Down Memory Lane and Into the Future

Listen to this episode: {play}http://traffic.libsyn.com/radioornot/20120830_Nicole_Sandler_Show_-_Mark_Thompson_and_politics_too.mp3 {/play} Podcast: Play in new window   This picture was taken sometime around 1992, in the KLOS/Los Angeles studio.  Of course, that's James Taylor. And me. They guys to my left and my right are the famous (infamous) Mark and Brian with whom I spent four very busy, successful years as their producer. They signed off from their last broadcast two weeks ago tomorrow after 25 years together at KLOS.  While my four years as part of the show sounds like a drop in their massive bucket, it was a big part of my professional [...]

By |August 30th, 2012|Tags: , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Down Memory Lane and Into the Future
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A Tale of Two Cities – With the Split Screen

Listen to this episode: {play}http://traffic.libsyn.com/radioornot/20120829_Nicole_Sandler_Show_-_RNC_lies.mp3 {/play} Podcast: Play in new window   There's your split screen image for today.  On the left, the photo tweeted by MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry with the description  Feeling sad. #Isaac took the home @JamesHPerry and I just bought. All safe. House was vacant except for my dreams. pic.twitter.com/h62AkGPB On the right is the scene in Tampa, where people bragged about praying the storm away.  Their party will continue tonight, as millions in the Gulf are fighting the elements to stay alive and keep what few possessions they have left. Today on the show, I gave an update [...]

By |August 29th, 2012|Tags: , , , , , , , |Comments Off on A Tale of Two Cities – With the Split Screen
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Hurricanes, Truthers and the RNC

Listen to this episode: {play}http://traffic.libsyn.com/radioornot/20120828_Nicole_Sandler_Show_-_Harry_Shearer_on_Isaac_and_New_Orleans.mp3 {/play} Podcast: Play in new window   Isaac has just been upgraded to hurricane status and by tonight will likely be barreling down on New Orleans, as New Orleanians already prepare to mark the 7th anniversary of Katrina tomorrow.  The US Army Corps of Engineers says the $14 Billion of taxpayer money was spent by shoring up the levies, and that New Orleans is safer now than it's ever been.. the problem is that that isn't saying very much. I reached out to Harry Shearer, best known for his comedic turns in Spinal Tap and The [...]

By |August 28th, 2012|Tags: , , , , , |Comments Off on Hurricanes, Truthers and the RNC
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Bad RNC Juju

Listen to this episode: {play}http://traffic.libsyn.com/radioornot/20120827_Nicole_Sandler_Show.mp3 {/play} Podcast: Play in new window That's the split-screen image I think we'll be seeing over the course of this week.. On the left side of your screen, the ominous charts and pictures of Issac - strengthening into a full-blown hurricane and barreling toward the Gulf Coast - most notably New Orleans as we mark the 7th anniversary of the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. The RNC powers were very short-sighted on their decision to cancel the convention activities today, while the storm is still out in the Gulf.  Tomorrow - as they begin their celebration of regression - millions [...]

By |August 27th, 2012|Tags: , , , , , |Comments Off on Bad RNC Juju
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Women’s Equality Day 2012 – From Anne Hutchinson to Pussy Riot

 A guest post by Amy Simon of She's History! The 2012 USA Women’s Olympic Teams broke records, kicked butt and made headlines.  Shannon Eastin became the National Football League’s First Female Line Judge and refereed her first game in San Diego, and Tammy S. Smith became the Army’s first openly gay brigadier general.  The All-Male Augusta National Gold Club finally let the gals in, inviting Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and business executive Darla Moore. Diana Nyad made her fourth attempt swimming from Cuba to Florida and was forced to abandon her thirty-five year old dream, one day shy [...]

By |August 26th, 2012|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Women’s Equality Day 2012 – From Anne Hutchinson to Pussy Riot
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Today’s GOP

The battle raging in the US today isn't so much the Democratic Party vs. the Republican Party as it is Progressive vs. Regressive. Although the Obama campaign's slogan really hadn't appealed to me before, Forward is the perfect battle cry while we're forced to fight against the GOP's very Backward platform. Today's GOP stands for a giant leap back...  From outlawing abortion under any circumstances, to making it more difficult for people to vote, to undoing our social safety net and other protections for those who need help the most, the best slogan for today's GOP would be Backwards.

By |August 25th, 2012|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Today’s GOP
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Like a Hurricane

Listen to this episode: {play}http://traffic.libsyn.com/radioornot/20120823_Nicole_Sandler_Show_-_Like_a_Hurricane.mp3 {/play} Podcast: Play in new window This is the most recent image coming from the National Weather Service of the Five-Day track and "cone of uncertainty" for Isaac, still a Tropical Storm, but expected to be at hurricane strength when it passes by Tampa late Monday into early Tuesday. As amused as I might be by the idea of the gathering of horrific Republicans getting washed out a bit, I don't wish a devastating hurricane on anyone.   And as the path takes it right over Haiti, I'm sickened for the people there. This morning [...]

By |August 23rd, 2012|Tags: , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Like a Hurricane
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The Plight of the Pre-Old

Listen to this episode: {play}http://traffic.libsyn.com/radioornot/20120822_Nicole_Sandler_Show.mp3 {/play} Podcast: Play in new window I am of the Pre-Old group.  We poor, unfortunate sots who are currently just under 55 who will be screwed (and not in a good way) if Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney have their way. Yes, they'd preserve Medicare benefits for our current seniors (or so they say), but those of us under that magical 55-year old mark will have "more choices".  (If you believe that I have some lovely swampland for sale just a few miles west of where I sit right now.) As much as the GOP [...]

By |August 22nd, 2012|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on The Plight of the Pre-Old
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Pardon Don Siegelman

Listen to this episode: {play}http://traffic.libsyn.com/radioornot/20120821_Nicole_Sandler_Show_-_Free_Don_Siegelman.mp3 {/play} Podcast: Play in new window I've rarely been as upset about a story as I am about this one.  And actually, this isn't just a news story, it's a man's life. Meet Don Siegelman.  You may remember him as a rising star in the Democratic party out of Alabama.  That's right, a Democrat from Alabama.  Perhaps that's why he was targeted. To make a long story short, Don Siegelman is a political prisoner.  Actually, he was, and is set to return to prison again on September 11 if nothing is done before then to [...]

By |August 21st, 2012|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Pardon Don Siegelman
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Legitimizing Stupidity

Listen to this episode: {play}http://traffic.libsyn.com/radioornot/20120820_Nicole_Sandler_Show_-_legitimate.mp3 {/play} Podcast: Play in new window   Just when you thought you'd seen it all, another teabagger opens its mouth.   Actually, we shouldn't be surprised that this asshattery came from Todd Akin.  He was one of the many co-sponsors of 2011's assinine “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act,” a bill which, among other things, introduced the country to the bizarre term “forcible rape".  And yes, Paul Ryan was a co-sponsor too. Actually, Paul Ryan has been at the forefront of a lot of anti-woman legislation, including a "Personhood" bill that would declare life begins at [...]

By |August 20th, 2012|Tags: , , , , , |Comments Off on Legitimizing Stupidity
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