The Nicole Sandler Show

Since music heals, and we could all use some healing right about now, I thought today would be a good day to dig back into my archives to my music radio days in Los Angeles for some favorites. Today I take you back to Sept of 1996 with Jackson Browne. And then, to May of 1999 with Gregg Alexander of New Radicals. Healing, indeed. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Ou...

I had planned on just playing some non-traditional Christmas music today, but my plans changed when I read the awful news yesterday that my friend Howie Klein died. Regular listeners/viewers of this show are familiar with Howie, as he appeared with me on Thursdays, going back probably 15 years. We talked about politics, as that's been his focus since he retired from Warner Brothers and his pos...

It's Christmas Eve, so we're spending it with the Marsh Family! I first found them on YouTube in the early days of the pandemic, and was fortunate enough to meet them here, on our show, on March 26, 2021. They came back for Christmas Eve (we recorded on 12/21/21, but aired it on 12/24), and again, the following year on December 21, 2022. I thought that today, we'd share a bit of each o...

For my second of this years' holiday shows, we look back at 2021, beginning with Inauguration Day when Joe Biden was sworn in (and the orange pig left). Then, since today is Festivus, we revisit our 2021 celebration with a bunch of listeners/viewers on Zoom, airing our grievances and Feats of Strength... Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.c...

2025 was a rough year all around. It took too many precious souls from us way too soon, On May 1, the amazingly talented singer/songwriter Jill Sobule was tragically killed in a house fire. She was so much more than her wonderful music. She was a truly special person, and she was my friend for around 30 years. We kick off two weeks of holiday shows featuring moments from my radio past, and kick it...

Today is the last time we'll spend an hour plus with Marcy Wheeler of emptywheel.net in 2025... We'll return on Friday January 2, 2026. That is, unless the orange fascist does something unthinkable, in which case we'll jump back in. Both Marcy and I are hoping to take some down time to relax, unplug, and regroup, but with things as they are these days, we just don't know. Today, we...

As anyone who's listened to this show for a while knows, Lisa Graves is my favorite go-to expert on the courts, the laws and the many ways this administration acts as if the laws don't apply to them/him. As we near the end of the year, there are many illegal actions D'ump has been trying to invoke. Thankfully, there are many who abide by our laws trying to stop him. And then there'...

As we near the end of the year, the administration is showing cracks at the seams, and sadly, things are getting scarier. I've long realized that the news goes down easier when you can inject some humor into it. Thankfully, John Fugelsang is our guest today to add that spoonful of sugar to the sour notes. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle....

We have 15 days left in 2025. But many of us take time off around the holidays, so we're really counting the days until the end of the week... I'll be taking some time off for the holidays, but won't know my complete schedule until I talk it over with Marcy Wheeler. But I'll try to let you know in the next day or two. This week got off to a shitty start. Yesterday, we spent a lot o...

It was an awful weekend filled with horrific news of mass murder of Jews in Australia, another on-campus shooting at Brown University, the murder of an American film icon and the attempt by the narcissistic US president to inject himself into something that had nothing to do with him and more... Jonathan Larsen of thefuckingnews.substack.com is here for our regular Monday get together to try to ma...

Thank goodness this week is nearly over, as yesterday alone was exhausting. And I'm truly grateful that we have Marcy Wheeler of Emptywheel.net each Friday to help us figure out all that transpired, or most of it anyway. There were hearings and pardons and lies, oh my! And more evidence that D'ump's mind is deteriorating even faster than before... I'm really not feeling well today,...

Today on the show, we recap the two big hearings on Capitol Hill today. The split screen made me feel even sicker than I already do! First, a Senate hearing on the future of the ACA's extended subsidies and the votes. Nothing good happened there. The House Oversight Committee hearing was ostensibly about the global threats the US is facing, but Kristi Noem was in the hot seat, so you can guess...

One of my favorite columnists, Will Bunch , national opinion columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, took a road trip . Last week, he left Philly and showed up in New Orleans, along with ICE. Yeah, on purpose. He reported on the ugliness these unqualified goons spread in their wake. Will returned home to PA just in time to hear Dump's word and brain salad that he spewed over the people who we...

Back in 2012, People for the American Way put out the campaign button on today's show graphic. They knew it then, but the Democrats never pushed the issue enough. It was and still is the Supreme Court, stupid! The Extreme Court yesterday heard a case that will likely give the guy in the Oval Office even more power than he's already grabbed. And the case they heard today could likely open t...

Mondays are inevitable and, these days, so is a lot more fucking news. On Mondays, I'm joined by Jonathan Larsen of The Fucking News , who injects humor and the necessary expletives to accurately present so much of what we're forced to endure every day... the Boat Murders, the Immigrant mistreatment and bigtry and racism, the Extreme not-Supreme Court, the lies, illegal pardons, D'ump&...

It's been 10 days since our last gathering with Marcy Wheeler as we did last Friday's show on Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving. And it's been quite an eventful 10 days at that! On today's show. we cover much of what happened during that time-- from yesterday's arrest of the alleged Jan 6 pipe bomber to Pete Hegseth's many problems including Signalgate and the Murder B...

"America's Dirty Secret" is what today's guest, Catherine Coleman Flowers calls the problem she is devoted to fixing, and it's a problem that's not much-discussed unless you live in some of the poorest rural communities in the US where it's more prevalent that most of us realize. Catherine Coleman Flowers is an environmental and climate justice activist. She's been...

If you're not terrified by Trump, you're not paying attention. I'll share some of the latest as I share latest news and things that should terrify all of us. As for AI - Artificial Intelligence- I'll admit that I'm not an expert. So I have one joining us today. Rahul Powar is and AI expert and cybersecurity entrepreneur. And he'll help us understand what about AI that we sh...

Perhaps the headline should have read "Reel" News, because today's guest's website (under construction) is ReelPoliticalNews.com . With so much insanity coming at us from the White House, I wanted to get someone who is an actual journalist covering it all to help us catch up. Back in my Air America days and for a few years following that network's demise, I used to have a daily...

Thanksgiving was always my favorite holiday for more than the obvious reasons. And now it's even more special. I'll explain with some not just good, but excellent news. Don't worry, there is the usual news that deserves t he Fucking News title as we usually bring you on Mondays with Jonathan Larsen of thefuckingnews.substack.com . And yes, he's here today too.... But first, there&#...

We asked and you voted.. so we're here today. Marcy Wheeler of emptywheel.net joins me on Fridays to try to make sense of the news of the week. Since tomorrow is Thanksgiving, we're dong it today. And that's a good thing and this short week felt like a year! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The Nicole Sandler Sho w has been on the air/net in one form or another for a long, long time. For probably 10 of those years, I had a few regular guests. One of them is my old friend who's known to the social media world as @GottaLaff (or Laffy). She used to run a breaking news website called "The Political Carnival" and built a huge following on the old Twitter. We became fast friend...

Each Monday we bemoan the start of yet another week, filled with the news of the orange pig in the White House. So each Monday I'm joined by Jonathan Larsen of TheFuckingNews.substack.com to discuss the news with his usual snark and the occasional f bombs too. Thursday of this week is Thanksgiving and I have more than a few things to be grateful for. It was 25 years ago today that my daughter...

Another Friday has arrived and with it another weekly chat with independent journalist Marcy Wheeler of emptywheel.net on The Nicole Sandler Show. There was so much to talk about today so we went even further into overtime than usual. So, we discussed the latest on Russia/Ukraine, and the murderer from Saudi Arabia who came to DC to be treated like a hero by the orange one. Marcy explained some of...

As usual, the orange man continues rotting. This time he's suggesting that six Democratic House members are guilty of "SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR - punishable BY DEATH". Yes, that was a direct quote from his early morning social media ramblings. Our friend, Heather 'Digby' Parton wrote about that this morning at digbysblog.net - her long-running blog "Digby's Hullabaloo" wh...