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I’ve been remiss in updating this page, but fixing that now to point you to our new home for The Nicole Sandler Show podcast.
Hopefully, you won’t notice much difference. The show still airs live weekday afternoons from 5-6pm ET. After that, it’s available as a podcast. You can subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, or download any episode directly from this page, or from each day’s show post.
The only difference is that if you’re looking through the blog for an older show, the audio/podcast embed may not work. But you can go to the new podcast page and search for the date of the show you want to hear, and it should come right up for you.
As with anything new, it’ll likely take a little while to iron out any problems. So please let me know about any bugs you encounter, and do tell me what’s working well too!
My show is not behind a paywall, though we do depend on your donations to keep it going.
Thanks for checking us out!
Emptywheel Fridays on the Nicole Sandler Show 4-25-25
We made it through another treacherous week in Trumpville. Every Friday, I get together with Marcy Wheeler of emptywheel.net who helps me unpack much of what happened since we spoke the Friday before. This was another week that felt like a decade! From Hegseth melting down, to Trump's continual lies and tweets (Vladimir Stop!), his newest illegal grift, a few judicial victories for the good guys (us) and even today's arrest by the FBI of a judge in Wisconsin for "obstructing an ICE arrest" --- we cover a lot of ground. Strap in and get informed.... https://youtu.be/lKbxpKwz7RY
The Hits Keep Coming Thursday with Howie Klein on the Nicole Sandler Show 4-24-25
Chaos. It's their mantra and goal. There's no way any one person can keep track of all the crap spewing from the White House these days, but I try to do my part in finding some of the stories that most infuriate me to share with you each day on the show. And today is Thursday, our day to check in with Howie Klein of DownWithTyranny and the Blue America PAC. Now is the time to start vetting our candidates for 2026! Howie shares some exciting news, we talk about potential replacements for the retiring Sen [...]
SCOTUS, DOGE & a Visit with Lisa Graves on the Nicole Sandler Show 4-23-25
After a break yesterday for a fun show about music and reliving the good old days, it's back to the real world today. The news is insane, from the orange one playing games with the world's economies, tariff roulette, SCOTUS & judicial uncertainty and more questions than we can reasonably answer. But we'll try. Today, we'll catch up with Lisa Graves, the Nicole Sandler Show's legal expert, who joins us in her personal capacity as a concerned citizen who's got the legal bona fides to back up her information and opinions. A big welcome to Randi Rhodes listeners [...]
A Break From Politics For a Fun Look Back at the Glory Days of Rock Radio – Nicole Sandler Show 4-22-25
Today we'll take a break from the depressing, stress-filled world of news and politics to talk about the best job ever. Today's guest is Paul Rappaport who spent his career at Columbia Records promoting rock records to radio and wrote a wonderful book recounting those glory days, GLIDERS OVER HOLLYWOOD: AIRSHIPS, AIRPLAY AND THE ART OF ROCK PROMOTION. We'll get back to the news and crap tomorrow... https://youtu.be/4aqtKQ7xkMg
Another Monday with Jonathan Larsen & the F’n News on the Nicole Sandler Show 4-18-25
The weekend was chock full of news, beginning with a SCOTUS surprise at 1am on Saturday morning. For the first time in a long time, they ruled the correct way. Jonathan Larsen of thefuckingnews.substack.com joins me for our regular Monday debriefing session on what the hell is going on... Today I'll also share a couple of surprising NY Times opinion pieces. One from Larry David, the other from David Brooks (!) I told you they were surprising! https://youtu.be/Vjo4scfzIgg
Emptywheel Fridays on the Nicole Sandler Show — 4-18-25
Each Friday, Marcy Wheeler of emptywheel.net and I get together to recap much of the important news from the week just ending. It's a daunting task, but necessary at this strange and fucked-up time in history. Today, we covered Trump's attempts to mess with immigration, his continued actions in shutting down the government, shutting down the global economy and the end of his BS attempt to negotiate peace between Russia and Ukraine. We talked about yesterday's ruling from Judge Harvie Wilkinson dealing with the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador and the administration's disregard [...]
Thursdays with Howie Klein (and some GOOD News for a Change) -Nicole Sandler Show 4-17-25
Howie Klein has been a regular weekly guest on this show for close to 15 years now. He writes at DownWithTyranny.com and runs the Blue America PAC where he champions the best progressive candidates running for office. Ten years ago, Howie successfully fought a rare form of cancer and enjoyed a clean bill of health for years. Unfortunately, a few months ago he was diagnosed with cancer again, this time pancreatic. I tell you this because today, at the time we usually speak, Howie will be at the hospital getting a chemotherapy infusion. As he [...]
Hard Truth Time with Digby on the Nicole Sandler Show 4-16-25
Everything is FUBAR, and I'm not exaggerating. I constantly reiterate that it's almost impossible to keep up with all the shit that's hitting the fan. I should modify that to say that I personally cannot keep up with it all. But my friend Heather Parton, better known as Digby, does a great job of it with the help of Tom Sullivan, Spocko and Dennis Hartley at her wonderful Hullabaloo blog at DigbysBlog.net. We're midway through what is shaping up to be one of the worst weeks in an awful few months since this administration has been in [...]
DOGE Watch Time on the Nicole Sandler Show 4-15-25
If it feels like things are spinning out of control, you are correct. If you're wondering why no one is doing anything, you're asking the wrong question. You should be asking the corporate media why they're not covering the opposition. There's a lot of it from all quarters. There's a lot of pushback and fighting, but the most important element is WE the People. Today, we'll speak with Jeff Hauser, the Executive Director of The Revolving Door Project. In addition to their mission of scrutinizing executive branch appointees to ensure they use their office to serve the [...]
F’n Monday with the Most F’d Up F’n News Yet on the Nicole Sandler Show 4-14-25
Just when you think we've hit rock bottom, the magats in Dump-land prove that there is no bottom. Since we last spoke, the tariffs are on again, off again, temporary or permanent or paused for 90 days (and the stock market is up, down, up, down, ad nauseum); the administration is openly defying a Supreme Court ruling that tells them to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia; Trump and his sycophants brazenly lie about the whole thing in a bullshit Oval Office photo op; a domestic terrorist firebombed the home of Pennsylvania's Governor Josh Shapiro on [...]