The Nicole Sandler Show

New year, same shit show. Thank goodness Marcy Wheeler is here on Fridays to help us wade through the swamps. Today we wrap up the first week of the new year with another Emptywheel Friday.  As she does every day at emptywheel.net, Marcy tells us the latest on the various Trump prosecutions, the Republicans who can't stop thinking about Hunter Biden's dick pics, and other news and info you're not getting anywhere else. Strap in. It's a bumpy ride with lots of twists and turns.

Dayna Steele is one of my heroes. She moved on from a very successful career in rock radio to basically take on the world. If nothing else, hearing from Dayna today should give you some new inspiration that you can do anything you set your mind to. From rocking the Houston TX airwaves to authoring over a dozen books, running for Congress (now for a second time), to writing and mounting a dark comedy play about navigating her mother's battle with Alzheimer's (running in Palm Springs this March) to spending a year on the road with her husband #oneplanetoneyear. Seriously. Get ready to be inspired.

Exploring the power of words in politics, Anat Shenker-Osorio provides practical advice for countering defeatist messaging and politically naive perspectives. The podcast delves into the complexities of political framing, voter behavior, and the importance of positive messaging in activism and art.

It's January 2, our first day back at work after the holidays. It's just you and me today. I'm trying to start the year off with a positive attitude, so we'll see if we can keep that going for a whole hour. I think not, but you never know! News updates, perhaps some predictions and your calls too...

Neil and Tim Finn and Harry Connick Jr

Featuring Randy Newman from 4-25-1995 and 5-25-1999 at KSCA and Channel 103.1, and Shivaree at Channel 103.1 6-19-2000

As we continue our week-long break from news and politics, we're dipping into my music radio archives for some special interviews. Today, we go back to 1995 for an interview with Colin Hay, former frontman of the band Men at Work. Then it's to 2000 with Melissa Etheridge.

Featuring interviews with Chris Isaak and Ben Folds Five

We're doing something a bit different this year... All the songs in this year's special Christmas music show were performed live on the air and in front of a live audience during the Mark & Brian Christmas Shows from 1990-1993, the years I was Producer. These renditions are not available anywhere else, so enjoy... I'd give you the rundown of who you'll hear, but that would spoil the surprise. So listen and enjoy!

But she'll be back in 2024! As usual, Marcy Wheeler [http://emptywheel.net/]and I hook up on Zoom Friday mornings Arizona time, which is late afternoon for Marcy in Limerick, Ireland. Today, a couple of hours after we finished recording, the Supreme Court ruled on Jack Smith's motion to leapfrog the appeals court asking SCOTUS to rule quickly on whether the former guy is immune from prosecution over his actions while in the White House. Well, in a one-sentence order with no noted dissent simply read "The petition for a writ of certiorari before judgement is denied." I guess that's the extreme court's version of coal in our Christmas stocking. Bastards. Oh well, there's still lots worth hearing in our last Emptywheel Friday of the year. For some reason, the video was choppy for the first few minutes. I moved it to the other computer and it worked just fine, so please bear with us for a a bit... We'll be back the first week of January for more.