Keeping it Real with Kennedy

This week we reveal some of the hidden truths behind American healthcare, insurance, and why the heck everything costs so much in this country. Through a book club style discussion about “The Price We Pay: What Broke American Health Care – And How to Fix It” by Marty Makary, MD, special guest Denise Holley and I work to provide you with education, resources, tips and tricks about how to navigate the system as a consumer. Enjoy!!

Sources:

The Price We Pay: What Broke American Health Care – And How to Fix It by Marty Makary, MD

The Surgery Center of Oklahoma: example of transparent pricing

The Impact of Price Transparency for Surgical Services (Mehta et al. 2018)

The FTC Funeral Rule and Your Rights

Restoring Medicine.org: resources for all

Sentinel Air Medical Alliance: fair helicopter life flight prices

Choosing Wisely: consensus about overtreatment

One Medical (previously Iora Health)

Health Rosetta: FREE open-source insurance broker advice for employers

(No) Effect of a Workplace Wellness Program on Employee Health and Economic Outcomes (Song and Baiker 2019)

Other Resources:

BrokenHealthcare.org

Healthcare Bluebook: shop for health services with price transparency

Florida Health Price Finder

The CEO’s Guide to Restoring the American Dream: How to Deliver World Class Healthcare to your Employees at Half the Cost by Dave Chase

Health Warehouse: Online pharmacy with low prices

Good Rx: compare prescription costs

Season 3 debuts with a movie review of “The Social Dilemma” that finally answers the question: Is it all a simulation? We then tackle the topics of poverty levels, reputation management on social media, the evolution of humans changing their minds, street epistemology, and the transtheoretical model of behavior change. 

SOURCES:

The Social Dilemma

Factfulness by Hans Rosling

How Minds Change by David McRaney

“Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land” by MARINA Music Video

Street Epistemology

Behavioral Change Theories from Boston University

Surprise! I abruptly moved to Idaho a few weeks ago and am spilling all the juicy details. In this week’s episode, we also discuss the topic of effort moralization, finding purpose outside of your career, the new mission statement of Keeping up with Kennedy and sea turtle adoptions from the Georgia Sea Turtle Center. Happy Monday, and welcome back friends!

SOURCES:

Journal of Experimental Psychology: The Moralization of Effort

TED Talk by Azim Shariff: “Does Working Hard Really Make You a Good Person?”

In honor of St. Patrick’s day weekend, we begin this week’s episode covering the trending topic of “lucky girl syndrome” and the power of positive thinking. We then celebrate Miley Cyrus’s new album release and get a “Where Are They Now” update on her infamous childhood best friend Lesley. “My Dad the Life Coach” then gives us the notable deaths of the day and teaches us all to live like Saint Patrick. Stay lucky!

SOURCES

Washington Post: Lucky Girl Syndrome

Oprah’s use of “The Secret”

Miley World credit card example

Bring back the 2nd generation blue iPod Nano for $30

Lesley and Miley’s 2017 reunion

Miley’s 2019 tweet

Lesley’s Instagram

This week we are back with new and improved recording equipment and a reflection on nutrition, fad diets, fitness influencers and our nation’s obesity epidemic. We then get an update on Kesha (formerly known as Ke$ha) and her ever-ongoing legal trial with her previous (?) music producer while learning about her ties to Miley Cyrus, Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift, Paris Hilton and Lorde - all good friends of our podcast. My dad and I then reveal the fun facts of the day and reflect on our wins and losses during this past month’s FebYOUary Challenge.

SOURCES:

U.S. Obesity Rate projections for 2030

Kesha

What Happened to Kesha?

Timeline of the case: Kesha v. Dr. Luke

Demi Lovato Attacks Taylor Swift for supporting Kesha

Kesha teases new music release on IG Live in January 2023

BONUS CONTENT: The Boston Massacre

In an unconventional episode, My Dad the Life Coach joins us LIVE from the Las Vegas Strip to give us his Top 10 Tips for Surviving the Strip. We then introduce the "FebYOUary" Challenge and with it, we sadly announce that we will be off the grid and off the air for the next month while we work on our health and wellness. Stay tuned until the end of this episode for a not so lucky surprise I received that I luckily got recorded while we were cruising the Strip this morning. See you March 6th to share the successes and failures of our journey this month! Stay classy XOXO

This week, we take a deep dive into interdisciplinary chaos theory as we learn about the inner workings of helicopters, tornadoes, butterflies and thermodynamic systems. We then find out how difficult it is to track down our favorite 2013 teen pop sensation “Lorde” these days. After that, my dad gives one of our new listeners some advice on how to get over the guilt of ending a one-sided friendship that has crossed the line into doing more harm than good. This episode is full of inquiries into ourselves and into the universe, sure to please and intrigue your wildest curiosities. Happy Monday friends, thanks for listening!

SOURCES

Spencer’s fun fact

NASA: What is a Helicopter?

How safe is flying in a helicopter?

Nerd option: A comparative statistical analysis of global trends in civil helicopter accidents in the U.S., the EU and the CIS by K Moon and A A Yakovlev

National Geographic: Tornadoes, explained

Tornado reel

How caterpillars gruesomely transform into butterflies

Butterflies: the science behind the colour

Understanding the butterfly effect

Enthalpy and Entropy

New York Times: Lorde’s work here is done. Now, She Vibes.

BONUS CONTENT: What is Chaos Theory?

We begin this week with a brief on-the-road introductory message featuring a mystery guest followed by a “My Dad the Life Coach” question that pertains to a chaotic baby mama, a called-off engagement, and the possibility of hope for the future relationship of two exes. Our “Where Are They Now” update then investigates the whereabouts of one of the greatest flies on the wall of our time, Drew Seeley. I hope you all have the day you deserve out there!

Source: What Happened to Drew Seeley?

This week, we take a journey into the mind of the narcissist through the lens of Taylor Swift’s often rose-colored glasses. We then get a “Where Are They Now” update on our girl Paris Hilton and a “My Dad the Life Coach” segment on New Year’s Resolutions based on our listener Ali’s question that she sent in. Welcome to 2023 friends, it’s time to get to work!

Sources:

Link to Amazon for “The Sociopath Next Door” book by Martha Stout, PhD

Smith and Robinson Article about Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD)

Taylor Swift “I Did Something Bad” Lyric video

Instagram Reel from @kikiswiftie for Taylor Swift interview

About Paris Hilton

“The Simple Life” TIME Magazine article

About “The Simple Life”

About NFTs

Free Counseling and Therapy Resources

This week, I become your biology professor and give you a lesson in animal behavior on anxiety and altruism. My dad then discusses the pros and cons of renting vs. buying your first home as well as the “urban myths”, tips and tricks that are involved in the process in regards to our listener Sydney's question. Not to be forgotten, we also get an update on Camille Vasquez, Johnny Depp and Amber Heard following their highly publicized defamation trial earlier this year. Happy Monday!

Sources:

https://aqua.org/stories/02-21-2020-are-animals-altruistic#:~:text=Evolutionary%20biologists%20determined%20that%20an,great%20examples%20of%20biological%20altruism.

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-10-24/camille-vasquez-kanye-west-brown-rudnick-lawyer

https://nypost.com/web-stories/who-is-johnny-depps-lawyer-camille-vasquez/

https://nypost.com/2022/10/11/johnny-depp-shocks-fans-with-new-look-but-why-is-he-in-nyc/

https://www.goodto.com/entertainment/where-is-amber-heard-now