Mo Gilligan: Beginning, Middle & End · Episode

Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken (2017) Documentary Rated PG-13, I can’t find a British rating. He says fuck, so I guess a 12… Amazon ...

Comedian Mo Gilligan took aim at Miriam Margolyes' offensive comments towards Andi Peters as he presented an award at this year's National Television Awards

Mo Gilligan hosts an entertaining Netflix exposé about the fried chicken industry that does manage to genuinely shock.

Is Civility Dead in America? The Truth About Online Hate & Who’s Really Behind It Is America really becoming more hateful—or is social media giving us a dangerously distorted picture of who we actually are? Oprah Winfrey has limited online comments after dealing with relentless negativity. Perez Hilton has faced vicious attacks online even while sharing images of himself injured and hospitalized. Scroll through social media or watch the news long enough and it can feel like basic human decency has disappeared. But is civility actually dead in America—or are a relatively small number of people making the country appear far more hateful than it really is? On today’s The Karel Cast, Karel looks beyond the outrage and examines what research tells us about who is actually creating all that toxicity. Studies of misinformation and social media behavior have found astonishing concentrations of activity among small groups of users. Research has found that a tiny fraction of accounts can be responsible for an enormous percentage of misinformation being shared online. Other studies have found that a relatively small percentage of active users generate a disproportionate share of toxic comments. Political conversation may be even more distorted. Research suggests that a small minority of users creates the overwhelming majority of political posts—potentially turning social media into a funhouse mirror of American society, where the loudest, angriest voices appear much more representative than they actually are. So maybe America isn’t as hateful as your feed makes it look. Maybe most people aren’t screaming at strangers, obsessing over politics or attacking celebrities online. Maybe we’re allowing a comparatively small group of extremely active people—and algorithms designed to amplify engagement—to shape our perception of millions of ordinary Americans. Then, Karel turns to food. British comedian Mo Gilligan investigates the enormous industrial poultry and fast-food system in Netflix’s new documentary Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy. From ultra-processed food and human health to factory farming, animal welfare, pollution, workers and the enormous hidden costs behind cheap fried chicken, the documentary asks an uncomfortable question: What are we really paying for inexpensive industrial food? For Karel, who is vegan, it’s another powerful reminder of why walking away from the industrial animal-food system can benefit animals, people and the planet. Today on The Karel Cast: • Is civility actually disappearing in America? • Why does social media seem so much angrier than everyday life? • How many people are really responsible for online misinformation and toxicity? • Are algorithms giving us a false picture of American society? • Why do celebrities like Oprah step away from online comments? • What does the hatred directed at Perez Hilton tell us about internet culture? • What does Big Chicken reveal about America’s industrial food system? • And could knowing who’s really creating all this noise help the rest of us stop being manipulated by it? The internet may be furious. America may not be. Tell me in the comments: Do you think Americans have actually become less civil—or has social media simply made the worst among us impossible to ignore? Support The Karel Cast on Patreon: patreon.com/reallykarel Watch, like, comment and subscribe: youtube.com/reallykarel The Karel Cast streams LIVE Monday through Thursday at 10:30 a.m. Pacific and is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart, Spreaker and other major podcast platforms. You can also follow Karel on TikTok and Instagram. Karel is a history-making broadcaster, entertainer, recording artist and writer based in Las Vegas, joined by his little service girl, Ember. #IsCivilityDead, #OnlineHate, #SocialMedia, #SocialMediaToxicity, #InternetCulture, #Misinformation, #FakeNews, #PoliticalDivision, #PoliticalPolarization, #AmericanPolitics, #America, #OnlineToxicity, #Cyberbullying, #InternetTrolls, #Oprah, #OprahWinfrey, #PerezHilton, #MoGilligan, #BigChicken, #NetflixDocumentary, #Netflix, #FactoryFarming, #IndustrialFood, #UltraProcessedFood, #Vegan, #PlantBased, #MediaLiteracy, #TheKarelCast, #Karel, #ReallyKarel https://youtube.com/live/GPmH_8kcL0o

I watched an interesting documentary yesterday. Beware, though; it might put you off your chicken for good. Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy is an engaging, thought-provoking, and highly watchable Netflix documentary that smartly blends personal experiment, cultural insight, and industry investigation. Released in 2026 and directed by Liana Stewart (produced by Mindhouse), the film follows British comedian and BAFTA winner Mo Gilligan as he embarks on a bold 28-day challenge: eating nothing but fast-food fried chicken for breakfast, lunch, and dinner—84 meals in total—while traveling from South London to key spots across the United States.

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Mo Gilligan: Beginning, Middle & End · Episode