The Nicole Sandler Show

A bit of what's news for now

To quote The Smiths, "The Queen is Dead". Rising to the throne, King Charles. Hmmm. There's other news today too, as Steve Bannon turned himself in and was indicted on six counts: two for money laundering, three for conspiracy and one count of scheme to defraud. There's more, and I'll get to as much of it as time permits. But it's Thursday, so Howie Klein will be here. And I'll take a few minutes to check in with my dear friend, "Boca" Brit Somers. She's in the hospital with a very tough diagnosis.

A bit of what's news for now

I've been out for the past week as I needed surgery on my right eye. Certainly not a fun experience, but I seem to be healing on or ahead of schedule, so that's good. I've been out for the past week as I needed surgery on my right eye. Certainly not a fun experience, but I seem to be healing on or ahead of schedule, so that's good. I still can't see well enough to read much, so today will be a hybrid show of sorts... I'm here, armed with lots of news that transpired while I was out so we can cover some of it and talk about it. We'll also look at Ukraine, home to the most nuclear power plants in Europe. Russia is still occupying the largest one of them all, the plant at Zaporizhzhia, which experts warn could be another Chernobyl or Fukushima in the making. While Fukushima was raging some nine years ago, I spoke with Dr. Helen Caldicott, one of the pioneering doctors who warned about the dangers of nuclear power, especially as a pediatrician. In 1978, she resurrected Physicians for Social Responsibility, calling the world's attention to what she referred to as the "insanity" of the nuclear arms race and the growing reliance on nuclear power.

A bit of what's news for now

A bit of what's news for now

A bit of what's news, for now

The affidavit explaining probable cause for the FBI to obtain a search warrant for Trump's Mar a Lago was unsealed and released today -- well, a fairly heavily redacted version anyway. Trump went ballistic on his ridiculously named Truth Social not Twitter page, although he's insisted for the past week he wanted it released. What we do know is that not only is Trump a liar, conman and thief, but he likely stole the most top secret documents from the US government for nefarious purposes. We do know the only thing he cares about is fattening up his bank account. Once must wonder what he was planning to do with upwards of 700-1000 pages of classified government documents, especially since the man famously does not read! I'll open the phone lines for you to weigh in, and will then call on blogger/podcaster Driftglass to get his thoughts.

A bit of what's news, for now... including the redacted affidavit that layed out probable cause for the Mar a Lago search warrant

Howie's back! Howie Klein has done a weekly segment with me on this show for over a decade now. He's been gone for the past month- I'll let him explain why. But he's thankfully back today and boy do we have a lot to talk about. Of course, we need to find out how he's doing. And while he was out, his former boss passed away. Mo Ostin was led Warner Brothers Records for many years and was widely respected by everyone in the industry-- artists, employees and everyone else. Including Howie Klein who worked under Mo as President of Reprise Records. I've been waiting for his return to ask Howie to tell us a bit about the great Mo Ostin. Of course, there have been a few primary elections since Howie was last here, and a lot of action in Congress too. We'll start Howie's segment a few minutes earlier than usual because there's so much to discuss. And just a head up-- I'll be out next Thursday, undergoing my own surgical procedure. Are we having fun yet?