Nicole Sandler has worked in radio her entire adult life. After a successful career in music radio in NY and Los Angeles (WPLJ, KLOS, KSCA and others), she returned to talk radio to host mornings on then-progressive talk WINZ/Miami. After a flip to sports, she moved to Air America Radio for a nightly show. When AAR went off the air on Jan 21, 2010, Nicole Sandler moved online where she continues to question authority daily at nicolesandler.com.
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We're back! We did take a break last week because, well, I needed a break. But we're back. A bit of rest and mental diversions away from news and politics helped me a bit. Marcy Wheeler suggested taking some time out to go look at the ocean. Whatever form it takes, please carve out time for some self care. The next few years will not be easy. Let's…
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Lisa Graves on Justice or Not on the Nicole Sandler Show 11-21-24
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One of our favorite guests here on the Nicole Sandler Show is Lisa Graves. Not just because she's one of the better angels among us, but she's also wicked smart and has the CV to back up her beliefs.These days Lisa Graves works as a governmental watchdog of sorts in her role as Director of True North Research, whose work you should follow at trueno…
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**Program Note*** I had major YouTube issues today, so I finally cut the video and just continued audio only for most of the show. You'll be able to get the full audio podcast on my website at https://nicolesandler.com/11-20-24 or subscribe to the podcast on Spotify (no paywall, though your donations and support are what keep me on the air)... Sorr…
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She really needs no introduction- but in case you haven't been paying attention, Heather "Digby" Parton is one of the OG bloggers who took to this medium at its inception around the turn of the century... She launched her must-read Digby's Hullaballoo, still going strong- these days at digbysblog.net, and writes a regular column for Salon.com. Her …
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I took last week off to work through my grief, something that I realize will take much longer than a week. But it's a start...I've heard from quite a few listeners who seemed to be suffering with the same symptoms that paralyzed me for the better part of the time since Nov 5. Panic attacks know no logic and they're relentless.As you regular listene…
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From 5-22-24, Nicole Sandler speaks with Federico Finchelstein, author of THE WANNABE FASCISTS: A GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING THE GREATEST THREAT TO DEMOCRACY
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20241114 Disinformation Nation with Barb McQuade
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Originally aired 3-27-24 - Nicole Sandler speaks with Barb McQuade about her book, ATTACK FROM WITHIN
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From 3-6-24, Tom Schaller and Paul Waldman joined Nicole Sandler to talk about their new book, WHITE RURAL RAGE.
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20241112 From 1-16-24 Trans Rights are Human Rights
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I'm out this week taking care of my mental health, so I'm running some shows from this year that deserve another listen, especially right now. Today, from January 16: The Trump slide into fascism has brought with it some dangerous new trends like the banning of books, whitewashing history and a massive backsliding of personal rights like abortion a…
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We're still here. A bit battered and tattered and dejected, but we're grieving. We'll get through this. Today, Marcy Wheeler of emptywheel.net has a bit of a reality check for us. There's no sugar coating it, it's bad. But not ALL of it is bad.And I'll share some small good news too. We could all use some more of that.Breathe....…
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I was hoping that after the uncertainty cleared and we got past Nov 5 that things would return to a surreal sort of sanity, but I'm not sure sane will be part of the American lexicon again.It would be very easy for me to remain in bed with the blankets pulled up over my head to avoid dealing with the world, but that certainly wouldn't end well. Tha…
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20241101 Emptywheel Fridays (the last one before Election Day) on the Nicole Sandler Show
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Here we go... it's the last Emptywheel Friday episode before this election finally comes to a close. I've been struggling with awful anxiety for the last couple of weeks and have been off the air much of this week due to that. Another reason to be grateful for Marcy Wheeler's friendship and brilliance...Find and support Marcy's work at emptywheel.n…
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I'm doing my best to dig out of the anxiety that's sidelined me for the past few days. Today, we'll share some encouraging words from one of my favorite OG bloggers, the inimitable Driftglass (who's also celebrating a birthday this week!!) Read Driftglass at driftglass.blogspot.com, and hear him and his wife BlueGal Fran on the Professional Left Po…
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20241018 TFN Mondays on the Nicole Sandler Show
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You know what TFN stands for at this point, right?It's The Fucking News. It just doesn't stop. And it's the cause of the giant pit in my stomach right now that has had me feeling nauseated and unable to function most of the time these days.If you've been listening to this show for a while, you may remember the effect the 2016 election had on my min…
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10-25-24 Emptywheel Fridays with 12 Days to Go on the Nicole Sandler Show
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We are in the final stretch of the race to November 5 and the head off a disaster too frightening for most of us to contemplate. I know that my stress and anxiety levels are where they were eight years ago again... a feeling I had hoped I'd never again experience. Perhaps I can take small solace in knowing that I'm not alone. And one of the best pe…
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20241023 Thom Hartmann & The American Dream (or Nightmare) on the Nicole Sandler Show
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The interminable election season of 2024 will end in less than two weeks and then all bets are off. The future is so uncertain that no one can tell you what will happen. If they do, they're lying, though that's nothing new for one of the major political parties vying for control. If you're not nervous about it, you're not paying attention. With so …
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It's that time of year again... open enrollment for Medicare and just a week away for the ACA. With your life on the line, it's important to know your options. So I'm thrilled that the health insurance industry whistleblower Wendell Potter returns to the show today to answer your questions and give you actual facts. You should also be reading Wende…
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20241021 It's Monday - Time for the F'ing News on the Nicole Sandler Show
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Another Monday arrived way too soon, but we'll deal with it. It was a strange weekend -- complete with TFG's obsessing over Arnold Palmer's dick size and Harvey Weinstein getting "schlonged" (I don't believe that's even a word, though "schlong" is Yiddish slang for dick). What more or less would you expect from a demented narcissist who wants to be…
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20241018 Emptywheel Fridays on the Nicole Sandler Show
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Another week is winding down and, as we do each Friday, Marcy Wheeler and I stick a fork in it with a freewheeling discussion of what happened. Today we begin with the release of Jack Smith's appendices to his filing that TFG fought but failed to prevent. Despite the corporate media's best efforts to prolong the horse race and their refusal to just…
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The end of this seemingly interminable election season is in sight... less than three weeks away. As important as it is to elect Kamala Harris & Time Walz as POTUS & VPOTUS, it's just as important to give them a Democratic controlled Congress so they can actually get meaningful work done. Today's Thursday, so we'll talk with Howie Klein of Down wit…
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20241016 Healthcare on the Bus w Laura Packard & SCOTUS in Session w Lisa Graves on the Nicole Sandler Show
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It's a busy show today. While I was out in moving hell, the new term of the Supreme Extreme Court got underway. Today, our favorite legal expert Lisa Graves (DoJ & Senate veteran) joins in to let us know what's at stake at the court. We'll also check in with Heathcare advocate Laura Packard who's currently on a Protect Our Care national bus tour wh…
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We are now three weeks away from election day with, literally, the world at stake. Today, I welcome journalist, author, podcaster, White House Correspondent and musician with the perfect snarky sense of humor, Brian Karem, back to the show. We'll delve into opposite world and beyond, including that very weird Town Hall Meeting turned disco dance pa…
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We are moved. Well, we're out of the old house and all our stuff is at the new place. Now we get to put it all together. My first task was rebuilding my studio. I somehow got it working well enough last Wednesday to interview Christopher Steele, and it crapped out on my on Friday while taping our Emptywheel Friday show with Marcy Wheeler.So, I rebu…
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Our move to a new home is almost complete, and things at the show should be back to our usual state of quasi-controlled chaos. Though I had the new studio somehow run smoothly for the Christopher Steele interview on Wednesday, the gremlins decided to make an appearance during today's taping with Marcy Wheeler. So... it starts out ok, albeit with aw…
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Moving a full house, even just seven miles, is a major undertaking. I'll tell you all about it when time permits. I'm back today for an important interview.... Christopher Steele will join me right at the top of the show. Yes, the man behind the infamous dossier has written a book. UNREDACTED: RUSSIA, TRUMP, AND THE FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY hit shelves …
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20241004 Emptywheel Fridays on the Nicole Sandler Show
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Marcy Wheeler of emptywheel.net joins Nicole Sandler every Friday for a spirited and no-holds-barred discussion about our world and what happened in it throughout the week.Today, it's Jack Smith's brief explaining to the court why the former guy's actions on and around January 6 do not fall under the heading of "official presidential business" and …
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It's Thursday and Howie Klein of Down With Tyranny is back with us this week. We have lots to talk about from the Veep debate and just how creepy JD Vance is... and we'll get a status update on how the Blue America PAC endorsed candidates are faring. Plus a farewell to another friend. Getting old sucks, but it beats the alternative, I guess.…
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Last night we saw the first and only Vice Presidential debate of the season, and probably the last one for either VP or POTUS this time around. I'll share some clips and take your calls if you have a burning question or comment... (Thom Hartmann was scheduled on today's show, but less than an hour before showtime, his wife emailed me to say he has …
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Hopefully the gremlins have been eradicated and we're firing on all cylinders today...Governor, Coach and our next VP Tim Walz is in the spotlight today as tonight, he'll face JD Vance (or whatever he's calling himself today) in their only debate tonight.Trump is showing us how deranged, disoriented and demented he is every time he opens his mouth.…
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My long housing hell nightmare is almost over! I'm back live today and boy do I have a story to share with you! I'll fill you in on why I was out all last week and why I'm doing so much better today. Then, as it's Monday, we'll visit with Jonathan Larsen, proprietor of TheFuckingNews.substack.com (along with JonathanLarson.substack.com) who helps u…
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20240927 Emptywheel Fridays on the Nicole Sandler Show
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I've been off the air all week due to the housing hell we're in. Long story short -- the place we had lined up to move into on Monday was yanked out from under us Saturday evening for no reason (I'll share all when this is over), so we've been frantically looking all week. We have to be out of here next week, and I've been dealing with panic attack…
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20240920 Emptywheel Fridays on the Nicole Sandler Show
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One more piece of business before the weekend officially begins... our weekly get-together with Marcy Wheeler of emptywheel.net during which we discuss much of what happened during the week. As usual, there was no shortage of insanity to talk about.
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20240919 Thursdays with Howie Klein on the Nicole Sandler Show
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It's Thursday, so time to get together with Howie Klein of DownwithTyranny.com and the Blue America PAC...And North Carolina has a Mark Robinson problem.
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Yes, we're talking aliens today.. the extra-terrestrial sort, (non human intelligence in Pentagon-speak) and they're not eating our pets either, or so it seems.There's news today... from the Fed cutting interest rates by 1/2 point, Teamsters won't make a presidential endorsement (!WTAF?), Republicans again said NO IVF for you, Sarah Huckabooboo tri…
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Today is National Voter Registration Day, so I'll help you remember to check your registration! Actor and all-around talented guy Jason Kravits joins in to talk about his Schoolhouse Rock-inspired video about Project 2025 (and more), and we'll get a primer on how to stop voter harassment and intimidation at the polls from the people at Vote, Run, L…
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20240916 It's Monday with Jonathan Larsen's Fu$&ing News on the Nicole Sandler Show
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Every Monday we check in with Jonathan Larsen who tells us what's happening in our world at thefuckingnews.substack.com. Here at the Nicole Sandler Show, we use language like that, but apparently some are squeamish about expletives, so Jonathan is launching a second substack newsletter. He'll fill us in on that today, along with more important news…
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20240913 Emptywheel Friday - Debate Edition -- Nicole Sandler Show
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Every Friday I get to hang out with Marcy Wheeler of emptywheel.net, discussing much of what happened during the week. Of course, this was the week we saw the brilliance of VP Kamala Harris as she destroyed TFG in what just might be their only debate of this race. But it gave us "they're eating the dogs" and other priceless gems…
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Howie Klein is here today. In addition to the debate and the strange political bedfellows that have emerged in this election cycle, we'll also discuss the disconnect that finds tens of millions of Americans still supporting and voting for the convicted felon, adjudicated rapist, known conman and pathological liar (I could go on, but you get the ide…
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20240911 Now THAT was a Debate on the Nicole Sandler Show
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Talk about a complete 180. Donald Trump was decimated in last night's debate with VP Kamala Harris. Today, I'll share some of the highs and the lows of what might be the only the time these two debate ahead of the 2024 presidential elections... We call it 100% for Harris (Trump is toast!)
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20240910 PreDebate Movie Time: UNTRUTH with Dan Partland on the Nicole Sandler Show
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As we prepare for tonight's debate between the Vice President and the former guy, we'll chat with director Dan Partland. Dan returns to the show four years after his first appearance here. The occasion is the release of the latest film he directed, UNTRUTH: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF TRUMPISM. The first time he was here, the film UNFIT: The Psychology of Do…
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Mondays are difficult by definition, soo we get our news with a bit of snark with Jonathan Larsen who delivers the news to us every morning from thefuckingnews.substack.com and discusses it with us Monday afternoons on the show. Today... about those Kamala Harris endorsements from Liz & Dick Cheney! And what about the rest of the Republicans???…
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20240906 Emptywheel Fridays on the Nicole Sandler Show
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It's Friday! Although this was a short week, there was no shortage of news to discuss with Marcy Wheeler today... The fall season of the Trump Trials has begun. Trump was in court this morning to appeal the verdict in the first E. Jean Carroll case. Yesterday Judge Chutkan issued her scheduling order for the next developments in Trump's Jan 6 trial…
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20240905 Thursday with News, Spocko & Dave the Worm from RFK Jr's Brain- Nicole Sandler Show
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Sorry for my absence yesterday... still feeling the effects of a nasty infection from a few weeks ago, and trying to listen to my body and take better care of myself. Getting old sucks, but it beats the alternative! Anyway, I'm back today (with a follow up appointment with my doctor scheduled for tomorrow afternoon). It's Thursday, so Howie Klein i…
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20240903 Hitting the Home Stretch with Will Bunch on the Nicole Sandler Show
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Both the Democratic and Republican conventions are in the rear view mirror, and we made it through Labor Day, so we're now officially in the home stretch of the 2024 presidential election cycle. In two months and two days Nov 5 arrives, whether or not we're ready.Today, we'll take a look at some of the news made over the Labor Day holiday weekend. …
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20240830 Emptywheel Fridays on the Nicole Sandler Show
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We wrap up each week with Marcy Wheeler of emptywheel.net and a review of all that happened that week.Today it's Jack Smith's superseding indictment (predicted by Marcy last week), plus the big boring CNN interview, the Arlington Cemetery photo op debacle, RFk Jr & Tusli Gabbard and lots more...
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For the past dozen or so years, I've had a weekly conversation with my old friend Howie Klein who blogs at DownWithTyranny.com and runs the Blue America PAC, identifying and supporting progressive candidates up and down the ballot all over the country. Howie returns today and brings with him a young candidate running for the Florida state senate, B…
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I've been looking forward to this interview for a long time. In fact, Steve Benen was scheduled on this show two weeks ago, the day MINISTRY OF TRUTH: DEMOCRACY, REALITY, AND THE REPUBLICANS' WAR ON THE RECENT PAST was published, but I got sick and had to reschedule. I promise you, it was worth the wait.If you're like me, you've been shouting at th…
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Today is a catch up day, of sorts. We'll talk about the latest news - there's never a lack of crazy stuff to discuss while TFG is trying to remain relevant. Just before we hit the air, a breaking news alert came in-- Jack Smith filed a superseding indictment in the J6 Obstruction case against Trump. We'll open the phone lines should you have a comm…
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I'm finally feeling almost normal after an awful infection that led me to two separate Emergency Room visits in one week. So today, it's back to the grind. Somehow, the fact that today is Monday is not quite as awful as the last few hundred (or so it seems) Mondays have been... So, we'll chat about all that's happening in the news today, and then b…
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20240823 Emptywheel Friday - DNC Recap Edition on the Nicole Sandler Show
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Well, that was a convention for the history books!I apologize for the lack of an Emptywheel Friday show last week. I got really sick from a UTI that spawned an e Coli infection, something you do not ever want.Thankfully I was doing well enough this week to be able to share some highlights of the 2024 Democratic National Convention for the past few …
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