Who's your favorite progressive talk show host?

[marmar]

I was sitting here listening to the rebroadcast of Thom Hartmann on the White Rose website, and felt like posting this poll question. I love Mike Malloy, Sam Seder, Stephanie Miller, Randi and RFK Jr./Pap, but I think Thom Hartmann is my favorite. Who's your favorite?

[arcane1]

1. MIKE MALLOY, baby!!!!!

:yourock::yourock::yourock::yourock::yourock::yourock:

[RagingInMiami]

2. No one comes close to Malloy

[Beaverhausen]

3. I love Stephanie

I don't usually get to hear Mike Malloy. I like them all but stephanie & co. start my day off right!

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

4. Stephanie Miller

because her show is a cartoon for the ears, different from the others-it allows me to laugh at those who need to be laughed at. There are days when I've felt like crying, and Steph and Voice Diety Jim Ward have laughed me into a more hopeful mood.

[marmar]

7. Most of Jim Ward's voices are great...

Few people do Bush or Clinton as well as he does.

[Beaverhausen]

12. I know- half the time I'm not sure if it's him or Bush

He does a great George Takai, too!

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

15. Did you hear the real George Takai on Steph?

After he had gone, Steph said next time Jim would interview him, using the voice of William Shatner!

[Beaverhausen]

19. Oh my god! LOL!!!

that will be great!

[AlCzervik]

26. she is my favorite way to start the day, Jim Ward kills me

and the daily Tom Cruise couch jumping never fails to make me laugh.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

5. Hands down it's Ian Masters on Pacifica Radio

His show is only 2 hours a week, the first hour is interview and the second hour is phone calls. But I've listened to all the others and his is by far the most intelligent and with the best guests. He gets literally everyone on his show. And he's frankly a brilliant interviewer.

Otherwise, I'd go with Bernie Ward and Randi Rhodes, 2nd and 3rd.

Amy Goodman is my favorite professive host on radio but I'm not sure you'd call her show a 'talk show'.

[boston bean]

6. Shit, I meant to vote for Rachel, but didn't see it until I voted for Rand

take one away from Randi and give it to Rachel

[gabeana]

8. bernie ward

I know he is not national but bernie ward out SF KGO 810 is hands down for me the best. I love how he lets a bush supporter hangs themselves on their own logic then Bernie comes in for the kill

[ncrainbowgrrl]

53. Bernie's great- I like it when he fills in for other hosts

on nat'l programs

[LSK]

9. Randi

[NotGivingUp]

10. Thom Hartmann is great! I've learned a lot just listening to him.

[marmar]

11. Same here...

He gives liberalism that intellectual edge. He's a great thinker and uses great reason and logic.

[cboy4]

13. I voted for Mike, however Bernie Ward on KGO810 in S.F. is outstanding,

as is the person who follows him, Ray Taliaferro.

KGO SAN FRANCISCO :applause:

[marmar]

16. KGO seems to be loaded with good hosts...

But Karel drives me nuts. Some nights he's hilarious and on-point, and sometimes he's obnoxious and takes oddball positions.

[cboy4]

24. Karel generally cracks me up but he can get really bitchy. Bernie Ward

is just an amazing debater...I would last two seconds going up against him.

[LisaM]

14. I voted for Rachel, but it was close

between her, Randi, Mike Malloy, and Stephanie. I LOVE hearing Stephanie early in the morning. I don't think I could take Malloy or Randi at that hour.

[CatholicEdHead]

17. The Big Redhead and the rest of Team Fargo

aka Ed Schultz and crew.

[Pushed To The Left]

66. I voted for Big Eddie too!

He is very unique and appeals to listeners the other progressive hosts might not. I also really enjoy Randi Rhodes and Stephanie Miller.

[melissinha]

18. Thom Hartmann

He's the smartest and he debates repukes on a regular basis in true style. I mean who has the balls to debate people from Ayn Rand?


Thats not to say I don't listen to Stephanie Miller, Rachel Maddow and Randi Rhodes on a daily basis, he's just better and more experienced. I get the comedy from Steph and Randi. The quick front page from Rachel, and if Mike weren't so late, I'd listen to him, he's my get in a rage host.

[marmar]

20. Agreed...

And he never loses his cool when arguing with the rightwingers - he always keeps it civil. But there are days when I want to jump through the radio and strangle that dude from CNS News Service that Thom has on regularly.

[helderheid]

25. Love him. First of them I heard saying 2004 was stolen.

[ksilvas]

21. K to the I to the M in the hiz-house.

Don a make me a drop a Kim chee bomb and make you all smell like garlic, big time.
K out!
:rofl:

[marmar]

22. I know...I guiltily roll on the floor laughing at K-to the-I-to the-M...

Too funny.

[BrotherBuzz]

23. Brother Bernie Ward is tops - Bar none!

I've been listening to him for over twenty years and he is truly unique.

[antonialee839]

27. Mike Malloy all the way!!!

[LibDemAlways]

50. It is Mike's mission in life to kick

repuke ass. He doesn't hold back in his contempt for the Bush Crime Family, and he does his homework. Deserves a hell of a lot better than his late night slot. In LA they've pushed him back to a tape delay at midnight, and then around 1 or 1:30, they cut the power. Clear channel owned KTLK, our Air America affiliate, is apparently too chicken to let him be heard.

[Pepper32]

28. Mike Malloy is my fav but...

...why wasn't Ray Taliferro on that list? He doesn't deserved to be listed as "others".

[marmar]

30. I like Ray too...but his hours (4-8 a.m. EDT)...

mean that not very many people who aren't on the west coast get to hear him. He goes absolutely nuts on the Reich wing callers.

[Pepper32]

32. Yeah, but there is always the archive that KGO keeps up for 24 hours....

http://www.kgoam810.com/Article.asp?PT=Archive&id=49920
Just click on 1:00 am to here his show.

[marmar]

35. Thanks for the link.

:hi:

[Pushed To The Left]

67. I used to listen to him all the time when I did graveyard shift

security about 13 years ago! Looks like Ray T. is still going strong!

[stepnw1f]

29. How About Guy James?

[marmar]

31. I have yet to hear his show...

but I hear lots of good things about it from people who listen regularly.

[stepnw1f]

36. It's Pretty Good

He is very critical of the Dems as well. I like that...

[chat_noir]

33. Stephanie Miller

Stephanie, Jim, and Chris rock!!

Past broadcasts are up on her site - click on Daily Blog: http://www.stephaniemiller.com/show/

[tinfoilinfor2005]

34. Love them all for different reasons.

I love the "Lying Sack of Crap" song on Steph's show.

But where is my Jerry? I miss him too.

[SnohoDem]

37. Steph for humor,

Thom for interesting liberal perspectives.

[foreverdem]

38. Thom Hartmann

I've learned so much from him, I love his show. I'd say Randi as a close second.

[jayfish]

39. Lionel.

10pm-12am EDST on WOR
10pm-1am EDST on various other affiliates
I have had good luck with The Voice 1300


The best show on the radio.

Jay

[marmar]

41. I forgot about him. That is a good show.

:thumbsup:

[jayfish]

42. If You Haven't Listened In A While, Your In For A Treat.

Every night is a logical, systematic dismantling of the * administration.

Jay

[Bluzmann57]

40. Stephanie Miller

Hands down. I make sure I'm awake early enough on my days off to listen to her and Ward is only great. They are funny while at the same time scvoring political points. I think Seder may be a close second. Randi is starting to annoy me, she's in love with her voice, Franken isn't bad, Hartmann is quite good as well. We don't get Malloy around here and besides that, he's on too late for me.

[SeattleGirl]

43. Randi Rhode

I like Mike Malloy too, but sometimes his anger is hard to take. Not because I think it's wrong or out of line (it's not), but because it can tap into my anger, and I don't alway want to feed that anger.

However, I do like him.

[DaveT]

44. Stephanie Miller

The show is a miracle. The energy stays at a zinging level for three hours.

Do you have any idea how hard it is to do 15 hours of comedy a week? Thank god for the Bush Administration, or Steph would have to go back to basic cable.

[longship]

45. Easy, Mike Malloy, the fire-breathing liberal.

Second place, Sam Seder. This guy has come along wonderfully.

Third place, Ring of Fire - RFK Jr and Pap. These guys are tight and have great interviews.

Fourth place, Thom Hartman. Very informative. If he didn't shamelessly promote himself and his books all the time he could be near the best. "Lunch with Bernie" is as good as it gets.

Fifth place, Randi Rhodes. If she would learn to shut up and let her guests speak for themselves she would be near the top.

Honorable mentions:

Marc (Maron) and Mark (Riley) for the absolutely best issue framing in the history of talk radio on their sadly defunct "Morning Sedition". This was the only talk show that gave Malloy any contest. Now gone, Malloy stands alone.

Bernie Ward, "The Lion of the Left" and Ray Taliaferro. True fire-breathers. Nobody can take down a Freeper better than Bernie and Ray. Bernie has encycloepedic memory; Ray has awesome experience and grasp of history. KGO rocks the liberal late night.

Rachel Maddow - for the best pure news/commentary program on the radio. This show is tight as hell. She keeps things moving. Pointed, edgy commentary. Near perfection for this type of format.

Mark Riley - Unsung hero of the morning airwaves. A real professional. Deserves to have a more widespread audience. He really made Morning Sedition work.

Hoe-hum award:

Al Franken: His usual great comedic edge is sadly missing. Too afraid to take strong stances. However, he rises to a very high level with Tom Oliphant and Joe Conason segments.

Jerry Springer: Why? Milk toast host spews more milk toast. Soporific content and delivery. No edge at all. Issue framing is weak and he does nothing to punctuate what few good points he makes.

[immoderate]

72. Good synopsis.

I pretty much agree, especially on Randi and Al. I wish she would let people talk. Al unfortunately jumped the shark when he started running for the senate. I am a long time fan of his, and he still has some of the best guests and breaks lots of good information, but he has lost his edginess.

Ditto on Jerry Springer. A good, smart man with no puctuation. My local AAR station WLRN, replaced him with Stephanie Miller, a good move. Steph is very entertaining. Bad news: station is going to replace Rachel and Mark with a local guy I never heard of. Rachel makes my morning! I will miss her dearly, mornings I'm on the road.

--IMM

[Seabiscuit]

46. Franken's starting to sound like Ed Shultz, stutter and all.

Come to think of it, Randi Rhodes has a similar stutter and I can't stand listening to any of them and their tiresome radio-voice-schtick any more. And the worst by far is Laura Flanders. Her voice makes me want to vomit gold cuff links. Really, really irritating.

Tom Hartmann, Robert Kennedy, Jr., Mike Malloy, Sam Seder, a few locals, that's about it.

Air America needs better talent.

[stevedeshazer]

47. Ray Taliaferro

I had to vote 'other'.

[longship]

49. Ray and Bernie on KGO.

Whoa! Whatta combo. Freepers don't stand a chance.

[stevedeshazer]

55. They were on way before anyone thought of Air America

I've listened to Ray and Bernie for something like 25 years.

Not that I don't like Air America, too. Malloy and Randy are especially great, so is Thom Hartmann.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

52. Ray is sometimes so over the top he's hilarious

I remember him calling Bush "the little turd from Crawford" or referring to Bush as "parading in a flightsuit putting his penis on display".

[stevedeshazer]

56. Ray shows no mercy to the Boy Who Would Be King

Ray is especially tough on religious conservatives. I live some sleepless nights waiting for Ray to take freepers apart and not just win the debate but completely humiliate the freepcaller.

[marmar]

58. True...

He definitely doesn't mind letting stupid callers know how stupid they are.

[MoseyWalker]

48. Larry King

HAHAHA - made ya look!

Seriously, I like Randi a lot, though she can get a bit abrasive after listening for a while.

[marmar]

57. LOL...

Agree on Randi. I love her, she's the goddess, but she is a little too self-obsessed at times, and when she has guests on, she doesn't let them speak. (Except Greg Palast and Sheila Jackson-Lee - they don't let Randi just dominate the conversation.)

[LincolnMcGrath]

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[Quixote1818]

54. I really like to listen to Lionel out of New York

He is just really entertaining to listen to and has interesting perspectives.

I like Thom Hartman, Stephanie Miller, Ed Schultz, and their was a great group I listened to in Seattle when I was on vacation. Man were they good!

[AspenRose]

59. They are all great in their own way

It's hard to choose just one favorite.

I could live without Jerry Springer and Al Franken though (except when Conason or Oliphant is on, or if Rachel or Sam is subbing).

Stephanie is great; Sam Seder is great; Thom Hartmann is amazing; Rachel is so talented; I love Mike Papantonio...it's really hard to choose.

[Strelnikov_]

60. Tough Choice, But Had To Go With Ring Of Fire

Although, since it is a weekly show, without the pressures of a 5 day schedule, it probably is not really in the same category as the other shows. More like a weekly news magazine, like 'NOW' when Bill Moyers was on.

Never have heard Schultz.

[Vidar]

61. Phil Donahue, unfortunately showless at present.

[LaPera]

65. Yeah, I've always felt good when Donahue was on a roll and exposing

some tight-assed republican clowns.

[DanCa]

62. Rachel or Ed

Though I disagree with Schultz far more than I do Maddow.

[GreenTea]

63. Peter B Collins - Hands down the very best!

[LaPera]

64. Peter B is excellent, he and Malloy, TOPS!!!

Peter B Collins archives are on White Rose Society along with Mike Malloy's.

www.whiterosesociety.org

[benburch]

71. And archived at...

http://www.WhiteRoseSociety.org/

[stranger81]

68. Malloy is a brilliant and welcome breath of fresh rage

-EOM-

[longship]

69. Listen to this one.

Bernie Ward *IS* the "Lion of the Left"
Right Click and "Save as..." (a short MP3 file)

[LWolf]

70. Other: don't have one. n/t