Nicole Sandler’s daily fix of the latest news and fascinating guests with a healthy dose of snark and humor.
Nicole gets the story on the Filibuster from Gregory Koger (author of “Filibustering”). Amy Simon tells about inspiring women, including Malala, and Crooks & Liars’ John Amato talks about drones and more
Read More
Nicole talks with Robert Platshorn about his TV show “Should Grandma Smoke Pot?”. Plus GottaLaff of The Political Carnival joins in to talk about the news
Read More
Nicole talks with truthout’s Jason Leopold about his trip to Guantanamo Bay. Nicole Belle joins in for “Fools on the Hill” to talk guns, and GOP lies. And, of course, last night was the Super Bowl.
Read More
Nicole recaps yesterday’s Senate hearing on gun violence with some help from Cliff Schecter. Plus, Current TV’s John Fugelsang weighs in on the season of hearings in DC and guns too.
Read More
Nicole talks about today’s Senate hearing on gun violence and listens live to Gabby Giffords statement at the top. Gaby Pacheco, DREAMer and activist joined in to talk about immigration reform. Plus Amy Simon of She’s History and Crooks and Liars’ John Amato
Read More
Nicole talks about Jason Leopold covering the military tribunals pre-trial hearings going on now at Guantanamo Bay. Down With Tyranny and Blue America PAC’s Howie Klein joined in to talk politics – and told of his travels to India and Mali, where rape and slavery are endemic (repectively). And GottaLaff too…
Read More
Nicole talks with activist/blogger/media trainer Spocko about how to talk effectively about public safety and guns. Nicole Belle joins in with our weekly Fools on the Hill segment on the Sunday shows. And Nicole recaps the filibuster fix failure.
Read More
Nicole gives an update on the efforts to fix the filibuster. Marcy Wheeler (emptywheel.net) tells about yesterday’s Hillary Clinton testimony on Benghazi, and Maysoon Zayid joins in for serious discussion and some laughs too
Read More
Nicole speaks with Nick Turse, author of Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam (Hint: we’ve been torturing people for a long time). Plus Amy Simon of She’s History and Crooks & Liars’ John Amato. Plus, guns in the news, the filibuster and Michelle Obama’s eye roll at Boehner!
Read More
Nicole talks with AmericaBlog’s Gaius Publius about today’s possible filibuster showdown, UCSF’s Tracy Weitz about Roe v Wade’s 40th anniversary, and premiered the last Blunt webisode from GottaLaff
Read More
Recent Comments