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Nicole Sandler
Speaking Truth to Power with the irreverence it demands
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Insight for senior Business Developers, Capture Mangers, and Proposal Managers into opportunities coming in the 3-6 month timeframe. Our intent is to identify opportunities that might be missed due to B&P pressures on Business Development Executives, "tunnel vision" …
The Nicole Sandler Show · Aug 20, 2026
I apologize for being away for the past week or so, but I've been in studio/YouTube hell. I'll explain on another day... But given the huge win in Florida's Primary on Tuesday by Democrat …
1:00:21The Nicole Sandler Show · Aug 18, 2026
Well, the speech was last night, but wow, it was really good. I do think he could someday be president. He should be. Anyway, I'm still having studio troubles and still not feeling well, …
1:37:40The Nicole Sandler Show · Aug 14, 2026
Happy Emptywheel Friday! This was the week from hell. Not only in the news, courtesy of the Orange-man regime - which Marcy Wheeler & I discuss on today's show- but in my life and …
1:27:34The Nicole Sandler Show · Aug 10, 2026
Everything that could go wrong technically did today — but I somehow pushed through anyway. We had no video working, but I got the audio, so regular podcast listeners won't hear anything different in …
1:15:31The Nicole Sandler Show · Aug 7, 2026
It's another Emptywheel Friday and Marcy Wheeler joins Nicole Sandler to recap the week's legal and political wreckage. Topics include the Michigan Senate primary and what it signals for 2028, Todd Blanche's now-assured Attorney …
1:15:32The Nicole Sandler Show · Aug 6, 2026
The One Big Ugly Bill was designed so its cruelest provisions wouldn't hit until after the midterms — but Nebraska didn't get the memo, or rather, Governor Pillen decided not to wait. Spocko brings …
1:44:29The Nicole Sandler Show · Aug 6, 2026
Last night was a big election night, and I'm still sorting out how I feel about some of it. Michigan, Kansas, and a few other states weighed in yesterday, and my old friend John …
1:04:52The Nicole Sandler Show · Aug 4, 2026
Allison Gill of Mueller She Wrote joined me today with two huge stories she broke this week — and it's only Tuesday! First, the FOIA request she filed after ICE raided children's dormitories at …
1:12:26The Nicole Sandler Show · Aug 4, 2026
If you didn't know that the Trump Crime Organization would pull off this scam too you've had your head in the sand. I'm running late this morning trying to pull all the pieces together …
1:00:57The Nicole Sandler Show · Jul 31, 2026
It's Friday, which means it's time to dig deeper with Marcy Wheeler of emptywheel.net. This week we're covering a lot of ground: Iran outmaneuvering a US military running low on munitions, the stalled confirmation …
1:31:30The Nicole Sandler Show · Jul 31, 2026
Today's news kicked off today's show: Todd Blanche's attorney general nomination gets pulled after he refuses to put in writing that Trump's IRS "slush fund" scheme is dead — and two Republican senators aren't …
1:22:14The Nicole Sandler Show · Jul 29, 2026
Dr. Anthony Fauci took the Fifth Amendment today rather than let Senators Rand Paul ,Josh Hawley & others on the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committees bait him into a "gotcha" moment during …
1:08:41The Nicole Sandler Show · Jul 24, 2026
Marcy's back! After a two-week break -missing one Emptywheel Friday - Marcy Wheeler and I dig into everything that happened while she was gone — and it's a lot. We spend most of this …
1:27:55The Nicole Sandler Show · Jul 23, 2026
No news, no parody today — just a conversation I've wanted to have for a long time. Nona Lee spent over two decades as a trailblazer in professional sports law, becoming the first woman, …
1:04:14The Nicole Sandler Show · Jul 22, 2026
One of the progressive blogosphere's originals, Driftglass always has terrific wisdom to share, whether on a Wednesday or not. Today, we dug into Arizona's primary results — my district's new Republican nominee Mark Lamb …
1:08:06The Nicole Sandler Show · Jul 21, 2026
It's primary day in Arizona, and the characters -er- candidates on the ballot could fill a Carl Hiaasen novel. I dig into the AZ-04 primary between Rep. Greg Stanton and progressive challenger Kai Newkirk, …
1:22:08The Nicole Sandler Show · Jul 17, 2026
Today was Day Two of the Senate confirmation hearings for Todd Blanche in his quest to be our next Attorney General. I could have told you it wasn't going to go well, and probably …
1:34:13The Nicole Sandler Show · Jul 15, 2026
Today was a Senate confirmation hearing double-header — Todd Blanche in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee for his Attorney General confirmation, and Jay Clayton in front of Senate Intelligence for Director of National …
1:15:43The Nicole Sandler Show · Jul 14, 2026
Jason Leopold — executive producer of the new Paramount+ docuseries "The Real Wolf of Wall Street," premiering today — joins me to talk about the FOIA documents he spent over a decade sitting on …
1:15:07The Nicole Sandler Show · Jul 13, 2026
Today I'm digging into a story that hasn't gotten the attention it deserves: the ugly power struggle inside Maricopa County's elections office, where an election-denying recorder is trying to seize control from the Board …
1:13:48The Nicole Sandler Show · Jul 10, 2026
Marcy Wheeler joins me for Emptywheel Friday from an undisclosed location in Ireland and, as usual, we cover a lot of ground: ICE killings in Houston, the collapsed Iran ceasefire and Trump's humiliating plane-swap …
1:04:43The Nicole Sandler Show · Jul 9, 2026
Graham Platner withdrew from Maine's Senate race, and I share my reaction early in the show — but today's episode is really about a primary challenge happening right next door to me in Arizona's …
2:18:29The Nicole Sandler Show · Jul 8, 2026
Randy Rainbow's "Demented" opens the show today, and it's a fitting soundtrack for a day where Trump referred to Iran as the "Islamic Republic of Japan" and mixed up Zelensky for Putin at a …
1:15:57The Nicole Sandler Show · Jul 7, 2026
Heather 'Digby' Parton joins me today, and we start with something genuinely moving — a reworked "Star-Spangled Banner" from the Marsh family in England that stopped me in my tracks. From there we go …
1:23:11The Nicole Sandler Show · Jul 3, 2026
It's Emptywheel Friday on the day before the 4th, and Marcy Wheeler and I have plenty to dig into. Top of the list: Trump's "Freedom 250" — the private, secretive operation that hijacked America's …
1:00:45The Nicole Sandler Show · Jul 2, 2026
I'm still not feeling great, but today's guests and subject matter were too important to postpone. Julia Angwin and Ami Fields-Meyer are the authors of the brand-new book On Courage: How to Be a …
1:09:57The Nicole Sandler Show · Jul 2, 2026
With the Supreme Court ending their term yesterday with what I call the sequel to Citizens United, NRSC v FEC, which will make things exponentially worse than its predecessor, and I'm not feeling great …
1:55:58The Nicole Sandler Show · Jul 1, 2026
The Supreme Court actually finished its term on time this year — and handed down four rulings on the very last day. Our favorite legal expert Lisa Graves joins me to walk through all …
1:10:19The Nicole Sandler Show · Jun 30, 2026
It's the penultimate day of this Supreme Court term and it wasn't as bad as they've been lately. Dr. Art Jipson from the University of Dayton joins me to help us sort through they …
1:19:45The Nicole Sandler Show · Jun 26, 2026
It's Emptywheel Friday, and Marcy Wheeler of emptywheel.net is back to help us wrap up another ridiculously absurd and awful week. We cover the Supreme Court's TPS ruling — which strips protection from hundreds …
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