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The Nicole Sandler Show
Hosted by Nicole Sandler · EN
Speaking Truth to Power from a progressive point of view with the irreverence it demands
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Buh Bye Bondi, Welcome Joan Walsh & Brad Friedman
Apr 201:00:21Tap to summarizeSometimes I don't exactly what I'll be talking about until shortly before the show begins. I had a few ideas for today... but two hours before showtime the breaking news dropped in my lap and my plans changed... Pam Bondi is OUT as Attorney General. We had hints it would be happening, and then it did. Also, the orange pustule showed what a spoiled brat of an insolent child he is with a nasty UNtruth social post about Bruce Springsteen. So, I reached out to The Nation's Joan Walsh (who's as big a fan as I am), and asked her to join us. And last night, I pestered by friend Brad Friedman of the Brad Blog (who's on vacation this week) because I thought I should interrupt his time off to see what he thinks of all of this. Today was supposed to be spring cleaning... that'll have to wait for next week. Tomorrow, it's another Emptywheel Friday with Marcy Wheeler!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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Fool in the Court, Lisa Graves Weighs In
Apr 100:59:59Tap to summarizeToday is April 1st, April Fools Day, and our nation's biggest fool again made a fool of himself, becoming the first-ever sitting guy in the oval office (sorry, I can't call him president) to attend a Supreme Court hearing. That the case is over an Executive Order he issued on his first day in office makes it even more idiotic. Or, if you prefer, the word he likes to call other people, "STUPID." But we know that every accusation is a confession everything he says is projection, it's not surprising. Thankfully, our favorite legal expert LISA GRAVES will take some time out of her very busy day to spend some time with us today too... And Bruce Springsteen kicked off his special Land of Hope & Dreams tour in Minneapolis last night... Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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A Free World Depends on a Free Press
Mar 3100:59:59Tap to summarizeTim Karr is Senior Director of Communications & Strategy for FreePress.net, an organization that's been fighting to protect media and technology, knowing they're essential to our democracy, and to make sure they're used for justice. Today Tim and I spoke about how this regime's takeover of the FCC is being used to control all aspects of those components, doing grave danger to our nation and democracy along the wayAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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The Protests, The Professor and What's Next?
Mar 3001:06:13Tap to summarizeWe did it! For the third time now, millions of patriots took to the streets of the USA and many more joined in from foreign shores to stand up for democracy and against an evil, sociopathic narcissistic ruler who thinks he should be king in a nation that was borne on the premise that there are no kings. His actions have set our 250-year young experiment with a fragile democracy on a collision course to upend the global infrastructure, causing more than one expert to predict our demise if we stay on this course. Today on the show, after a look at where we go from here, we'll check in with our professor - Dr. Art Jipson, University of Dayton professor of sociology, prolific writer, and aka Dr J, host of the Tuesday Afternoon Alternative at WUDR, since 2004!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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Emptywheel Friday- the Back from Vacation Edition!
Mar 2701:23:45Tap to summarizeEmptywheel.net's Marcy Wheeler joins me each Friday to recap much of the most important news of the week. We were both our last week, so there was a lot to talk about today. We didn't worry about what we missed last week, but dug into the seriousness of the mess he's gotten us in to. Yes, it's depressing, but we all need to arm ourselves with the truth and as much of it as we can stand, because information is power. We need to know what's happening so we can fight back against D'ump and his ilk who are trying to kill off democracy. Bring the information with you tomorrow to the No Kings rally near you!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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She's History and So Is He with Amy Simon
Mar 2601:13:22Tap to summarizeThis has been a really a strange week on The Nicole Sandler Show. Good thing tomorrow's Friday. But then again, who knows.. The walls are closing in on donOLD, and when a mad animal is trapped, it tends to become very dangerous. And that's what we're witnessing coming out of the Oval Office. We'll attempt to peek in and see what we can find. News reports are not very encouraging. The Month of March is winding down, and I've been remiss. March is Women's History Month, and I haven't even mentioned it yet. We'll change that on today's show too, as Cultural HERstorian Amy Simon returns with some stories, both good and some not so much... Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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Keeping Our Sanity in Trumpian Times with Brian Karem
Mar 2601:10:37Tap to summarizeTrying to hold on to some semblance of sanity in times like these is more of a challenge with each passing week. And this week has brought with it some special challenges for me! Somehow, despite not getting enough sleep, we're still standing.I'm a bit over-taxed today and almost didn't do a show. But when Brian Karem responded to my email inviting him on today, I figured that if he can do it, so can I. I'm still on a high from seeing Jesse Welles in concert last night (wow), but unfortunately didn't sleep last night.. again. Hopefully my brain and mouth will cooperate with each other as I try to discuss some of the news that defies sanity...Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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Look What They've Done to our Media!
Mar 2401:14:02Tap to summarizeThe once-varied and somewhat diverse media landscape in the US has vastly changed to where a small cartel of billionaires and conglomerates dominates much of what Americans see, read and hear. Today's guest - Tim Karr of freepress.net - got delayed (he'll be back next week), so I spent most of the hour ranting about what has happened to our media in the 40 + years I've been part of the industry... What a long, strange trip it's been.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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Indivisible's Ezra Levin Talk No Kings Day, Organizing & More
Mar 2301:38:08Tap to summarizeEzra Levin, co-founder and co-director of Indivisible, joins Nicole Sandler on her first day back from vacation to talk about No Kings Day #3 coming up this Saturday, plus some history of what has grown into a movement, organizing, democracy. And Nicole's studio's gremlins re-appeared to welcome her back from vacation. Then some news and phone calls from listeners too...Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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Vacation Show Blast from the Past #1 - Robert Reich on Healthcare and More
Mar 1600:59:59Tap to summarizeI'm on a bit of a forced vacation this week. The house we live in is a rental, and the owners are putting in a new roof, now. So the noise makes it impossible for me to do a show. And that's just as well, because my main computer melted down this weekend, and now I'll have to figure out a solution. So for now, anyway, I'm only able to stream audio.And that's just as well, as I recently found an old stash of shows that I did on Air America back in 2009, and I didn't stream video then. Today, we go back to August 17, 2009. Congress was in the middle of fighting over health care and the legislation that would become the Affordable Care Act. On that day, one of my guests was former Labor Secretary under Bill Clinton, Robert Reich, who was a professor at US Berkeley. Just over a week later, Senator Ted Kennedy, one of our biggest proponents of a single payer health care system succumbed to brain cancer. Robert Reich wrote a lovely tribute to him an Huffington Post. So I reached out to him again and he joined me again on my show the following day, August 26, 2009.I had also produced a bit of a tribute to him so, today on the show, I shared both of those interviews, followed by the tribute.And in the few minutes I had left, I shared another production piece I put together to celebrate George W Bush's finally leaving the White House, "Bushisms A to Z". Enjoy!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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