Nicole Sandler’s daily fix of the latest news and fascinating guests with a healthy dose of snark and humor.
We made it to another Monday after a weekend of more news that would be unbelievable at any other time in history, but here we are with a president (sic) who says he doesn’t know if he must uphold the Constitution. We truly are living in Opposite World.Each Monday we check in with Jonathan Larson…
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Every Friday we end the week by spending an hour (usually a bit more) with Marcy Wheeler, one of the best independent journalists working today. You can and should read her daily at emptywheel.net and follow her on BlueSky at emptywheel.bsky.social. And, of course, listen to our weekly round up of some of the Trump…
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It’s Mayday! The word “Mayday” is an internationally recognized distress signal used in radio communications, primarily by mariners and aviators, to signal a life-threatening emergency. May Day is also known around the world as International Workers’ Day, commemorating the fight for workers’ rights and the eight-hour workday. Both uses are fitting for today, as around…
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We survived the first 100 days of Trump’s hell, depending on what your definition of “survival” is. In my case – and for millions of others, I suspect – just barely. I had a truly difficult time of it the first time around. I never thought we’d be back in this position again. And at…
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Illinois Governor JB Pritzker delivered a barn burner of a speech in Manchester, NH yesterday in which he spoke the truth about all we’re facing right now, and made me hope he runs for president in 2028. He made a lot of great points, and I’ll share some of them on today’s show. But it…
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We made it through another treacherous week in Trumpville. Every Friday, I get together with Marcy Wheeler of emptywheel.net who helps me unpack much of what happened since we spoke the Friday before. This was another week that felt like a decade! From Hegseth melting down, to Trump’s continual lies and tweets (Vladimir Stop!), his…
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Chaos. It’s their mantra and goal.There’s no way any one person can keep track of all the crap spewing from the White House these days, but I try to do my part in finding some of the stories that most infuriate me to share with you each day on the show.And today is Thursday, our…
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After a break yesterday for a fun show about music and reliving the good old days, it’s back to the real world today. The news is insane, from the orange one playing games with the world’s economies, tariff roulette, SCOTUS & judicial uncertainty and more questions than we can reasonably answer. But we’ll try. Today,…
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Today we’ll take a break from the depressing, stress-filled world of news and politics to talk about the best job ever. Today’s guest is Paul Rappaport who spent his career at Columbia Records promoting rock records to radio and wrote a wonderful book recounting those glory days, GLIDERS OVER HOLLYWOOD: AIRSHIPS, AIRPLAY AND THE ART…
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The weekend was chock full of news, beginning with a SCOTUS surprise at 1am on Saturday morning. For the first time in a long time, they ruled the correct way. Jonathan Larsen of thefuckingnews.substack.com joins me for our regular Monday debriefing session on what the hell is going on…
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