I love Al Franken, but detest Katherine Lanpher, his sidekick. I mean I DETEST Katherine Lanpher. Couldn't listen to her when she was here in MN, and so, to my great disappointment, I won't listen to Franken's show either. I really can't stand that woman's voice. I find here sneering mainstream, middle class sensibilities very off-putting.

Now, since I can't listen to Franken (because I'd have to listen to Lanpher, and I won't do that), I'm lobbying for Amy Goodman and Democracy Now, and letting everyone know she is the best antidote to right wing talk radio.

Of course, she does a news and public affairs program that is serious, so if it's screaming, spitting into the mike infotainment in the right wing talk radio vein, you won't get that from Amy Goodman. But what you will get is the best damn news and public affairs program with a pretty big national base (I think they are up to 140 stations nationwide, plus cable tv access broadcast 5 days a week in most major media markets), along with broadcast on Dish satellite.

Check it out here, streaming now:

http://www.democracynow.org/