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Karel: Life in Segments Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

13 Episodes 2014 - 2015

Episode 1

Pilot

Fri, Nov 7, 2014

A dumpster-diving Karel rants about how Republicans seem to believe the poor have a safety net that's adequate. Karel takes to the streets to talk to the homeless about the subject in a way only he can. Then it's a no-holds-barred discussion on KGO AM 810 (San Francisco) on Cheerleader convention vs Motorcyclist Show before Karel is off to discuss transportation issues facing America in Pop Moto TV at the Progressive International Motorcycle Show.

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Episode 2

Healthy Holiday Cooking and the Chronicles of Christmas Carols

Fri, Nov 14, 2014

Karel takes on calories with The Food Group with special guest stars Jewels of Long Beach, Amy Brown, and Esteban Cabral. Karel, musical director Morgan Mallory, and tenor Daniel Charleston from the Pacific Opera Project as they sip eggnog and discover the sometimes startling history of traditional holiday music. The Karel Cast on KGO AM 810 the show checks in with Mickey Huff of Project Censored about the stories America missed while it was distracted with twerking and Kardashians.

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Episode 3

The Highs and Lows of the Holidays

Sat, Dec 13, 2014

The third episode of Life In Segments goes to a new high - literally - as Karel legally medicates as part of Cannabis Corner, visits a legal pot dispensary as well as a way to grow Cannabis and other crops indoors and unnoticed. Things heat up on The Karel Cast as Karel tackles the problem of policing in America and what he proposes we do to solve it. Pop-Up Therapy brings us back to the holiday dinner table discussing how to get through gatherings that may have problematic relatives or after experiencing loss or turmoil.

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Episode 4

Artist Survival in the 21st Century

Fri, May 29, 2015

Surviving as an artist in 2015 is looked at through the launch of Oz.com from Iceland at the Ace Hotel in Los Angeles; a representative of Patreon.com is interviewed via Skype and Morgan Mallory, vocalist, discusses GoFundMe. Plus, the Karel Cast zooms in on the Math of America and how it just doesn't add up.

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Episode 5

No Pay Co Pay and the Business of Celebrity Fundraising

Tue, Jun 2, 2015

How much does your pharmacy get from the insurance company as copay in the billion dollar drug industry? The answer will shock you. Plus Celebrity Crowdfunding with Mark McGrath and others at the Toyota Grand Prix in Long Beach, CA and the Karel Cast looks at what happens if Hillary Clinton is elected in 2016.

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Episode 6

Bankrupt in the USA

Tue, Jun 9, 2015

Broke, it's the American Way. Segment Cash finds Karel on Rodeo Drive talking to Leon Bayer, a bankruptcy attorney, about declaring bankruptcy in America. Us Animals focuses on the cost of kitty litter: the real cost to the environment and introduces us to a better way. The Karel Cast talks about the newest area of family law: puppy prenups and doggies in divorce.

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Episode 7

What the Frack?!

Tue, Jun 16, 2015

Stop Fracking Long Beach's Elliot Gonzales joins Karel to talk about how fracking is hiding under most cities without residents even knowing it. The average person spends over $1500 a year on Cable TV and Karel says there's no need. He shows you how to get great entertainment, without costly Cable TV. Karel says what no one is saying about the Drought in California: there is too much water consuming industry, too many people and not enough water.

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Episode 8

Reefer Regulations

Tue, Jun 23, 2015

Karel takes a look at why cities and states are getting legal cannabis wrong in Cannabis Corner. Jim and Judy Abrams as well as Larry King (not that one) frankly discuss the challenges facing cities like Long Beach, CA and around the country as pot becomes legal in some form. The Karel Cast then takes off in to the hatred that is racism in America in 2015 as another shooting, another day, another uproar and then what?

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Episode 9

Alphabet Soup of LGBTQ

Tue, Jun 30, 2015

Karel speaks to Porter Gilberg, Executive Director of The Center Long Beach to talk about the #LGBTQA+ Alphabet soup of the queer community. #TheKarelCast looks at Truvada and PrEP therapy as well as a new cholesterol treatment. Is medicine trying to medicate away personal responsibility? And what are the dangers of such?

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Episode 10

End the GOP

Tue, Jul 7, 2015

Karel believes the time has come to end the GOP on Rant It Out. US Animals shows us how to make our own healthy pet food and a raucous The Karel Cast rounds things out on the Summer Blockbuster Phenom with Eric Davis from Fandango.

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Episode 11

Math of America

Tue, Jul 14, 2015

Karel looks at the Math of America from a personal perspective that touches home for everyone. Cooking for the 99 shows you how to feed yourself on $15 a day. Karel attacks domestic terrorists and the guns that arm them on a Karel Cast you won't forget.

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Episode 12

Ireland Archives

Tue, Jul 21, 2015

Karel takes a look back to the many segments he produced in Ireland over the years over a pint at the Auld Dubliner in Long Beach, CA. Interviews include the great George Hook, the #1 Presenter in Ireland.

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Episode 13

On Animals

Tue, Jul 28, 2015

Karel begins with two rants for the price of one on Rant It Out. First: What's standing in your way to your goals? Could it be you? And, the solution to big game hunting is simple, Karel shares. Then on Us Animals Karel takes a look at the multi-billion dollar flea and tick industry, how the EPA is involved and what you're using on your pets. On The Karel Cast, talk goes tech and puts Sonos to the test. Many older Americans have actually lost music from their lives because they feel they can't keep up with technology. We take Karen Dittman, 69 year old Grandmother in Texas, and see if she can bring music back to her world with the Sonos Play 1. Music has many therapeutic effects on people and as we age, losing it takes its toll.

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