The president last night explained his strategy for Afghanistan - stay in and win. No further details really. It's Tuesday, so GottaLaff joins in to talk about the news, the endless war included.
I'm back today for my final two-hour show for a while. Beginning Monday, I'll do one hour a day, from 3-4pm Eastern until I go in for surgery. I'll keep you posted on that... Today, we had no choice but to confront the ugly American, thanks to those Naked Trumps that appeared in five cities yesterday! In addition to Donald's naked little Donnie, there were other ugly Americans to talk about -- Paul Manafort and Ryan Lochte. The man who could (and should) unseat Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Tim Canova, checks in during the final stretch toward election day on August 30. And in the second hour, [...]
Nicole Sandler welcomes Deborah Newell back to the show for our weekly fun with FloriDUH segment, but today with a twist. Journalist and author of the new book, "The Last Thousand," Jeffrey E. Stern tells us about a unique, progressive school in Afghanistan
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It's Friday! After Nicole deals with the unfortunate news that US participation in the war in Afghanistan will not end during the Obama administration, we get on with the business of segueing into the weekend. Julianna Forlano brings the laughs. For our Flashback Friday segment, Nicole digs into her music radio archives for Ben Folds Fives' first LA radio appearance, 20 years ago this week, on 10-18-95!
On the 12th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq, Cindy Sheehan is leading a peace action in DC and joins us to talk about it. Plus Bibi pulls an Emily Litella, another edition of "Mean People Suck". And for our Flashback Friday segments today, we'll hear my interviews with Jonny Lang from 1999 and Shelby Lynne from 2000 (including their performances)
On this St. Patrick's Day, Nicole talks with World Beyond War's David Swanson about this week's #SpringRising actions in DC marking 12 years since we invaded Iraq. And author Rick Perlstein checks in from Chicago where Rahm Emanuel might be defeated by a progressive in the mayoral race!
Today, Nicole recaps the weird murders outlined in HBO's The Jinx, leading up to Robert Dursts' arrest yesterday, and our 3 degrees of separation! Plus, two awful anniversaries: we talk Fukushima 4 with Harvey Wasserman, and 12 Years since Iraq
Today, Nicole Sandler welcomes her favorite Congressman back to the show, Alan Grayson. He talks about the president's request for a new AUMF to fight ISIL, the looming Trans Pacific Partnership, our oil problems and lots more. Plus Amy Simon of She's History with some SNL stories
