Favorite AM Radio talk show?

[Fried Oyster]

Mine is the Dennis Miller show.


Absolutely cannot stand Sean Hannity (smug, no original thoughts) or Lars Larson (circular logic, lack of debate).

What's your favorite and least favorite? Why?

[foxer]

Coast to Coast AM...

[stilly bum]

Favorite is Dave Ramsey although he can be preachy at times.
Least favorite is Mark Levin. Callers who don't have the same view as him are called names and hung up on.

[Ryan Pultz]

Mike O'Meara Formaly the Don and Mike show rp

[12244]

Phil Hendrie, but havent heard him in a while. Always cracks me up when folks dont know they are being messed with, all while expressing their raging reaction to imaginary guests. They are actually just Phil on a voice machine! He is good playing host and guests. Dont tell new listeners, its a great joke to play on friends.

[Joe C]

Originally Posted by KevinsDriftboat

Phil Hendrie, but havent heard him in a while. Always cracks me up when folks dont know they are being messed with, all while expressing their raging reaction to imaginary guests. They are actually just Phil on a voice machine! He is good playing host and guests. Dont tell new listeners, its a great joke to play on friends.

phil hendrie is great! he got a little political after 9-11 and kinda went downhill for me, so i quit listening. but he is definitely a mad genius. i think you can get his stuff as mp3s at philhendrie.com. didn't realize he was on in the morning.

great thread! I get so sick of the political stuff on am talk radio (left and right), it's all so one-sided and dumbed down, I actually think it does a lot more harm than good since so many people don't make an effort to learn all the sides of issues anymore. (none of you well-rounded ifishers of course)

but it seems like it's either that or that morning zoo type nonsense.

Are there any good morning shows that either aren't overly plitical, or overly annoying?

[tmees]

Clark Howard show is positive. Mostly no political rant, except if it is against both sides of the isle. Best part, he SAVES YOU MONEY....

[Dullhook]

Actually this comes on in the afternoon at 1500. Janet Parshall's America. She examines life and the news from a Christian worldview. Great guests and interviews. Not about self-serving political parties and their sock puppets.

[CATCH AND EAT]

I get a kick out of Mark and Dave on my drive home. Funny guys. Once in a while I enjoy Rush but only once in a while. Lars, savage no thanks. Sean Hanity is ok but just never got into his radio deal. Dave Ramsey is pretty good and has great advice for all of us.

When heading to the coast in an early am run I enjoy George Nurri. Fun to listen to the creeps call in and make idiots of themselves. Art Bell was fun when he was around.

[husker]

colin coherd.....espn......ramsey is excellent....hannity is out there on some subjects......of course its talk radio so the more contraversial the more chatter

[MsOutdrs]

Originally Posted by CATCH AND EAT

I get a kick out of Mark and Dave on my drive home. Funny guys. Once in a while I enjoy Rush but only once in a while. Lars, savage no thanks. Sean Hanity is ok but just never got into his radio deal. Dave Ramsey is pretty good and has great advice for all of us.

When heading to the coast in an early am run I enjoy George Nurri. Fun to listen to the creeps call in and make idiots of themselves. Art Bell was fun when he was around.

Used to love to listen to Mark and Dave...good, clean fun. They definitely have to both be on tho...when one is missing, just not the same. Unfortunately, since retiring, I don't listen to them anymore.

[wsuweston]

Lars

[codyor448]

This is a great Question!. My first is Coast to Coast am, none better in my opinion. Mark and Brian on KGON, makes me laugh, Thom Hartmann, If i want education on the Constitution, and civil rights.

Worst, By far, a toss up between Michael Savage, (He's just mean), and Rush Limbaugh, who in my humble opinion, does his daily show for corporations, not his listeners.

Have a nice day!

[Joel O]

Rick Emerson.

[Danno]

Rick Emerson is great entertainment. He is, by far, the most unintelligent person on the air. He has knowledge of nothing but movies trivia but his observations of humans can be hilarious. Almost Seinfeld show like. His crew fill in his gaps quite well.

Dennis Miller has great insight into politics and I wish I has 1/2 of his vocabulary.

[Shortbus Flashers]

Originally Posted by husker

colin coherd.....

Also primetime with Ian and Big Suk in the afternoon

[Two Fister]

1) Jim Rome. 2) Dan Patrick. 3) Colin Cowherd

Can't stand political talk radio. Just a bunch of uninformed blowhards who take their leads from whomever is writing the biggest check.

TF

[motocykill]

Originally Posted by Joel O

Rick Emerson.

best show ever!

[byebyeducky]

Funny, the only political talk show host that I will actually listen to is Savage. Although I may not agree with him on everything, he does have personality. I can't stand o'reilly and rush, and lars is too sure of himself, and not well informed enough on the issues. Although Savage is extreme, I think his points are well made.

[Big Unit]

Colin Cowherd, John Canzano...(oops FM now), Dan Patrick.

Big Suck is a hypocritical, holier than thou, My way or the highway, my wife is hot (according to Suck's bantering), Morman.

Nothing wrong with religion, but he is in and out with it.

Phew...done. Done with that crew anyway in the afternoons. Mark and Dave are good instead.

BU

[Soft Plastic]

I love Phil Hendrie, He is the funniest man on the air. I listen to some of the other shows listed on my way to and from work. My favorite is Guntalk. It is on Sundays. I download the podcast and it takes me a half week of commutes to listen to it all. Great show on guns without all of the partisian political crap that you have to listen to on other shows.

[Sweet Melissa]

Not sure if they are on the NPR AM stations, but Click and Clack on Car Talk are my absolute favorite. I know NOTHING about cars, but I think these guys are great.

[Pilar]

Favorites

The tappet brothers on OPB radio on Saturday. 'Car Talk'

Also anything by Scott Ritter and of course 'Guns and Butter' on KPFA. These shows are available, if you can stream on the internet, at Radical Radio 24/7. No commercials and no faux news.

Watch for poetry, intellectual talk and Monty Python/George Carlin humor. Many archived lectures by Noam Chomsky, William S. Burroughs, Howard Zinn, Arundati Roy and many other intellectuals and historians.

Other luminaries include Maya Angelou, Jack Kerouac, Bill Hicks, Lenny Bruce, George Carlin, Monty Python, Weird Al, Hunter S. Thompson, Gore Vidal, Kurt Vonnegut, Michael Parenti, The reverend Billy and the Onion radio news.

Guaranteed to have you going from astonished and outraged to laughing uncontrollably.

Least Favorites
Lars, Rush, Faux News.

[PGJPJ]

The Savage Nation!!!

I like him cause he hates all politicians equally. Plus I just like driving home angry.

Mark & Dave are kinda funny also.

[Irish Pennant]

Favorite AM station is anyone thats broadcasting a live Duck or Beav's football game.

[freespool]

Not a real AM fan, but I do like the Hobart Mann show.

[Cutting Point]

Originally Posted by Joel O

Rick Emerson.

Originally Posted by Danno

Rick Emerson is great entertainment. He is, by far, the most unintelligent person on the air. He has knowledge of nothing but movies trivia but his observations of humans can be hilarious. Almost Seinfeld show like. His crew fill in his gaps quite well.

I like the Emerson show the more I listen. That news guy next to Emerson who sounds like Doyle Redland from the Onion Radio News is a total crack up. He makes the show for me.

[PRINCEMASTER]

Lars for some local info and although this might be an unpopular show...Lykis.

[Raining_Kings]

What's AM?

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Nothing beats Click and Clack the Tappet Brothers on Car Talk! The closest to talkshows I get is NPR. Years ago, I used to listen to Rush, he sounds very convincing and is very intelligent, but started looking into some his 'facts' and they only show half the story most of the time. I'm finding BBC America on XM to sound like the most unbiased news reporting...go figure.

[Cutting Point]

Originally Posted by PRINCEMASTER

although this might be an unpopular show...Lykis.

You want to talk to Tom? Hold on

[Herm]

the Herd, DP...only listen to sports talk unless Im up early enough for the outdoor show

[Pinecone]

Originally Posted by Joel O

Rick Emerson.

Yup, I dig the Emerson show.... "Best show Ever!"

[Mad Mikey]

Originally Posted by Pinecone

Yup, I dig the Emerson show.... "Best show Ever!"

Emerson still on the air? That's good to hear. When I lived in PDX that was my favorite AM show, can't get him out here.

I think he was on 1080? or something like that, got fired and came back on another station? That was a fun show.

Lykis, ugh... creepy old pervert, can't stand him.

[timinthegorge]

Rush, Savage, Hannity... all the Repub apologists have lost my attention. The facts don't support their Nonsense. And it's just All hateful talk.

Favorite radio program is Click and Clack......

[Gus Orviston]

bob brinker.. and then dave ramsey. wise words to invest and live by. gus

[Fishingfanatic]

Lars, Some Savage, iisac and big suk, Dr Laura, Dave Ramsey.

[rob allen]

Tom Hartman

proves with facts that Lars, Hannity , O'riely, and yes even Rush are dead wrong on a daily basis, and by that i mean factually incorrect.

nothing like a true intellectual doing fact based commentary destroying the emotional arguments of the main stream media.

simple truth to power


argument over.

[foxer]

Thom Hartman Sarah "X" Dylan

[lake creek charlie]

Lars and sometimes rush, good to hear something not flavored by our PC world!

[kwik karl]

Bill O'Rielly, the spin stops with him...........

[northriver1]

Limbaugh and Imus. When I listen to talk radio I want to be intertained and I'm not looking for vindication my thought process is in line with the host. However Rush is 98% right all the time,,,, just ask him... Talent on loan from God..

[Penobscot]

Ed Schultz, a meat eating, gun toting democrat.

Lance Fisher and Jack Glass in the early AM.

Colin Cowherd.

[PGJPJ]

Originally Posted by Penobscot

Ed Schultz, a meat eating, gun toting democrat.

When I want to hear what the “other guys” are saying , I don’t mind listening to Ed Schultz. He’s pretty talented as far as talk radio hosts goes. He can have some good points.

[mike5097]

Another vote for Rick Emerson, Tim Riley, Sarah X. Dylan and Richie.

On AM970-The Talker, Johnson970, Solid State Radio, whatever it is now.

[kaygee]

Tom Likus is fun to listen to but just in it for $$$. Rick Emerson is ok, but he trys for younger croud. I agree with Larrs 90% 0f the time, good local talk. Ray lachia On money station Is a good thing to listen to. kaygee