Lefty Radio

skippy the bush kangaroo has an interesting campaign to promote interest in the syndication of the Randi Rhodes radio show. I've never heard Rhodes, but she's a C-SPAN fan, skippy likes her, and she apparently slapped Ollie North around recently. What's not to like?

Talk radio in my area is a 10-hour block of Rush, Sean Hannity, Dr. Laura and Michael Savage. In other words, a sneak preview of hell. Pacifica has some pretty good hosts, like Larry Bensky and Amy Goodman, but nothing in the talk radio format. Talk of the Nation on NPR is incredibly bland.

For an often-uproarious weekly show with a mostly left point of view, try Harry Shearer's Le Show. No one bashes Larry King better. And the Apologies of the Week are hilarious.