This week’s episode started with a simple question: Why can’t I sleep?
What followed was a rushed doctor visit, a push for weight loss meds, and a maze of referrals that had nothing to do with the actual problem. It’s a familiar story - one that reveals how our healthcare system is built to serve billing codes, not people.
We talk about what it feels like to chase rest through a system that doesn’t listen, to be offered a prescription for the wrong thing, and to long for the kind of care that used to start with a doctor sitting down and connecting the dots.
That frustration sets the stage for the week’s political whiplash. We unpack the shutdown theater that cost workers paychecks and put safety nets at risk, all while inching the ACA back onto the chopping block. If leadership planned to cave, why inflict the pain? We pull apart the optics of “strategy,” the empty promise of replacements for Obamacare, and the downstream consequences for anyone who relies on guaranteed coverage and preexisting condition protections.
Then the headlines shift: the Epstein files resurface old truths about power and impunity. Does any of it move minds? Maybe not - but it matters for survivors, for accountability, and for understanding how institutions slow-walk the stories that define public memory.
And just when it’s all too heavy, we land on something tender and real: Jimmy Kimmel’s 22-minute tribute to his friend and bandleader, Cleto. It’s a masterclass in showing up - proof that masculinity can be love, loyalty, and bringing your people with you when success finally arrives.
We talk chosen family over DNA, the kind of friend who flies in for your surgery, and why care—not outrage—is the only strategy that scales.
If this resonates, follow the show, share with someone who needs it, and leave a quick review. Then text someone you love. Show up. That’s the whole point.
Until next time…
Carmen Lezeth, AATJ
