Nicole Sandler’s daily fix of the latest news and fascinating guests with a healthy dose of snark and humor.
Marcy Wheeler (emptywheel.net) usually hangs with us Friday, but is celebrating Thanksgiving in Ireland. and will be back with us next Friday. So today, we’re also taking a holiday. I’ll be back live on Monday. But today, we’ll enjoy a musical journey with Dave Matthews. I hosted him for his very first Los Angeles radio…
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I was going to take the whole week off, but Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen are visiting today, so we’ll do a special bonus show. We are live today and yes the phone lines are open. And no, we have absolutely no idea what we’ll be doing…
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Marcy Wheeler of emptywheel.net joins me every Friday to fill us in on all the news the mainstream corporate media doesn’t do such a great job of reporting. Today, we jump right in. You might want to take notes. Lots of info coming your way.
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George Santos will not run for re-election, MAGA Mike averted a government shutdown, temporarily, but only thanks to Democrats, Tuberville is certifiable and more from Howie Klein at DownWithTyranny.com today. But first, my interview with Turi Ryder at WCPT/Chicago about being canceled by KPFK
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Turi Ryder interviews radio pro Nicole Sandler about KPFK canceling her show that was scheduled to premiere on that station in two days, after being in the planning stages for three months. Why? Listen.
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I have a story to tell you about that bastion of free speech, Pacifica Radio’s ailing Los Angeles station KPFK. They tried to hire me as Program Director a few years ago. I turned them down because it was a cluster fuck, among other reasons. A few months ago, the interim Program Director got in…
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I’m pretty disgusted right about now. I’ve spent the better part of the day watching the March for Israel livestreaming online from a few different sources. None of the cable so-called-news channels aired the thing, as expected. But most of the streams came from right wing outlets including Fox. And the one or two that…
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Veterans Day this year fell on a Saturday. It always falls one week after my birthday, and 8 days before my father’s. My dad never talked about his time in the Army. I always thought he was in the Korean War, but it turns out he was in WWII. I don’t think he ever saw…
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How do you make Fridays better than they already are? By listening to and learning from Marcy Wheeler. She covers much of the way things work (or don’t) here in the US from her home in Limerick, Ireland. But whether she’s in Michigan or Ireland, Marcy has her fingers on the news and what’s happening…
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War is ugly. Always is, always has been. There’s a famous poster from the Vietnam War era that reads “War is not healthy for children and other living things”. Sometimes we must restate the obvious and still, people who need to hear it just won’t listen.Today, I’ll speak with law professor, author and podcaster Jennifer…
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