The Nicole Sandler Show

It's been 20 years since 9/11. In many ways, it feels like a moment. In others, it's a lifetime removed. The weekend was filled with memories, both of that awful day and the days surrounding it. Life changed. We were all affected by the events of that day, and still are. Some of the ways are only now becoming apparent. Today, I welcome Katrina vanden Heuvel back to the show. It's been a while since we last spoke, so we have a lot of catching up to do.

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Tomorrow marks the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, and the memories are as fresh as if it happened yesterday. We'll look back at that awful day, I'll give you a suggestion to help ease the anxiety that comes with all of the video of the planes crashing into the World Trade Center that permeated the airwaves until the public demanded they stop showing it all the time. And a few words about another blast from the past who re-emerged after a long, sudden absence. Our guest today is Thom Hartmann, radio host and author of many books. He returns to the show to discuss his brand new one, "The Hidden History of American Healthcare," just released this week.

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Howie Klein (Down with Tyranny/ Blue America PAC) has done a weekly segment with me for over a decade now. Howie and I actually met long before we both became politically active. I was doing (really good) music radio in Los Angeles, and Howie was president of Reprise Records. I so appreciate Howie's work and am thrilled that he joins me weekly on the air to help promote great progressive candidates who, if elected, will help the people that have for too long been overlooked and certainly not helped by our government. Last week we had a pretty huge difference in opinion. I probably got more complaints about that segment than any I've had in a long time. But that's democracy. We can disagree. And though I vehemently disagree with his stance on the CA Governor Recall plot, I vigorously defend his right to vote in whatever way he sees fit. However, I will ALWAYS speak my mind, and tell anyone who I believe is making an egregious error what I think. I did that last week. I believe both Howie and the audience know how I feel about the vote he cast. I don't plan to bring it up again. However, if the Republicans' scheme to remove a democratically elected governor from office succeeds, I will again speak my mind. Today, we'll talk about other crucially important issues, including the so-called Democrats who are working to derail the $3.5 trillion "Build Back Better" budget plan. There are too many of them... all the more reason why we need loud, persuasive voices from the left to battle the Blue Dogs, New Dems and others from the Republican wing of the Democratic party.

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We're now more than 18 months into the pandemic that most of us never thought could or would ever happen. Unlike anything else we've experienced in our lives, this virus affected the entire planet -- every person in every country at every far-flung corner of the earth. As far as I can surmise, this is the first time, at least in my lifetime, that the entire planet was sharing an experience... one that just won't end. The ramifications are enormous and largely still unknown. Adam Tooze, professor of history at Columbia University who was named by Foreign Policy magazine as one of the top Global Thinkers of the decade, joins us today. His new book, released just yesterday, is "Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World's Economy"

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Laffy's back today, and boy does she have some newsworthy Tweets to share. With the week we lived through last week, anything is bound to be an improvement. Hopefully we'll cover the news, but add enough snark and have some fun to make it less painful.

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