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Special agent Payton McCarthy-Simas joins Candy to discuss David Cronenberg's new movie THE SHROUDS.   Payton McCarty-Simas is a an author, programmer, and film critic based in New York City. They hold a Masters in film and media studies from Columbia University, where she focused her research on horror film, psychedelia, and the occult in particular. Payton's writing has been featured in The Brooklyn Rail, Metrograph's Journal, Rue Morgue, Film Daze, and others, and she is the author of two books, One Step Short of Crazy: National Treasure and the Landscape of American Conspiracy Culture, and the forthcoming All of Them Witches: Fear, Feminism, and the American Witch Film (July 2025). Payton is also a member of the Online Association of Female Film Critics and GALECA, the Society for LGBTQ Film Critics. She lives with her partner and their cat, Shirley Jackson.      In the wonderfully complicated new Cronenberg movie there is a motif of dogs. This motif occurs between three characters and possibly one AI avatar/assistant. We talk about several dog scenes within the movie. Something extra to consider is gods and dogs.    The protagonist's wife is wearing a collar for cancer treatment that helps monitor her procedures and needs and presumably the progress or slowing of cancer. Her twin sister is a dog groomer. A future date is blind and has a seeing eye dog. Some scenes occur in a. dog park. There are a few goddesses associated with dogs, Hecate, a goddess of magic, and witchcraft portrayed with dogs and sometimes as being part dog herself.(the wife?) Kali is a Hindu goddess whose portrayal with a dog symbolizes her loyalty. (The sister-in law?) And there is Artemis a goddess of the hunt portrayed with dogs hunting. (The new lover?) Iamma, goddess associated with fertility, love, war also associated with a dog. Gula was a deity associated with dogs and healing. So was Ianna.So...it seems like there could be further exploration in The Shrouds about the dogs.

My guest this week is John Griffiths, the founder and executive director of GALECA — that's The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics. From an early age, John loved spending time with TV families, and as an adult he turned that passion into a career, spending time hob-nobbing and covering icons of entertainment. But like those found-families that captured his attention as a kid, he's also assembled a family of his won — one consisting of hundreds of like-minded queer journalists and cultural critics. We'll have that conversation in a minute. First, a couple quick reminders, starting with a heads-up that I hope you'll joining me for weekly livestreams over on Twitch! Every Sunday afternoon we watch and talk about classic episodes of television, great movies, and occasionally old commercials that have a way of sticking with you. That's every Sunday at noon over at twitch.tv/mattbaume.And over on my YouTube channel, I've got a video coming your way about the behind the scenes story of the movie Some Like it Hot — including the incredible backstage drama that threatened to tear many of the lead actors apart. That's coming your way soon at YouTube.com/mattbaume.And if you haven't yet, take a look at my new book about the history of queer characters on sitcoms, Hi Honey, I'm Homo! — available now wherever books are sold. It's the book that Dan Savage called “a triumph” and said “everyone should read this book.” So you should! Go to gaysitcoms.com to get a copy and request a personalized signature.Big thanks to everyone who makes all my work possible on Patreon — visit patreon.com/mattbaume to support Sewers of Paris and get patron-exclusive benefits.

Karel Earth Based Living Rain Bombs West, Facebook and Fauci Bomb MediaOver 150 million Americans are in danger of the climate today, as storms take over from rain bombs in the west to winter storms In the East. What are you willing to do about it? I have a few suggestions. Facebook is now exposed for what it really is, a seditionist spreader of misinformation, but why can't we quit it? I know. And Fauci tortured puppies at his lab, maybe. But if he did, are you any better? Listen wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe at YouTube.com/reallykarel @ReallyKarel is all social media and website reallykarel.com

Karel Cast 221021 I'm Just Not Buying ItOne look at the headlines and all one wants to do is scream, “I'm just not buying it!” So, Karel does. About many stories far and wide; from the cause of death of an entire family of hikers to the disappearing murdering husband suddenly found…there's a lot he's not buying. What about you? What aren't you buying these days? Listen wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe at YouTube.com/reallykarel @ReallyKarel is all social media and website reallykarel.com

Karel Cast 201021 Not One 911 Call, What to Do When Overwhelmed…It's not just a train in Philadelphia, it's everywhere; we watch bad behavior, we don't stop it. Walgreens closing stores because of theft, why not just stop the theft? Congress debating what to do when snubbed. Why debate? Because we no longer punish bad behavior. Plus, many are now overwhelmed, and tasks aren't getting done, lives not getting lived. So what to do? Plus, would you eat your kidney donor? Listen wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe at YouTube.com/reallykarel @ReallyKarel is all social media and website reallykarel.com

Karel Cast 181021 Powell Complicated, Will Kamala Do and Dopesick Colin Powell died of Covid and the accolades come forth; but are they warranted? Are we our past, or can we be forgiven? He lived a righteous life after that, but, can he be forgiven in death? Also Kamala comes to Lake Meade but what will she actually do? And Dopesick with Michael Keaton looks at opiates but whose fault was all this, really? Listen wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe at YouTube.com/reallykarel @ReallyKarel is all social media and website reallykarel.com

Karel Cast 161021 Where's the Uplift? Plus Potato Broccoli Soup finds me in the kitchen and by the fire. First, after having an echo stress test yesterday, I realized, we do have a choice as to how we spend our lives; so why do we spend them with an endless negative news feed? I then prove it by going through all the headlines of the day at the various publications. After a hearty fireside chat, it's off to the kitchen to make Potato Broccoli soup for the weekend. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe at YouTube.com/reallykarel @ReallyKarel is all social media and website reallykarel.com

Karel Cast 1310 Chappelle Was Mirror Needed To See How Wrong I've BeenI have said transphobic things on air…and it wasn't until I saw Chappelle in "The Closer" that I even truly realized it. It's time we all take a step back and look at the acceptable dialogue, and more importantly, where it's coming from. What do I have to say, or should I, about trans people? Well, only a few things and I'll tell you today. Thanks Dave, you showed me a reflection I didn't like, so I'm changing it. And apologizing. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe at YouTube.com/reallykarel @ReallyKarel is all social media and website reallykarel.com

Karel Cast 11/10 We Need A Good Blow, White Woman Syndrome Proven, Harmony Needed find me talking about the weather outside, the high winds all over the Western US, and how we need them to cleanse so much from us right now. Winds bring change, sweeps things clean, and there's more than a few things the US could use being swept away. Then Lauren Cho, who went missing in Coachella Valley months ago, has again proven a few things. How can her disappearance help us learn and what are the new developments? And then, Harmony…is it a myth? Is it obtainable? And if not, do we die? Listen wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe at YouTube.com/reallykarel @ReallyKarel is all social media and website reallykarel.com

Karel Cast Wed Oct 6 From Facebook Chaos to the Best of Streaming find Karel on Wednesday talking about the longest social media outage since its inception. Coincidental that it happened right after a whistle blower blows? Doubtful. But what does it say about humans that we now can't go six hours without social media? A lot. Then, you want to do a lot of things, you need to do a lot of things, but how do you actually get started doing them? And what's great on Netflix and streaming right now including Squid Game, Maid, Midnight Mass and favorite Another Life. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe at YouTube.com/reallykarel @ReallyKarel is all social media and website reallykarel.com

Karel Cast Mon Oct 4 Squid Game Lessons, How Covid Angers YouThe #1 show on Netflix exemplifies exactly what's wrong with the world as it highlights two of our worst inventions: money and religion. Then, what angers you most about Covid 19, petty or not? Is it maskless morons, or something more personal? Listen wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe at YouTube.com/reallykarel @ReallyKarel is all social media and website reallykarel.com

Karel Cast Fri Oct 1 Unity is a myth; Astro Not a Good IdeaThere's a lot of talk about Unity these days, coming together, being one voice. But where humans, gay, Black, Latinx, White, Humans are concerned unity is really a myth as a hater points out; Plus, Astro from Amazon is set to be a dog robot that helps the elderly and guards your home, but isn't it just a portal to you life for Amazon? Listen wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe at YouTube.com/reallykarel @ReallyKarel is all social media and website reallykarel.com

Karel Cast Sep 29 Debt Ceiling Madness, Rationing Covid Care and more see Karel filling in on Radio111 again in Palm Springs and starting with the irrational behavior in the world that we all tolerate: like the debt ceiling debacle. It's all contrived and ridiculous and completely irrational. Plus, should we be rationing care in the age of Covid and why would it even be an issue? Karel tells all. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe at YouTube.com/reallykarel @ReallyKarel is all social media and website reallykarel.comhttps://youtu.be/nrgCzwVZ53o

Karel Cast Mon Sep 27 Example of White Woman Syndrome, Airshows and more see Karel helping launch Radio111.com in Palm Springs by filling in for the week for the morning person. On today's show, there's a missing girl in Yucca Valley that you've never heard of, but the missing White girl from the East, you have. Plus, why we don't need airshows at all for military planes and a whole lot more in this action-packed half hour. To listen the rest of the week go to Radio One-Eleven on tune in. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe at YouTube.com/reallykarel @ReallyKarel is all social media and website reallykarel.com

Karel Cast Fri Sept 24 Ridiculous Is The New Norm, Plus, Boyen Yang from SNL finds Karel in free, and rare, form as he tackles the ridiculousness of everything from the debt ceiling to cell phones. Because it seems today the more ridiculous, the more absurd, the more probable and likely to happen. Plus, in the full unedited Dorian Awards 2021 speech, Boyen Yang from Saturday Night Live talks being openly LGBTQ on late night TV, Oscar Wilde and more. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe at YouTube.com/reallykarel @ReallyKarel is all social media and website reallykarel.com

Karel Cast Sept 22, Veggies, Lost People and Nick Kroll with Josie Totah From Big Mouth Today, in the news, as police reform bill fails, as Congress splits more, it becomes very, very clear what's missing from the national dialogue: us. Plus, a go-to veggie sandwich inspiration for Vegan Lunch and then a Dorians Chat with Josie Totah (Saved by the Bell, Big Mouth) and Nick Kroll (creator, Big Mouth). What a fun-filled half hour! Plus, it's the first day of…Autumn! Listen wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe at YouTube.com/reallykarel @ReallyKarel is all social media and website reallykarel.com

Karel Cast Mon Sep 20 Reclaim, Reinvent, Get Going! And Gottmik from RuPaul In a very personal show, I touch on how so many of us need to reclaim our power, who we are, who we were, and then reinvent and create something new, something powerful, something of substance. Plus, Gottmik from RuPaul's drag race talks Reality TV prior to the Emmy Win from the Dorians. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe at YouTube.com/reallykarel @ReallyKarel is all social media and website reallykarel.com

Karel Cast Sep 15 Framing Britney Spears' Samantha Stark and A CA Bloodbath For Good: Gavin Newsom winds in a Landslide, and the media still finds a way to detract from his victory. Why? I know. And, Planet Based eating is the next thing, and I'm starting it. Today. Now, with you, because some of the numbers you will hear today will shock you. AND, Samantha Stark, creator of Framing Britney Spears documentary on Hulu and NYT reporter is with me to talk Brit Brit! Listen wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe at YouTube.com/reallykarel @ReallyKarel is all social media and website reallykarel.com the show is supported through Patreon.com/karelhttps://youtu.be/afNASMem0PY

Karel Cast Mon Sep 13 Vaccine Family Wars PLUS MJ Rodriguez (Pose) Today Karel starts with a battle most of you are fighting: Family Feud Vaccine edition. It appears each of us has someone in the family too stupid to get the vaccine. So what to do? Well, there's options and none of them good. Plus. Dorian Trailblazer (GALECA) MJ Rodriguez from Pose talks about being a Trailblazer as she accepts the award in never before seen footage. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe at YouTube.com/reallykarel @ReallyKarel is all social media and website reallykarel.com the show is supported through Patreon.com/karel WATCH https://youtu.be/UYZJ407V08Q

Today, we hear from Russel T Davies in full from the Dorians TV Toast 2021 as Karel interviews him. Davies created Queer as Folk and It's a Sin (HBO Max). Listen as he talks about why the past is even more important now. Plus, stop the damned B*tching and whining about what the government can and cannot do during a pandemic to keep you safe. As the President said, we have been patient, but our patience is running out. These people are so stupid they're trying to kill us and have no clue how government works. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe at YouTube.com/reallykarel @ReallyKarel is all social media and website reallykarel.com the show is supported through Patreon.com/karel

Karel Cast Wed Sep 8 A Winning Platform that couldn't…As the times get stranger each day, as Biden declares another climate code red today, as every day the news gets worse and worse, how do we win? How do we cope? Well, we start by talking about the real issues. And as CA tries to recall a Governor, what would my platform be, and could it win? You decide. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe at YouTube.com/reallykarel @ReallyKarel is all social media and website reallykarel.com the show is supported through Patreon.com/karel

Karel Cast Thu Sept 2, Texas, NYC and a very personal note. What to say about Texas…whose fault is it? I know, and I tell you and it's not who you think. NYC is under water, so is there a Green New Yet? And then, the phone call you never want to get and how to survive it. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe at YouTube.com/reallykarel @ReallyKarel is all social media and website reallykarel.com the show is supported through Patreon.com/karel

Karel Cast Mon Aug 30 What would you take? This weekend millions had to evacuate all told; Afghanistan, Louisiana, South Lake Tahoe. What would you take if your life came down to what you could grab or carry? Plus, what a weekend. The Dorians aired to rave reviews. You can watch at here.tv for free. And Karel calls out a few companies for being all lip service when it comes to LGBTQ support. Plus, Covid, Recall, it's not the end of the world, it just feels like it. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe at YouTube.com/reallykarel @ReallyKarel is all social media and website reallykarel.com the show is supported through Patreon.com/karel

So, the two year old kid from 28 years ago on the cover of Nirvanna's Nevermind album now want's 2.5 million dollars or else..why? Because his parents are evil…? Then, one host is out, the other under scrutiny…why? Because the host of a game show is supposed to be a moral leader? So Rev. Sajack? Delta wants employees that aren't vaccinated to pay $200 a month in to health care for possible future expenses. What about fat people, smokers, those with high blood pressure? Diabetics? Oh ya, we go there. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe at YouTube.com/reallykarel @ReallyKarel is all social media and website reallykarel.com the show is supported through Patreon.com/karel

Karel Cast Mon Aug 23 Media v. Joe, Covid v. Everyone brings us Karel fresh from the weekend wondering why…about a few things. Why do CNN and JLo feel that doing a show in the middle of a pandemic with a hurricane coming is a good idea? Well, it wasn't. Why is Joe Biden the bad guy because his pull out is messy; was it ever going to be easy? Why do vaccinated people think they are immune to Covid? And what's for dinner? All of this and more today. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe at YouTube.com/reallykarel @ReallyKarel is all social media and website reallykarel.com the show is supported through Patreon.com/karel Watch at https://youtu.be/jPpYLLn6RmY

Karel Cast Fri Aug 20 Free Form Friday Fun For Friends finds Karel looking at a variety of issues through the lens of hi-NRG humor and stream of conscious frivolity. Try and keep up as we go from Afghanistan to Covid with a whole lot in between. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe at YouTube.com/reallykarel @ReallyKarel is all social media and website reallykarel.com the show is supported through Patreon.com/karel

Karel Cast Thu Aug 19 NOT SAFE FOR ANYONE NSFW Hypocysy Has Broken Me… A doctor says he's losing compassion for Covid patients….but please, what about people who eat themselves to death? Smoke? Shoot? Hospitals are now saying ICUs should be reserved for the vaccinated? Really? So also for those with under 25% body fat, those who never smoked, etc? Nonsense. Meanwhile, Afghanistan and I could give a F**k. Gays are dying again, still. And we let that happen for 20 years….so…spare me. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe at YouTube.com/reallykarel @ReallyKarel is all social media and website reallykarel.com the show is supported through Patreon.com/karel Watch At

We are leaving Afghanistan and it's become Talibanistan. And I don't really care, do you? In all seriousness, we needed to leave, we weren't invited. BUT, we also needed to care for those that helped us. But we never learn, do we. We've done this before, and will do it again. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe at YouTube.com/reallykarel @ReallyKarel is all social media and website reallykarel.com the show is supported through Patreon.com/karel Watch At https://youtu.be/VMf0sqkONZk

Karel Cast Wed Aug 11 Who Deals With The Emotions of America?…I get so emotional sometimes, being an empath. And when I do,I think, how do the people around me deal with this emotion, or do they? Because everything in the news is tied to emotions, causes emotions, in some way illicits a response. So do you box it, put it away and NOT deal? Well, look what that has done. So, how do we do it? I'm open for suggestions. isten wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe at YouTube.com/reallykarel @ReallyKarel is all social media and website reallykarel.com the show is supported through Patreon.com/karel Watch At https://youtu.be/voQ-WyFXSME

Karel Cast Mon Aug 9 Scientists Calling A Code Red and the world shrugs … The report is out, every government, every person, every city, state and country must rethink and retool immediately or our ability to live on the planet is pretty much over by 2050. 29 years. Then, it's just too late to go back and fires, floods, heat, it all becomes normal. And our ability to live on the planet gets harder. Crops fail. Food becomes an issue. On and on. What is our government going to do? Not enough. The world? Not enough. Is it human's fourth act? Is the fat lady warming up? Plus, Apple is scanning your photos, is that OK with you? Listen wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe at YouTube.com/reallykarel @ReallyKarel is all social media and website reallykarel.com the show is supported through Patreon.com/karelWatch At https://youtu.be/8S3SPb-VGSE

Karel Cast Fri Aug 6 Is It Finally The Day After Tomorrow? So, a current in the Atlantic Ocean is stoping and if it does cue Dennis Quaid and Jake Gyllenhall because it truly is The Day After Tomorrow. And what are we doing about it? You guessed it. Plus a quick look at the news, albeit most of it bad, and a talk about handling birthdays of those that have passed as Aug. 7 is Andrew Howard's birthday. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe at YouTube.com/reallykarel @ReallyKarel is all social media and website reallykarel.com the show is supported through Patreon.com/karel

Cuomo is grabbing breasts and committing basic assault, so now that I know the facts, he should resign. Because he doesn't do well with power. He exerts it over women. So, he should be removed from it and seek therapy. But what do we do about sex, because, men always think about it. Some women. All the time. So are we never allowed to talk about it in public? Then, is it up to a business to keep you safe while you are on their premises? If so, why does it end at Covid and not guns?Listen wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe at YouTube.com/reallykarel @ReallyKarel is all social media and website reallykarel.com the show is supported through Patreon.com/karel

Karel Cast Mon Aug. 2 Allow Yourself To Be This It's a new month, a hot one, and Karel may just spend it indoors. Why? Find out. Also, many of us already have the thing we seek the most, but won't give ourselves permission to access it. Why? Karel will tell you. All of this, and of course, 1,239 tangents, so tune in and keep up. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, tell Alexa to play the Karel Cast and subscribe to karel at Youtubel.com/reallykarel You can watch today's show on YouTube and Facebook.com/karelmediaoffical And everything is at reallykarel.com

Karel Cast Wed Jul 28 We've Seen This Movie Before And Need A Better EndingCovid is back, and all the absurdity from the first time, all the arguments, all the ridiculous comments, all of it, it's all back; lawmakers acting idiotic, the public freaking out, the media having a cow…while the rest of the world gets back to life because THEY can follow orders. But if something isn't smart enough to save its own life, should you always save it or is that part of natural selection? Plus the Jan 6 hearings have begun, six months later, and since we saw the show live, this greatest hits compilation … well, we've seen the movie already. And we've seen hearings before. And Trump is on tour. Is anything different or is this all a repeat? Listen wherever you get your podcasts, watch and subscribe at youtube.com/reallykarel and donate at patreon.com/karel And watch at https://youtu.be/uuKo5HmyxLM

Karel Cast Mon July 25 We're Heard Enough About Rights, What About Responsibility? Ember has an elevated ALP liver enzyme. Probably nothing, we'll have it checked again in six weeks. Why? Because it's my responsibility to keep her as healthy as I can and act upon news, good or bad, to keep life moving forward. So why can't we do that in the USA? OK, Climate change is real, and here, so, now let's stop arguing about it and fix it. OK, Covid is here, it's real, let's stop it. Instead, we let cancers grow, until 1/2 of our civic body is infested with a cancer that literally is trying to kill the entire country. So why do their rights outweighs their responsibility ? And when does their right end and our responsibility to keep people safe and alive begin? Listen wherever you get your podcasts, watch and subscribe at youtube.com/reallykarel and donate at patreon.com/karel And watch at https://youtu.be/F8hplCt7xWg

Karel Cast Fri Jul 23 LGBTQIA2S+ is Too Much, Plus Blessed Prisoners of Stupid… So, while reading a script for a radio station, I discovered we are now LGBTQIA2S+ and it just took me THERE and I had to share how…we are now too many letters. Why, if it' snot hetero, must we assign it a letter and put it in the gay bin? Also, are we blessed prisoners of stupid? It would appear more and more each day, so let's talk. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, watch and subscribe at youtube.com/reallykarel and donate at patreon.com/karel Watch at https://youtu.be/QGZ5jPHN_k0

So, we're about to have a choice: do we let the maskless morons make us retreat, cower, mask up, go back to being isolated again? Or, do we make THEM pay for their stupidity? Maybe it's time people that behave badly PAY for THEI(R bad behavior? Just a thought. But anger is growing throughout United States. Plus, what is the average salary in America? You'll be shocked when you compare it to a car price. . Listen wherever you get your podcasts, watch and subscribe at youtube.com/reallykarel and donate at patreon.com/karel And watch at https://youtu.be/nSSYAd_9BVU

It's not just the muppets, we now have Pigs in Space..and they are racing. They truly are flying, these pigs. Spewing money right out their rocket holes. And why do we let them? Plus, wasn't Bezos in a giant P#nis? Then, Macron should be our President the way he is talking. You want to not be vaccinated? Fine, stay home. Plus, the math of America again doesn't aded up when it comes to how few really dictate the trends, or the government. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, watch and subscribe at youtube.com/reallykarel and donate at patreon.com/karel

Las Vegas is now #1 in the USA for…Covid19. And yet, hundreds of thousands flock here. Why? Plus look around there's just a glut of stupid, and it's coming from 49% of the USA. So what do we do when literally 1/2 of the US are maskless morons? Well we sing, of course, and discuss. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, watch and subscribe at youtube.com/reallykarel and donate at patreon.com/karel

Karel Cast Wed Jul 14 EU Green Deal Misses And Do We Care Too Much?It's tough to care for a people, a country, the world when it seems you care more for it than it does for itself. In today's world, where ignorance is bliss is it truly folly to be wise? Plus, the Math of America is not working inner favor and I'm not too sure what we are doing about it, because it is working in someone's. And, is THIS pop star worthy of a movie already? Well, Cannes thinks so. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, watch and subscribe at youtube.com/reallykarel and donate at patreon.com/karel

Fires, heat, no water, high real estate prices, homelessness…and yet it's all good? You're going to have to explain that to me. Niro didn't really fiddle while Rome burned, but we are literally watching TikTok while America goes down…are we worse? And am I THAT person at a party now? Plus, WHY do we indulge 50% of America when they are idiots, traitors or, well, mentally insufficient? You're going to have to explain that to me. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, watch and subscribe at youtube.com/reallykarel and donate at patreon.com/karel

Karel Cast Jul 9 KFI Memories and Ringing the Recess Bell Lunch with Terri-Rae Elmer from KFI and KABC brings up the "you can't go home" philosophy. And then, I have to become the recess bell on Covid as the rest of the world starts to believe the variants are in fact, something to heed. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, watch and subscribe at youtube.com/reallykarel and donate at patreon.com/karel

Karel Cast July 7 Genius Chef Kenny and Frogs in a Pot…We start by exploring a new restaurant in Las Vegas to encourage you to go try new food in your area as well. Chef Kenny is a Vegan God, and he is now doing the centuries old Dim Sum. We go take a look. Also, it appears we are all frogs in a pot. We know the heat has been turned up in so many area, but we just sit there, and the water is starting to boil. If we don't get smarter than the frog, we will, in fact, die. See what I mean. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, watch and subscribe at youtube.com/reallykarel and donate at patreon.com/karel Podchaser Code cYUbbD3jA1zWfQdwDtU9

John Griffiths, Us Weekly's Television Critic from 2003 to 2017, today works as an advocate for inclusion and diversity in media and beyond. He is the Executive Director and founder of GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics and its Dorian Awards, now celebrating their 13th year, as well as CGEM: Critics Groups for Equality in Media, an alliance of five under-represented entertainment journalists organizations including GALECA. He also participates on the Advisory Committee of Time's Up's CRITICAL initiative, which presses to increase diversity and inclusion in entertainment journalism.  Griffiths' other career “credits”: Seven years as a Special Correspondent for People magazine, where he conducted with at-home interviews with stars as varied as Angelina Jolie, Queen Latifah and Melissa Etheridge; Senior Arts & Entertainment Editor for The Advocate; and booking celebrities as a Contributing Editor for Women's Health. As a freelance celebrity journalist, he has profiled Sandra Bullock, Ellen DeGeneres, Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Garner, Courteney Cox and others for cover stories in TV Guide, InStyle, Cosmopolitan, Glamour and more.  He has also helped advance Hollywood's treatment of mental health, reviewing nominees for the Entertainment Industries Council's annual Prism Awards for accuracy in health and addiction issues, participating on the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention's public awareness task force, and hosting and producing a live digital radio show on the intersection of entertainment and recovery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Karel Cast Jul 5 No Dog Left Behind Plus Only In America Condos collapse in Florida and pets die, but why? Is it the judge's fault, the first responders or? I'll tell you. Plus only in America do we celebrate our birthday by blowing things up and making a mess, and more. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, watch and subscribe at youtube.com/reallykarel and donate at patreon.com/karel

Today is the real 245 birthday of the United States, as it was today that Congress approved the Declaration of Independence from Great Britain. Now, most of you know the intro, but do you know what they were pissed about? Well, replace with King George with the GOP and you get much of the same going wrong today. Why? Because Dick-tators will be Dick-tators. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, watch and subscribe at youtube.com/reallykarel and donate at patreon.com/karel

Karel Cast Jun 30 Rapist Released and more absurd moments of the day America's Dad, the rapist, is released and women everywhere are shocked. Shocked that he got punished at all and not that he was released. But it brings up the way things are going in the news and in the USA…from, uh uh, no, to Mmm, hmmm…..you'll understand when you watch. Also, a trip to the Nightclub and Bar Expo In Las Vegas provides a look back 38 years with Rick Springfiled of all people. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, watch and subscribe at youtube.com/reallykarel and donate at patreon.com/karel

Karel Cast Jun 28 Ember's Tumble Illustrates; Climate Change Is Personal Friday we spoke of how we need to really acknowledge how fragile it all is. And yesterday, as Ember tumbled out of her stroller, I saw my day go from fun and frolic to Ember needing the vet. In one instance. Also, as I sit waiting for the sun to disappear because it's 104 at 1900 hrs. We need to acknowledge that climate change is personal. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, watch and subscribe at youtube.com/reallykarel and donate at patreon.com/karel

A horrid situation in Florida brings to mind the fact we all know. We need to get to living. In all areas, we need to really start getting to it…because life truly is fragile. Also, is 22.5 years enough for the death of George Floyd? Survey says….Listen wherever you get your podcasts, watch and subscribe at youtube.com/reallykarel and donate at patreon.com/karel

OK, so it's in the kitchen to talk kitchen stats after the pandemic. Less than 30% of people were cooking one meal a day at home pre-pandemic. And 30% plain couldn't cook. So, what's the numbers like now? We discuss as we make Carrot Thai Basil Soup (3 large carrots, 1/4 onion, 1.5 cups stock, White Wine, 1.5 tbs Peanut Butter, 1/2 tsp Siracha, 1 tsp maple syrup, basil). Then. What is critical race theory, really? Well, I explain. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, watch and subscribe at youtube.com/reallykarel and donate at patreon.com/karel