year High

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 Sarah Jones, Editor in Chief for Politicus USA. The two discuss the newly released emails between disgraced pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and his ...

Nov 18, 2025•42 min

Profit, Prejudice and the Price of Care

This time on Code WACK! How do health insurance hassles like denials and preauthorizations exacerbate inequities in our broken healthcare system? How do they rob physicians of precious time caring for patients and even jeopardize their practices? And why are some big insurance companies buying up physician practices? To find out, we recently spoke with Dr. Erica Rowe Urquhart, a private practice orthopedic surgeon in northern New Jersey. Harvard-trained in biomedical engineering with an MD and P...

Nov 12, 2025•15 min

Eight Senate Democrats Cave to GOP; Youth Vote Powered 2025 Democratic Wins

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 Alex Lawson, Executive Director of Social Security Works. The two discuss the eight Senate Democrats who caved to the GOP and gave up healthca...

Nov 11, 2025•41 min

When Insurers Play Doctor: How Corporate Greed Ties Physicians’ Hands and Harms Patients

This time on Code WACK! Why can working as a doctor in America feel like being on a battleground? What questionable tactics are insurance companies using? How are they affecting patients and physicians alike? And when coverage is denied, what can patients do? (See Helpful Links below for tips on appeals.) To find out, we recently spoke with Dr. Erica Rowe Urquhart, a private practice orthopedic surgeon in northern New Jersey. A Harvard-trained biomedical engineer with an MD and PhD from Johns Ho...

Nov 05, 2025•19 min

Trump Orders U.S. Nuke Testing; Washington Insiders on Payrolls of Corrupt Foreign Interests

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.) provides his expert analysis on President Trump restarting U.S. nuclear weapon...

Nov 04, 2025•41 min
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