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Do You Listen To Political Talk Radio?

Do You Listen To Political Talk Radio?


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I would rather have bamboo shoots shoved under my fingernails.
It's not that bad.

Then again tend to I switch to a music station if they go off into one of those mutual back-patting frenzies, or some rant about whatever standard rant-topic.

It's the bits where they seem to be thinking or carrying on a serious discussion that I like.
 
I started listening to political talk radio around 1992. If I listen to music on the radio I find myself changing the stations constantly. However with talk radio I can leave it in the background for hours, whether I am driving or working in the garage or whatever. Rush is one of my favorites. Unfortunately Hannity has gotten boring nowadays. Savage is a little too crazy. And I miss Neal Boortz (his replacement Herman Cain is not nearly as good).
 
That's either Yes or No

I answered "no," but sometimes I listen by accident . . . if I turn on the radio in the middle of the night . . . or if I'm driving when Rush Limbaugh happens to be on the radio. I never look for it. Often turn it off if I hear it. It's garbage, in my opinion.
 
I started listening to political talk radio around 1992. If I listen to music on the radio I find myself changing the stations constantly. However with talk radio I can leave it in the background for hours, whether I am driving or working in the garage or whatever. Rush is one of my favorites. Unfortunately Hannity has gotten boring nowadays. Savage is a little too crazy. And I miss Neal Boortz (his replacement Herman Cain is not nearly as good).
Savage is still on the radio?

I used to listen to him while driving home from work, and yes, he was crazy. Some gems in the crazy, though.

I thought he retired or something....
 
When was the last time I listened to the radio? It was years ago for sure, but I couldn't say how many years ago it was.
 
When was the last time I listened to the radio?
I apparently have a radio habit, or something...for the longest time I drove an old car that only had a radio and a tape cassette player...I listened to radio by default.

Now I have a newer car with a CD player, probably an music player jack (haven't even checked), and satellite radio equipment....and I still listen to the same radio stations.
 
Savage is still on the radio?

I used to listen to him while driving home from work, and yes, he was crazy. Some gems in the crazy, though.

I thought he retired or something....

Recently he showed up during Hannity's old time spot on the local talk radio station here (3PM to 6PM). After Savage is Mark Levin.
 
My chieftain listens to it, so I get my weekly dose over at her house. Starts some pretty good conversations between us, after I'm done yelling.
 
Best political radio: Phil Hendrie Show
...In 1990 at KVEN-AM in Ventura, Calif., Hendrie introduced his first fictional character on air — an Iraqi, Raj Fahneen. The Gulf War was happening and Fahneen vociferously defended Saddam Hussein. Thinking he was a real person, listeners went ballistic and the phones lit up. An entire cast of characters would evolve from that moment on, marking Hendrie's place in radio history.
 
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Michael Savage and Al Franken should both be locked in a room with knives and have a "last man standing" contest. It's the only positive contribution either could make to society.
 
I listen to political talk radio, but I listen to internet radio. As in radio that nearly anyone can start up.

Among my favorites are "Freedomain Radio", "The Old Dominion Libertarian, "Adam vs. The Man", and "The Tom Woods Show." I mostly like to download them from iTunes in podcast form after the fact, as my schedule is too hectic to sit down and listen live most of the time.
 
I said no, but are we counting podcasts?
 
I am a big NPR listener, but I don't think that counts as political talk radio since they go into a wide variety of subjects, most having nothing to do with politics.
 
I listen to Rush on my days off or if I am driving when he is on. I cannot listen to Levin or Hannity though, irritating.
 
I listen to Rush on my days off or if I am driving when he is on. I cannot listen to Levin or Hannity though, irritating.

I don't know how anyone could listen to Levin. The combination of the most grating accent imagionable with unrelenting seething anger.
 
There is nothing wrong with talk radio as long as it does get the best of you.
That's like telling a vegan that it's okay to eat meat as long as they continue to acknowledge that the practices the meat industry are unethical. Listening to political talk radio, regardless of whether or not you put weight on what they have to say, provides revenue for the radio station, which is something one would want to avoid if they think it is "toxic."
 
I think political talk radio is toxic. It panders to either the left or the right, driving the political fragmentation of the country.

I agree. I once tried to call in to a conservative leaning radio talk show and the call screener wouldn't let me thru. Why? Because I had an opinon different than the show's host. Isn't that what political debate is supposed to be about? After that I quit listening to any political talk radio.
 
When was the last time I listened to the radio? It was years ago for sure, but I couldn't say how many years ago it was.

I listen to the music stations when I'm driving.
 
That's like telling a vegan that it's okay to eat meat as long as they continue to acknowledge that the practices the meat industry are unethical. Listening to political talk radio, regardless of whether or not you put weight on what they have to say, provides revenue for the radio station, which is something one would want to avoid if they think it is "toxic."

"Revenue" is right. I was driving last week and once again was in a giant dead zone for NPR, so WRightWingRage it was. As if it wasn't bad enough that I decided to tune to that station, 3/4 of the entire two hour trip was commercials.

One of the funniest commentators (don't know who, they all sound the same to me) was actually supporting some local Muslim's complaint that a church was being held as the venue for his son's school's Easter egg hunt. So far so good. The talk show host went on to say, "It's perfectly reasonable, after all. If my son's school decided to hold an event for Allah, or...or...Hitler...I'd have a problem with that too."

Que Commercial

Talk show host comes back on air: "You people, you people need to relax, I wasn't equating Islam with Hitler, I have friends who are Muslim...there are too many sensitive people out there!" though that was stretched out for a couple minutes at least.

Good stuff.
 
I listen to the music stations when I'm driving.

It's all Mariachi and butt rock here. I'd get satellite radio but I don't commute enough.
 
I agree. I once tried to call in to a conservative leaning radio talk show and the call screener wouldn't let me thru. Why? Because I had an opinon different than the show's host. Isn't that what political debate is supposed to be about? After that I quit listening to any political talk radio.
That's one of the reasons I prefer more center-oriented hosts and shows. They're more willing to allow both sides and actually discuss a topic.

I'll also add that local shows tend to be better than national shows. Not sure why, but it seems that way.
 
I agree. I once tried to call in to a conservative leaning radio talk show and the call screener wouldn't let me thru. Why? Because I had an opinon different than the show's host. Isn't that what political debate is supposed to be about? After that I quit listening to any political talk radio.

I'm actually surprised by that. Having someone call in with a dissenting opinion in order for the host to "thrash" that person tends to be the bread and butter of those programs. That must have been a particularly insecure talk show host.
 
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