Who Should Get a Show on Air America

[erpowers]

Poll question: Who Should Get a Show on Air America

[shoelace414]

1. I like what Arianna Huffington says

but I couldn't listen to her speak for too long.

[KaryninMiami]

2. What about Jerry Springer? His radio shows is quite good.

His radio show is on here in Florida in the morning (instead of Air America) and it's pretty good.

[President Jesus]

10. the man is dirt incarnate.

The fact that he has a radio show espousing liberal issues is nothing short of an embarrassment in my view.

Watch his television show. It matters how people make a living...and it matters even more if they get filthy rich at it. Just because he says some things I agree with does not excuse decades of blatant exploitation of the poorest, least educated in our society for profit and entertainment.

[grumpy old fart]

44. say what?????????

The king of sleaze? Prime tool of the dumbing down and pacification of the proles? You gotta be kidding.

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

65. Pssst...

Those "proles" that you're talking about live in Red States and they love Jerry. They listen to him.

[grumpy old fart]

75. Sorry, I just can't go for the lowest common denominator to win....

It's like going Republican lite, what's the point?

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

81. Ask that to a mother who can't afford healthcare for her kids...

Ask that to the guy who just had his job outsourced to Singapore. Ask that to the family that can't figure out how to pay for their kids' college education. Ask that to the elderly who can't pay for both their rent and their prescription drugs.

The point is that we win. Fuck the high road. The stakes are too high.

[barbaraann]

3. Mike Webb!

KIRO 710 in Seattle and streaming.

[kmla]

4. I always like Peter Werbe @ ieAmerica before they crapped out...

Hard to find him on the radio now, though.

[ObaMania]

59. Me too! And he's a semi-conservative jerk, but I liked..

Doug Steffan (sp?) too!

[bvar22]

66. You can find Peter Werbe on Sunday night in Detroit.

He hosts a 3hr broadcast called NightCall which starts at 10PM Central.

You can listen live over the net:

http://www.peterwerbe.com/ontheair.html

or download archived shows at White Rose:

http://www.whiterosesociety.org/


Peter Werbe would be an excellent addition to AAR.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

5. Jon Stewart and Thom Hartmann

[Cleita]

32. I don't think Jon would do it since his TV show does so well, but

I would love Thom Hartmann to have a show.

[Johonny]

50. Agreed

Stewart was on once before the election. Smart and funny. He's everything infotainment should be.

[skypilot]

6. Bill Clinton.

*

[Eric J in MN]

39. Bill Clinton would be better for televison,

since he's telegenic.

[rainy]

Norman Solomon

Norman Solomon is currently executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy, a nationwide consortium of public-policy researchers. He is brilliant and handsome too.

[mhr]

7. Thom Hartmann - Thom Hartmann - Thom Hartmann

The best of the best.

www.thomhartmann.com

Streaming online at www.radiopower.org .

[NervousRex]

17. Agreed

Thom Hartmann

[Swamp Rat]

51. I second that!

Thom Hartmann is my favorite! Guy James is great too... and Mike Webb, Bernie Ward et al.

[bvar22]

67. 3rd that.

Thom Hartmann.

I NEVER miss his Friday show Brunch with Bernie!!!
That is the absolute BEST SHOW in Left radio.

[happynewyear]

8. Guy James!

He's the best! We need Guy James on Air America!

:kick:

[nostamj]

19. if they just picked up his stream...

they'd have three hours of ORIGINAL programming instead of repeats on Saturday!

yes, GUY!!

[wtbymark]

9. ME! absolutely without a doubt ME! : )

[jdots]

60. wtbymark &jdots for the red eye shift !

find an agent ,this could be dangerous.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

11. I'll say Nancy Skinner........................

just to get her away from that annoying Doug Stephan. There's just something about that guy... *eesh!*

[FreedomAngel82]

13. I think we should have

David Brock. He's "been there and done that" so think of all he could have to talk about! I was watching "The Hunting of the President" and he talks quite a lot in it. He has a nice voice for radio and is cute. *blush*

[NYCGirl]

14. David Brock is on Franken's show every Wednesday,

in case you haven't heard him there.

And BTW, he's openly gay, not that it makes him any less cute.

[iconoclastNYC]

64. maybe even more ?

[begin_within]

12. JIM HIGHTOWER! JIM HIGHTOWER! JIM HIGHTOWER! JIM HIGHTOWER!

[kamqute]

24. OMG that would be awesome n/t

[walldude]

25. Agreed, Hightower rocks! Olberman needs to be heard as well.. n/t

[BuyingThyme]

15. Me.

[Pab Sungenis]

16. Me! Pab Sungenis!

The Pab Sungenis Project is ALWAYS looking for new affiliates.

http://www.lowbudgetradio.com

[Gabi Hayes]

76. Cool! When do I start?

seriously

I made Janeane Garofalo and Sam Seder laugh really hard at the end of their show last Friday.

seriously

I have it on tape, if you want to hear it

seriously

[Pab Sungenis]

79. Affiliates....

...not contributors. :)

Though if you want to contribute anything, E-Mail an MP3 to [e-mail], or snail mail CD's or cassettes to:

Pab Sungenis Project
Low-Budget Radio Network
P.O. Box 160
Vineland, NJ 08362-0160.

[ceile]

18. Molly Ivins or Garrison Keillor (sp)

[walldude]

55. One of my all time favorite political quotes came from Molly

right after some Texas vote(I think it was to make anal sex illegal) she saw the two sponsors of the bill shaking hands and she said "Well I guess thats the only time you'll ever see a dick touch an asshole in this state!" (sorry bout the language but thats a direct quote :D )

[thecorster]

20. stephanie miller already has a show on AA, right?

I hear her all the time here in Columbus

[kamqute]

23. Sorry--they've pre-empted the true AAR for Democracy Radio

[mwb970]

35. She's actually on the Jones Networks, isn't she?

1230 in Columbus seems to be part AAR and part Jones.

[tishaLA]

52. I love Stephanie Miller

She deserves a nationally syndicated show. She's a radio pro, she's quite liberal, she's funny, she's entertaining. AAR should prolly get rod of one of the morning shows and put on Stgephanie instead. She's fantastic (and she's on too early for me to listen to her stream in L.A.).

[mwb970]

54. Jim Ward, her voice guy, is incredible too! (n/t)

[Melynn]

21. I like Joe Conason

I have heard Conason on the Al Franken show. Conason is good and I think that he could do a really good show.

[kamqute]

22. Bill Weinberg and Lynn Cullen

(not the same show lol)

[Zinfandel]

26. Peter Werbe!

Support Air America Radio www.airamericaradio.com

[DireStrike]

27. Thom Hartmann. -nt-

[LiberallyInclined]

28. Nancy Skinner & Bartcop

the two of them teamed together might make a fun show to listen to.

[Blue_Tires]

40. another vote for bart

[no_hypocrisy]

29. From NYC: Sam Greenfield, Lynn Samuels, Ellis Hennigan from

Newsday

[Deep N RedLand]

30. Alan Colmes

HAHAHAHAHAHA! Just kidding! :P

[no_hypocrisy]

37. No! No! You're right: the ORIGINAL Alan Colmes from WEVD days.

Before he made his deal with the devil (FOX and Hannity).

[Deep N RedLand]

56. Still...

...I never held him on the radio and maybe your right, but going by what I see now, if Colmes is specifically getting paid in his contract to be second fiddle to Hannity and thus agreeable and weak, that makes it ever more pitiful.

I find it telling too that he claims to be a "moderate". Which by what have seen, is what some alleged Left politicians (such as Hillary Clinton) say when they're trying to appeal to the Right and avoid getting being tagged a liberal.

[shadowknows69]

31. me

I would so rock. I always loved doing news/talk radio best

[B Calm]

33. Peter Werbe!!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

34. Meria Heller. n/t

[pandorasox]

36. Terry Jones

Shouldn't there be a token Brit, since they're America's only ally, after all? Jones' editorials for the Guardian have been priceless.

Link: http://www.motherjones.com/news/qa/2005/02/terry_jones.html

[Eric J in MN]

38. Phil Donahue should have a show on Sundays (nt)

nt

[Eric J in MN]

71. Anyone else think Donahue should be on once a week? nt

nt

[Gidney N Cloyd]

41. Nancy Skinner & Ski Anderson!

They did Sunday afternoons together here in Chicago. Nancy was mainly the detail wonk and Ski was the enforcer. Also had a Saturday shift for a while until, rumor has it, Henry Hyde made a phone call to the station manager.

[B Calm]

42. I like Ski and Skinner when they're on air together.

[DARE to HOPE]

45. Me, too!

[B Calm]

46. Back when WLS had some balls, Ski and Skinner were on

every Saturday and Sunday afternoon. The real kicker they had the GREAT MIKE MALLOY Monday through Friday and they let all three of them go... I haven't listened to WLS Chicago since!

[Gidney N Cloyd]

47. ALMOST every Saturday and Sunday...

WLS would often preempt them with someone more "suitable" if something big and incendiary happened in the news. Brushes with cognitive dissonance apparently make for a lot of phone calls from aggravated dittoheads on Monday mornings.

[angee_is_mad]

43. Miliant Black-KRS One

enough said!

[Swamp Rat]

48. Thom Hartmann, Bernie Ward, Ray Taliaferro, Mike Webb, Peter Werbe and

and last but not least, the most excellent Guy James! :)

[mhr]

61. I'll Second And Third That List - All Are Worth Listening To And Would

Benefit our cause by having national exposure!

[HEyHEY]

49. HEyHEY

And gimme a show about nothing

[Stop_the_War]

53. Chris Rock

:P

[proud patriot]

57. Other ... Tavis Smilely and/or Guy James

:hi:

[ObaMania]

58. Other - Skinner and Conason n/t

[iconoclastNYC]

62. I love Arriana, but she is the epitome of liberal elitist.

We need a white male who is enlightened and pro-womans rights and who speaks to joe six pack.

Conason comes close but his voice is not good for radio.

[Dob Bole]

63. Jim Hightower.

That is all.

[BeTheChange]

80. Ditto.

He'd be fantastic on Air America.

[napi21]

68. I enjoyed it when Joe Conason filled in flr Al a few months ago.

He did a great job, and kept the show moving.

I'd also LOVE to see Guy James get a permanent spot! I listen to him on the net, even though they moved his time slot to a junkie time Sat. night.

[Totally Committed]

70. Love Joe Conason!

Joe is an ace "journalist" (one of the few left...), and was very good when he filled in for Franken... he was droll, witty, and informed.

Stephanie Miller is a close second for me, as I believe that part of Bill Maher's comedy comes from physical "double-takes" that have to be seen to be funny.

TC

[rbnyc]

69. Will Pitt and matcom

I think they's make a great radio pair.

[demobabe]

72. Take Back The Media - Symbolman and Stranger!

Send 'em email and tell them to get back on the stick!

[e-mail]
[e-mail]

[B Calm]

73. Kincaid out of WV..

[maveric]

74. George Carlin. He's straightforward and brutally honest.

And he wont end up being a sell-out like Maher is becoming.

[flaminbats]

77. Jerry Brown...

lousy politician, but great talk radio! :yourock:

[donheld]

78. Amy Goodman and Will Pitt

is this really him?

[Norquist Nemesis]

82. Thom Hartmann gets my vote

Stephanie Miller would be my #2

[H2O Man]

83. "Other"

I voted "other." I think there should be a show that has a variety of people from the left take turns. People from the grass-roots would be at least as interesting as the other choices. Grass-roots people who are more interested in getting a message out than promoting a career or getting paid.