Nicole Sandler’s daily fix of the latest news and fascinating guests with a healthy dose of snark and humor.
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…
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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…
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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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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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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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