Nicole Sandler’s daily fix of the latest news and fascinating guests with a healthy dose of snark and humor.
I know I don’t need to tell the regular listeners of this program, but Donald Trump is bad for our national mental health.First, there are the lies and the gaslighting! The gaslighting is the worst, as it’s meant to make the people being gaslit think they’re the crazy ones. It doesn’t even matter that we…
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It’s Friday! But even those two smile-inducing words just don’t do it for a lot of people who are suffering from depression and its related disorders including anxiety and stress. Some of us have been battling at least one of those conditions for decades *including me.I was fascinated from the moment I heard that scientists…
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I read it (out loud and recorded it) so you don’t have to. You may not have the time to read the 48-page indictment of Donald J Trump for his hole in the Jan 6 attack on the Capitol, but you need to know what’s in it. So I read it for you. Please try…
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As we approach air time, Donald Trump is headed to the courthouse in DC where he will be arraigned today, responding to the indictment released on Tuesday, charging Trump with four counts related to the events around Jan 6, 2021. Today, we’ll recap the arraignment, listen to some passages from the recording of the indictment,…
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We spent yesterday’s show waiting for the official word on the third indictment for the former guy. Of course, Jack Smith ambled up to the microphones about a minute after I signed off. That’s ok… we were all preoccupied with reading the 45-pages detailing the charges against the wanna-be dictator. Today’s guest wasn’t booked to…
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We waited most of the day Thursday, not so patiently, for the next shoe to drop. We were expecting a new indictment (or set thereof) from Jack Smith’s investigation of the former guy — this one for his actions (and inaction) on and around January 6. But sometime during the afternoon we were told no…
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Last week we took a deep dive into the world of TV and Movies with three of the SAG-AFTRA Executive Committee and Negotiating Committee members. Today we turn to the Radio and Record industries, where I spent the better part of my career. The average person knows that radio has changed… they likely listen less…
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It’s Thursday so Howie Klein is here.I don’t believe he ever worked with Sinead O’Connor, but I did see his tweet yesterday after the news broke that she had died. I’ll ask him if he has any stories… and then, yes, we will talk politics.And I wonder why the Republicans and right wing media is…
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ARGUING FOR A BETTER WORLD That got my attention! It’s the title of a new book by philosopher, author and professor of ethics at the Brighton and Sussex Medical School Arianne Shahvisi. Her book offers philosophical ammunition to counter your magat neighbors and relatives, something I figured we could all benefit from. Arianne joins in…
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As regular listeners of this show know, I started undergoing Ketamine therapy to treat depression. I promised I’d keep you all posted on the progress as well as the experience. Today I’m going to share my most recent session. I run an audio recorded as I rarely remember much if anything from each treatment afterwards….
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