Nicole Sandler’s daily fix of the latest news and fascinating guests with a healthy dose of snark and humor.
It’s a Friday and boy, do we need a weekend. Today, we’ll deal with a couple of the big issues facing our world. We’ll start with the end of our occupation of Afghanistan after 20 years. The mainstream corporate media coverage has been a lot of finger pointing and blaming the current administration, while inviting…
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Yes, I have some good news to open the show with today. In fact, the news is so good that it’ll be difficult to put me in a bad mood today. But a crazy Trumper threatening to blow up the Capitol live on Facebook from his truck on the Hill made a valiant effort. Thankfully,…
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One constant in this world is change. Today we’ll talk about some of the change we’re experiencing now. After 20-year occupation, the US is removing all remaining troops from Afghanistan. The exit was ugly, but they have been, throughout history. We’ll start with what’s happening now in Afghanistan. While many veterans, politicians and media figures…
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On this day in 1969, Woodstock was in its final day of Peace and Music. Melanie Safka performed on the first day. This week, she re-created her Woodstock set and shared it online. Today, I figured we could use an injection of peace and the energy of Woodstock, so Melanie will join us for the…
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Sometimes my timing is spot on, as is the case today. Spencer Ackerman’s new book, “Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump” was released Tuesday; Afghanistan fell yesterday after the US pulled out. And, lucky for us, he’s my guest today on the show! He’ll join in at the :30…
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