{"podcast":{"title":"The Nicole Sandler Show","slug":"the-nicole-sandler-show-1065430","podcast_index_feed_id":1065430,"rss_url":"https://feeds.redcircle.com/429b466d-2f7b-460f-83ce-324188da64b7","website_url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/the-nicole-sandler-show","image_url":"https://media.redcircle.com/images/2025/8/31/21/48ba9fa0-122b-4527-af7d-ac1b6b56edcc_b887121123d1b67ab7844ba7d21e7edc.jpg","author":"Nicole Sandler","episode_count":279,"summary":"Speaking Truth to Power from a progressive point of view with the irreverence it demands NicoleSandler.com ( https://nicolesandler.com/ )","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T10:20:09.002124+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nicole-sandler-show-1065430"},"episode":{"title":"Wrapping Up the Week with Marcy Wheeler on Emptywheel Fridays","slug":"wrapping-up-the-week-with-marcy-wheeler-on-emptywheel-fridays","published_at":"2026-07-10T21:19:14+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nicole-sandler-show-1065430/wrapping-up-the-week-with-marcy-wheeler-on-emptywheel-fridays","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nicole-sandler-show-1065430","url":"https://nicolesandler.com/7-10-26","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audio3.redcircle.com/episodes/5dea3066-f28f-47dc-88a6-cd12e2a92de5/stream.mp3","summary":"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 on the way to NATO, the reflecting pool/canoeist indictment, Musk's antitrust settlement, the Graham Platner fallout and what it says (and doesn't say) about the GOP's rapists, the Maine and Michigan Senate races, my own frustration with the AZ-4 primary challenge to Greg Stanton, Mitch McConnell's mysterious absence, Trump's rollout of new ways to cheat elections, and Marcy's ongoing obsession: Harmeet Dhillon's apparent frame job of journalist Georgia Fort and Don Lemon. We have more on the Epstein files, Todd Blanche's confirmation fight, Pete Hegseth's failures at DOD, and the NATO summit where Trump tried (and failed) to look like he wasn't a laughingstock. I think that's enough for one day... week... decade! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy","meta_description":"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…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3883,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-nicole-sandler-show-1065430/episodes/wrapping-up-the-week-with-marcy-wheeler-on-emptywheel-fridays/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nicole-sandler-show-1065430/wrapping-up-the-week-with-marcy-wheeler-on-emptywheel-fridays.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}