Who's your favorite progressive talk show host?

[marmar]

I like many of them, there's no one I absolutely don't like, but I think Thom Hartmann is the best, just edging out Raging Mike Malloy. Who's your fave?

[Mika]

1. Ed Schultz blows.

Aside from Big 'wind sock' Eddy, all of the others listed are good.

[efhmc]

15. I was SOOO disgusted to find him on my XM radio yesterday, that

I switched to the laugh channel.

[Mika]

22. His whole anti AAR (and other "typical liberals") tirade last week was evidence.

Of course, calling Randi Rhodes a slut (a while back) over a ratings "dispute" was simply disgusting.

Nuthin but a weather report over at Big Ed's show.

[efhmc]

25. I have never actually been able to stand him for longer than

about 5 minutes and was happy when he was no longer available on AAR but like a very bad growth, he is back. I tried to listen a little longer yesterday but it was impossible.

[Mika]

26. Miami AAR affiliate has Ed on 12-3 slot instead of Hartman live. n/t

:argh:

[Leopolds Ghost]

33. Well, Randi and some others do come off as stereotypical "typical liberals"

I am sick of their politically correct, inability to meet conservatives on their own terms, and not to mention their general disdain for us left-libertarians.

I much prefer Ed Schultz.

I'm also amused by how many Randi fans and "politically correct DUers" are also big cable news junkies, but ignore Pacifica and ignore public affairs shows in general (like McLaughlin and Al Franken.)

As both Schultz and Franken pointed out, such shows are not "strident enough" for them, which is one of the reasons why public radio is withering in this country,

[marmar]

47. I know. That XM has replaced Franken with him rather than Hartmann totally sucks....

:(

[0rganism]

52. I used to think he was staking out some decent ground in the middle

Even tho I usually prefer them hard left, I was hoping he had a valuable niche as far as transitioning people off of the fascist bullshit that pollutes so much of the public airwaves. AFAIK, he was/is pulling numbers that indicate a fairly broad appeal, and I figured some of his listeners might be dittoheads who'd think they'd tuned into Rush and accidentally get educated, even just a wee bit. But it sounds like "Big Ed" is letting his show degenerate into a senseless ratings game of Jones vs. AAR and that's not going to help anyone at all.

[sakabatou]

2. Toss up between Randi and Mike

[enigmatic]

3. Ray T

First listened to him on KGO before the Election in 1992 and have been hooked ever since.

[no_hypocrisy]

Sam Greenfield on WWRL in NYC, 1600-AM. n/t

[cadmium]

39. what is he like? I have never

heard of him. Will check it out

[no_hypocrisy]

62. More information

http://www.samgreenfield.net

http://www.wwrl1600.com/

[Fovea]

4. Rachel Maddow

should have been on the poll too, IMO.

[marmar]

5. I had her on but took it off, just so as not to overload it with AAR people....

Too many choices, too few slots on the poll graph. But that's what the "other" category is for.

[Fovea]

11. It is a difficult poll to design

Too many choices, to fine a granularity of plurality.

Too few choices, not authentic.

Yes, I understand.
It might have needed two pools and a final round.

[SteppingRazor]

6. Easily Stephanie Miller. Hartmann comes in second place.

I can listen to Ed Schultz, but Randi and Mike are too screechy for me. I like RFK Jr. a lot, but I don't listen to much radio on the weekends. Never listened to Ray or Guy.

[Patiod]

7. DK Malloy too well, but I use one of his analogies all the time

Whenever anyone says "well, the Dems don't have a plan to end the war" I say

1) Yes, they do.

and

2) Okay, so you lend your $65K sportscar to your friend, and he lets his pet monkey drive it. The monkey crashes into a bunch of cars parked on the street, and ends up going through the window of a fancy shop, wrecking your car, and causing $2million in damages. Your friend then looks at you and says "so what are your plans for dealing with this mess?"

[w8liftinglady]

8. Mike Malloy..so glad he'll be back on airamerica

[marmar]

9. He's coming back to XM I know, but Air America????

That I didn't know. I thought he was on NovaM now.

[w8liftinglady]

14. my bad....airamerica is XM167 on my radio-where Malloy will be

[marmar]

16. Claro que si.

:hi:

[efhmc]

17. When and what time slot. thanks.

[clbuck]

19. March 1

According to http://www.novamradio.com/index.php?pid=6">Nova M's affiliates page. I'm assuming it'll be on live 9 PM-midnight Eastern on XM 167 (pre-empting Air America's EcoTalk and Jon Elliott).

[efhmc]

21. Thank you.

[itsmesgd]

44. If he is on live, consider my a happy sunufabitch

Woo Hoo.
I was this close to ditching XM. Mike said back in November that he would be on both satellite stations, but I never heard anything else about it.

[peaches2003]

74. Malloy back on XM???

WHEN and where did this information come from??? Is it just wishful thinking because of the possible merger with Sirius or is XM bringing him back before that?

[Dr.Phool]

10. Amy Goodman!

Hands down. Better than any.

[marmar]

13. She's great, though I never really think of her as a talk show host....

but in essence, I guess she is. Amy rocks!

[mmonk]

79. I think of her as a truthful investigative news program.

[marzipanni]

12. KGO's Bernie Ward

I've been listening to him for over twenty years. He's the best - bar none.

[cadmium]

41. He's great. I havent heard his name for a long

time. Glad to know he is still on the air. Got to look for a link.

[marzipanni]

66. Start here

Bernie Ward's regular program is M-F 10pm - 1am (PST), and I strongly recommend you tune in to his very special Sunday morning program "God Talk" 6am-9am (PST). Brother Bernie is at his finest when he takes on the White-Wing Wacko Fundies. My entire family has been members of his "Church of the Holy Donut" for well over twenty years.

http://www.kgoam810.com/listenlive.asp#

[cadmium]

67. Thanks ---Bookmarked it N/T

[donco6]

18. I want to hear Thom Hartman someday. eom

[Norquist Nemesis]

29. You'll love him! Here's a link I used to listen to him on

http://www.warpradio.com/new/player/player.asp?page=popTuner&id=13919&wmpVer=9&br=IE&os=win&country=USA&state=IL&city=Aurora&metroCode=602&streamType=&streamRate=&color=

He's on from 11-2 CST at that link. Careful though, he's sandwiched between two bloviating RWs.

[sandyd921]

58. You can stream and download Thom

at White Rose Society: http://www.whiterosesociety.org/Hartmann.htm

[efhmc]

20. Sam is not the same without the feminist rhetoric of Jeanne G.

[Ian David]

23. I vote Stephanie Miller*

*StephCast only $4.95 per month when you buy a year in advance!
http://www.stephaniemiller.com/


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[mmonk]

27. Me too.

[Ian David]

36. Are her lovely lady lumps touching you? n/t

[mmonk]

51. I'm not sure

My coat was thick.;-)

[Tinksrival]

55. OOOOOoo! Coool

Are you one of Momma's stalkers?

I love Steph! She makes my day!

[mmonk]

57. She does set the day up well, doesn't she?

Love the creativity on the show.

[mmonk]

71. The reason I like momma's show the best is quite simple.

We all are outraged and angry until smoke comes out of our ears about the administration and the republican party. All the progressive talk shows can talk about how bad the administration is and republican politicians are today, but that still only leaves smoke coming out of our ears. With Stephanie's show, we still have smoke coming out of our ears, but we have a smile on our faces and know without a doubt we indeed are the sane ones. She also seems quite quick on her feet (also thanks to Jim and Chris).

[Clark2008]

24. I don't know. Local radio has deemed me unworthy to listen to any.

And, since I can't afford satellite just now and I'm not allowed to strream at work... I never get to hear anything but the right-wing shills my local radio stations think I NEED to listen to.

[Bluebear]

28. Lynn Samuels :)

[cooolandrew]

30. Poor Guy James he does a great show, check it out via white rose society

[La Coliniere]

31. Hartman is the best.

I get fired up by Malloy, Randi, Mike and Bobby, yeah I can even dig Lionel, but it's Thom Hartman who offers the most lucid, intelligent and meaningful analysis of "what's going on". Al Franken made me chuckle and I'm glad he's running for office, but Hartman is 100 times more thorough in his understanding of current events, which he views through a historical lens that Franken never possessed. Stephanie Miller's show drives me nuts with all the break away bells and whistles nonsense. Big Ed is simply too much of a boastful bore to keep my attention. I listened to Ed yesterday for about 5 minutes. He sees Iran as a huge threat and appeared to be picking up the drumsticks; he seemed really uninformed.

[Tyo]

32. Problem I have with Hartmann

is that while he sounds like he knows what he's talking about, half the time he doesn't. He's good on The Founders but kind of shaky on more recent history. He knows very little about Japan and China but that doesn't stop him from expounding on them, and one year in Germany a few years back obviously doesn't make one an expert on modern Europe.

Also, unions and rational trade laws are really important (NAFTA is a disaster), but to listen to Hartmann you'd think that that was all we needed to turn our economy around and bring back the middle class. Sorry, but it's not 1962 anymore. We actually have some economic competition in the world now.

[cadmium]

40. I very much like Hartmann but I have noticed this too n/t

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

56. ...and stripping Corp's of "personhood."

Unions, rational trade laws and stripping Corps of personhood, which allows them to control the political money game, would be excellent first steps in bringing back the MC. Most of the "competition" that we face is based on slave labor, which tariffs would address.

[Tyo]

60. Yeah, he is right on about the personhood thing

I've never understood the logic in that concept. Incorporating is privilege that should benefit the state and the employees as well as the company rather than benefiting the company at the expense of everyone else.

[mvd]

34. It's close between Malloy and Miller, but Malloy it is

He's the one I'd least want to miss.

[dae]

35. voted for Other, I know you said Progressive...

but, Jon Stewart, and Keith Olbermann are the only Talk/news programs I watch, and don't listen to radio, sorry.:)

[Pyrzqxgl]

37. I vote Other: Stacy Taylor (San Diego)

[cadmium]

38. I vote for Randi Rhodes

Rhodes, Hartmann, and Malloy are pretty obviously the heavyweights. Ok Ok maybe Stephanie Miller could be considered a heavyweight too.

It is just as important to have a lot of less prominent hosts as it is to have a few heavyweights.

I like Mark Levine OK (on Head On Radio)

I think I like Jay Diamond as much as anyone else --maybe even my favorite. He has been off the air for a couple years.

[CatholicEdHead]

42. Big Eddie

The redhead from Fargo gets my vote.

[itsmesgd]

43. Mike Malloy, woo hoo

Hartmann is more informative, but I like ending my day with the rage of Malloy. I oft feel that his yelling keeps me from going insane. It's nice to know that others are feeling the same way as me.

[cadmium]

45. Here is an improvised list of people to look up for future reference. Please

add to it. In not particular order--just what comes to mind.

Al Franken (off air now)
Ed Schultz
Bernie Ward
Guy James
Thom Hartmann
Stephanie Miller
Randi Rhodes
Mark Riley
Mark Maron
Lizz Winstead (off air now)
Michael Goldman (off air now)
Chuckie D
Mike Malloy
Guy James
Peter Werbe
Mark Levine
Nancy Skinner
Jesse Jackson
The Young Turks
Lionel
Jay Diamond (off air now)
Jon Elliot
Peter B Collins
Politically Direct guy (name?)
Diane Rehm
Lynne Samuels
Al Sharpton
Sam Seder
Jennie Garafolo (off air now)
Rachel Maddow
Jerry Springer (off air now)
*There are more --- there is a guy on Head on Radio from West Virginia -- I just cant think of his name.

[Stardust]

68. Bob Kincaid is the guy (the founder or HORN per Wiki) from West Va

Great list, BTW! :thumbsup:

[cadmium]

78. Thanks I like him---he has a lost highway undergtround type

sound. He has his own style. I couldnt come up with his name for the life of me!

[SalmonChantedEvening]

46. Guess.

Hi marmar :hi: :pals: :toast:

[marmar]

48. Jerry Springer?

:silly:

Hi SalmonChantedEvening. :hi: :toast:

[cadmium]

50. Springer's attention wavered---for a few months in the middle of

his run I think he was as good as anyone. He started out too mild and ended too disinterested. In the middle months he was pretty good. I have never heard a host -- make more eloquent statements on civil rights and freedoms.

[LSK]

49. Randi

[JohnLocke]

53. Kennedy & Papantonio on "Ring of Fire"

:)

[marmar]

76. They are definitely among my faves....

I live for the Pap Attack.

[MN ChimpH8R]

54. Tough choice, but

I gotta go with Thom Hartmann. He is superb at connecting the dots and giving deep explanations. I just wish he didn't have reichwing kooks on so often in the first segment.

I only heard Mike Malloy a few times before AAR booted him. He was outstanding. Can't stream cos I am still dial up. :(

I don't mind Shultz and thoroughly enjoy Randi's righteous outrage. And Steph is a great way to start the day.

[bdamomma]

59. that is hard question I like the top 5 who are listed.

and they should all be supported by us, for they are telling the truth to us.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

61. How could you forget the best: Bernie Ward?

No one is as quick-witted in a debate and as devastating to right wingers as Bernie.

I also think Ian Masters on Pacifica Radio has the most informative show on the air, with the best guests. But he only has a show once a week on Sundays and is on in a limited market.

[JanMichael]

63. Guy James dammit!

He was forced off the air in SW Florida by Repuke radio station owners/managers for gawds sake.

I'll admit I favor him because I sat in on the air with him on several occasions a few years ago but frankly he's the only talk radio host I can tolerate. For any length of time.

I typically can't stand talk radio other than Guy.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

64. too bad Hartmann's being screwed out of affiliates by Schultz

Fat Ed sensed Franken was leaving and made a run for the spot and then whined his DLC voice til XM caved

[stranger81]

65. Mike, Mike, Mike!! And Schultz is not a prog. [n/t]

[Hubert Flottz]

69. Bob Kincaid

Head On Radio

http://www.headonradio.com/

[cadmium]

77. He's good. that is the guy on my list I couldnt remember nt

[B Calm]

70. This poll is too easy. Mike Malloy for me!

[mmonk]

72. Looks like I'll miss progressive talk today

due to having to accompany school kids to state government today to show how it works (or doesn't depending on one's point of view). You all have a great day.

[LWolf]

73. Guy James.

He's the only one I've ever heard. I'm not a talk radio, or talk show, fan. I've listened to Guy when I could, although I haven't heard him since the show left Saturdays when I was home to catch it.

[Smarmie Doofus]

75. Ron Kuby on NYC's WABC RW hate radio superstation.

Plays the token lefty. He's a supertalented civilrights lawyer and regularly makes mince meat out of his RW cohost and sluggish callers-in.

Also quite charming and amusing.


I also like Rachel Maddow and Thom Hartman.

Randi Rhodes is a monologist more than a talk show host. As a monologist she's not bad ( in small doses) but 'talk show' implies that there's back-and-forth somewhere in there.

[ObaMania]

80. God, anybody but Thom Hartmann..

.. he is the most boring, self-serving ass I've ever heard and IMO, has single handedly brought Air America Radio down a several more notches than they already were. Funny thing is, it seems AAR lost sponsors when Franken left. Now their commercial breaks seem to be filled with music which is a sign of no sponsorship. I give AAR another 6 months because of that stupid move.