Blog
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!
Saving Our Democracy- NOTHING MATTERS MORE with Digby- Nicole Sandler Show – 7-11-24
The Democratic circular firing squad continues and TFG keeps proving HE'S the one with mental issues we should be truly concerned about. I talk about Opposite World all the time. We're stuck there. Today we're joined by Heather "Digby" Parton - one of the smartest and most sensible people I know who you should be reading regularly at digbysblog.net and salon.com I had planned on carrying President Biden's press conference today. It was scheduled to start at 5:30 ET, right in the middle of our show. But then they pushed it back an hour. Ugh.... We'll still watch, [...]
France & the UK Beat Fascism, We Can Too – Nicole Sandler Show – 7-10-24
We saw huge election wins for liberals over the far right in France and the UK in the last week. We can and should do it here as well, but we have to pay attention to what they did in Europe and learn from their actions. Today, we'll reach across the pond to an old friend of the show. Dave Johnson moved to England last year, and joins us today to talk about being an ex-pat, life in England, our political conundrum and how they beat back fascism over there. And I explain how we win... truly, I [...]
Some Media Gets It Right with Will Bunch on the Nicole Sandler Show – 7-9-24
We've been inundated with journalistic malpractice as much of the corporate media has led the charge to destroy President Biden's candidacy. I've certainly criticized the NY Times, Wall St Journal, Washington Post, CNN, MSNBC and more than a few *pundits* who are attempting to lead the masses down a disastrous road. Today, I'm going to salute some who are being responsible, like the Philadephia Inquirer who published an editorial calling on D'ump to leave the race, and Inquirer National Columnist WILL BUNCH - today's guest - who writes in his latest column, "I will support whatever approach [...]
New Week, Same Media BS- It’s Push Back Monday on the Nicole Sandler Show – 7-8-24
We're now into the second week of the corporate media and self-important donors working to derail our democracy. Today it's you and me speaking truth, debunking the lies, pushing back against the idiocy that threatens to destroy us. And yes, the Project 2025 threat is real. We have covered Project 2025 quite a bit on this program and will continue to do so. In the meantime, you can access these episodes: How Project 2025 Will Ruin Your Life with Andra Watkins on the Nicole Sandler Show – 5-21-24 Project 2025 Takedown with Tiffany Torres Williams on the [...]
Emptywheel Fridays on the Nicole Sandler Show – 7-5-24
Another week comes to a close so it's time for our weekly discussion with Marcy Wheeler of emptywheel.net about what happened. It was this week that SCOTUS ended what's left of our democracy, basically giving Trump everything he asked for and more in terms of "absolute immunity," Oh, and in case you hadn't heard, Joe Biden is old.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvqIHagvCeY
4th of July Music Show
It was a 4th of July music show today. Since I can't play music on YouTube, this was audio only. And I can't even put a music show into the regular podcast as there's still no mechanism to do so. So, here's a recording of it, should you care to listen. Track list is below.... X- 4th of July Keb' Mo' - America the Beautiful Leonard Cohen - Democracy Jill Sobule - America Back Simon & Garfunkle - America Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers Green Day - American Idiot Jackson Browne - I Am A Patriot Bruce Springsteen - Born [...]
Independence Day Eve with John Fugelsang on the Nicole Sandler Show – 7-3-24
Tomorrow is the day we set aside to celebrate America's independence from the monarchy. Thanks to the Extreme Court's ruling announced yesterday, it might be our last one. I could think of no better guest for this wake than my old friend - comedian, actor, broadcaster John Fugelsang. It's been too long since we've spoken. But I've always marveled at his inherent ability to make us laugh in the face of things the are simply not funny. He's got a high bar to clear today, but I have no doubt that he will. Reminder, I'll be here [...]
Fu%$ing SCOTUS & the Fu$%ing News on the Nicole Sandler Show – 7-1-24
The six Extreme Court injustices completed their task from the Federalist Society to kill our democracy. And no, that's not hyperbole. The month of July begins with such a travesty to close out the court's session. I spent most of the first half-hour reading from Justice Sonia Sotomayor's and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's dissents. PLEASE read the whole thing for yourself. Or just read the two dissenting opinions which run from page 68 to 118. Then we check in with Jonathan Larsen of The Fucking News to further examine this unprecedented assault on democracy and the crowning of King [...]
Emptywheel Fridays on the Nicole Sandler Show (SCOTUS/Debate edition) – 6-28-24
It's time for our weekly get-together info download with Marcy Wheeler of emptywheel.net. And it's another week ending with out disbelief over what's happening in our corner of the world.... After last night's debate and this morning's group of SCOTUS rulings, I can't help but envy Marcy's living in Ireland. Today, we try to make sense of all that happened this week. Again, buckle in. It's a rough road ahead. As promised, the link to read and subscribe to Heather Cox Richardson's substack is heathercoxrichardson.substack.com. Click here for last night's newsletter which was her take on [...]