Nicole Sandler’s daily fix of the latest news and fascinating guests with a healthy dose of snark and humor.
I’m thrilled and honored that Heather Cox Richardson is returning to the show today. We spoke once before, the week that her latest book, DEMOCRACY AWAKENING, was released. She’s back today because she’s one of the voices I hope everyone will hear, and I’m persistent! Her nightly “Letters from an American”- which inform and comfort…
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How is this only Week 2? We’ve got our work cut out for us… Save the date! Heather Cox Richardson joins us tomorrow, so don’t be late! Today, as we do on Mondays, we’ll recap some of the important news of the day. Jonathan Larsen of thefuckingnews.substack.com is here to help us try to make…
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Well, it’s Day 5. We made it through the first working week of the Dump 2.0 reign, though it hasn’t been easy. And it feels like a long year already. Thankfully, Marcy Wheeler is here from emptywheel.net each Friday to chat with me about what happened and make sure we know what we need to…
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Nicole Sandler finds a few slivers of light in the darkness of the first four days of our new world order.
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The guest I had scheduled for today didn’t show up. I took the opportunity to let you know what I really think. I’m done being depressed. Now I’m angry.
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Although I truly despise the subject of today’s show, I’m thrilled that David Dayen is returning to walk us through it. Dayen is one of the OG bloggers/journalists whose work I’ve appreciated since the beginning. For the past few years he’s been the executive editor of THE AMERICAN PROSPECT, a magazine that should be on…
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Yes, I know what’s happening today. Frankly, the less said about the inauguration, the better. So today, we’ll hear President Biden’s farewell address which I never got to last week. Maybe. We may hear some words of wisdom and warnings from Timothy Snyder (“On Tyranny”). Then we’ll check in with Jonathan Larsen of thefuckingnews.substack.com. His…
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Every Friday I’m joined by Marcy Wheeler of emptywheel.net to discuss what happened in the week that’s ending. This was a pretty eventful week, with Jack Smith’s Jan 6 report released, the start of the Senate confirmation hearings for the convicted felon’s cabinet picks, the fires in LA and a lot more. We recorded this…
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Lisa Graves is a frequent and one of my favorite guests on the Nicole Sandler Show. Though she appears here regularly in her personal capacity as opposed to speaking for her organization, she has impeccable legal credentials, including time spent as Chief Counsel for Sen Patrick Leahy on the US Senate Judiciary Committee. So she…
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Well, the bad news is that I got a text from Jason Leopold at 3:30 this morning explaining that the situation near his home in LA has gotten much worse and that they have to leave. The good news is that they’re evacuating and getting to safety, and we’ll be able to reschedule Jason for…
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