4-3-20 Nicole Sandler Show – It’s a Small Coronavirus World
Download here or click below to play We made it to the end of another week. Well, most of us did , anyway. Instead of a regular show with a news update and an interview, I decided to try something a little different today. We're in a truly rare, once-in-a-lifetime moment when the whole world is sharing an pretty awful experience. I thought I'd reach out to people around the planet to engage humanity. We connected with a wonderful single mom in Denmark and and American hunkering down in Italy! As for today's creative comedy, enjoy... and And this [...]
4-2-20 Nicole Sandler Show – Shut-In Thursday with Howie Klein
Download here or click below to play The quarantining and social distancing continues, as the casualty rates multiply and with each day we hear of more people we know who've lost the battle against COVID-19. As usual, we'll begin with a bit of levity from creative shut ins around the world and deliver the latest news from our surreal world. And then, because it's Thursday, we'll check in with Howie Klein of Down with Tyranny and the Blue America PAC to talk politics in the corona zone... As for today's fun song parodies.... First up was a new version [...]
4-1-20 Nicole Sandler Show – A Cuomo Primer or Why Andrew Shouldn’t be President
Download here or click below to play Welcome to another Wednesday at home. Trump is now admitting the virus is serious, but is it too little too late? We'll have the latest news and information, and a bit of homemade humor as well. And then, we welcome journalist Ross Barkan to the show, who has an article up at The Nation, "Cuomo Helped Get New York Into This Mess," that tells the real backstory of Andrew Cuomo, and how his austerity policies helped lead to the disaster currently unfolding in New York. I played a couple of song [...]
3-31-20 Nicole Sandler Show – Social Distancing Tuesday with the Gliberal Goddesses
Download here or click below to play Today is Tuesday, that means we visit with GottaLaff for a segment where we dish on the news of the day, as gleaned from her Twitter stream... While we're stuck in our homes, practicing social distancing and trying to stay away from droplets of COVID-19, it's important to make the effort to reach out to old friends. In addition to covering the news and snark of the day, we reached out to our friend Amy Simon, and brought together a reunion of the Gliberal Goddesses! As promised, I'm now posting the parody [...]
3-27-20 Nicole Sandler Show – Friday Fun from the Corona Zone
Download here or click below to play It's the end of a long, painful week as we navigate uncharted waters. Today, we'll deal with the latest news and our emotions too. Dave Johnson joins in. We'll open the phones and share some of the creative ways people are coping with the crisis
3-26-20 Nicole Sandler Show – Another Bailout for Billionaires Thursday with Howie Klein and More
Download here or click below to play The Senate unanimously passed its coronavirus relief package – basically another billionaire bailout that many, including NY Gov Andrew Cuomo are criticizing. HuffPost Senior Reporter Zach Carter wrote about it in a piece titled, "Democrats Are Handing Donald Trump The Keys To The Country" and he joins in to talk about what’s so bad about it… Then it’s Thursday, so Howie Klein joins in to add his thoughts to the mix… The headline of his latest piece up at Down With Tyranny is "The Pandemic Is Killing Progressive Congressional Campaigns-- We Can't [...]
3-25-20 Nicole Sandler Show – Our Novel Reality with Steven Thrasher and Wendell Potter
Download here or click below to play We're all trying to figure out how to navigate life in the coronavirus lane. Dr. Steven Thrasher returns to the show to discuss his latest article for Slate, "I Study Prisons and AIDS History. Here’s Why Self-Isolation Really Scares Me," in which he deals with the dilemma of “social distancing v. social isolation". And then we visit with our old friend Wendell Potter, as the 10th anniversary of passage of the Affordable Care Act just passed, and we're in dire need of Medicare for All, now more than ever! These days, Wendell [...]
3-25-20 What’s News
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3-24-20 Nicole Sandler Show – Social Distancing Tuesday with GottaLaff
Download here or click below to play Just when we thought things couldn't possibly get any worse, we get hit with a global pandemic. Someone has a sick sense of humor. Anyway, it's Tuesday, so we won't let a little thing like COVID19 keep us from having some fun with GottaLaff as we try to maintain our sanity in the face of madness. We played a couple of song parodies to start the show today. First up, a new one from Randy Rainbow And yet another parody of My Sharona...
3-20-20 Nicole Sandler Show – What To Do When You’re Sheltering with Jill Sobule and More
Download here or click below to play We're headed into the weekend when many Americans will be sheltering at home, either by official order or by common sense. Today, I have some ideas to help you through the next few days, anyway. First, my plea to go adopt or foster a shelter animal. I'll speak with animal advocate Wendy Schugar-Martin about a program she's hoping to convince our local shelter to adopt. If you're interested in the program she put together to help get animals out of the shelter even if they're closed to the public, you can email [...]