I have a 50k watt station here in Cleveland so the signal is not an issue.
I often listen to it on the net via iheartradio.com usually either my home station of WTAM or KFI out of LA cause the only AM radio is in the bedroom. KFI out of LA is better for me back east here because they rebroadcast the last 3 hours which is 5 to 8 eastern, so if I fall asleep and the topic is good, I can wake up at say 6 and catch the rest of the meaningful stuff. The last hour is usually caller oriented, so not so much is missed.
Again, a guest can be on for 4 full hours. It requires dedication to listen to someone or something that long, but in the context of a real indepth interview, many pearls of wisdom can be gleaned. The show does not have a bias that is forced on you. It requires open mindedness and critical listening and thinking. Its up to the listener to conclude who is crazy and who is not. Every guest is given all the rope they can use in the allotted hours to make their cases, some succeeding and some hanging themselves. But ultimately, everyone is treated with respect and mocking never happens nor is allowed. Its all at face value of the guest. How rare and refreshing. But iffen you have a regular job that starts early in the morning, it tends to get in the way of that.
There are many guests and subjects that I know to avoid from the many years. Noory who is of Lebanese descent (father born in Egypt by the way) sometimes expresses his encounters with the TSA at airports because of his decidedly Arabic appearance. Noory served 9 years in the US Navy reserve as an officer. FWIW from the wiki article on George Noory (who is related to Michael Noori, the actor, cousins)
On-air style
In an article about Noory published in the respected news magazine The Atlantic, Timothy Lavin wrote that "Noory can be an uneven broadcaster, sometimes seems to not pay full attention to his guests, offers strangely obvious commentary, and often lets clearly delusional or pseudoscientific assertions slide by without challenge." According to Media Life Magazine, "Noory says it doesn’t matter whether he believes what his callers and guests say. Ultimately, it's about entertainment, creating a show that people will be drawn to." Author and frequent Coast to Coast AM guest Whitley Strieber has commented on Noory's style, asserting "It's not that he's credulous or easily led. He's willing to take these intellectual journeys. He'll have guests on that you think are completely off the wall — nothing they're saying is real — but by the end of the program you will have made a discovery that there is a kernel of a question worth exploring."<6>
Yeah, that's just not my style. If someone tells me 20 lies and one truth, I'm not going to bother sussing around trying to find some nugget in the 20 lies based on the odds that there just has to be a horse under all that manure.
I'll even give you that there are probably some interesting tidbits and possible true stuff that everyone else "just isn't telling us", but all the crap that goes with it makes it just too questionable. It kills any validity they might have had.
I catch it on a dial scan now and then. It's usually a few minutes of WTF? followed by a "oh, must be C2C", Then a few minutes of humor followed by a few minutes of bewilderment. I get back to WTF within 10 minutes and go on to something else. I'm sure there is some good stuff now and then, but the signal/noise ratio isn't high enough to try and sort it out.
I have a 50k watt station here in Cleveland so the signal is not an issue.
I often listen to it on the net via iheartradio.com usually either my home station of WTAM or KFI out of LA cause the only AM radio is in the bedroom. KFI out of LA is better for me back east here because they rebroadcast the last 3 hours which is 5 to 8 eastern, so if I fall asleep and the topic is good, I can wake up at say 6 and catch the rest of the meaningful stuff. The last hour is usually caller oriented, so not so much is missed.
Again, a guest can be on for 4 full hours. It requires dedication to listen to someone or something that long, but in the context of a real indepth interview, many pearls of wisdom can be gleaned. The show does not have a bias that is forced on you. It requires open mindedness and critical listening and thinking. Its up to the listener to conclude who is crazy and who is not. Every guest is given all the rope they can use in the allotted hours to make their cases, some succeeding and some hanging themselves. But ultimately, everyone is treated with respect and mocking never happens nor is allowed. Its all at face value of the guest. How rare and refreshing. But iffen you have a regular job that starts early in the morning, it tends to get in the way of that.
There are many guests and subjects that I know to avoid from the many years. Noory who is of Lebanese descent (father born in Egypt by the way) sometimes expresses his encounters with the TSA at airports because of his decidedly Arabic appearance. Noory served 9 years in the US Navy reserve as an officer. FWIW from the wiki article on George Noory (who is related to Michael Noori, the actor, cousins)
On-air style
In an article about Noory published in the respected news magazine The Atlantic, Timothy Lavin wrote that "Noory can be an uneven broadcaster, sometimes seems to not pay full attention to his guests, offers strangely obvious commentary, and often lets clearly delusional or pseudoscientific assertions slide by without challenge."<4> According to Media Life Magazine, "Noory says it doesn’t matter whether he believes what his callers and guests say. Ultimately, it's about entertainment, creating a show that people will be drawn to."<5> Author and frequent Coast to Coast AM guest Whitley Strieber has commented on Noory's style, asserting "It's not that he's credulous or easily led. He's willing to take these intellectual journeys. He'll have guests on that you think are completely off the wall — nothing they're saying is real — but by the end of the program you will have made a discovery that there is a kernel of a question worth exploring."<6>
If you haven't already you should listen to that show there are some fascinating guest and discussions regardless if some of them are crackpots. Even the crackpots are fascinating.
I catch it on a dial scan now and then. It's usually a few minutes of WTF? followed by a "oh, must be C2C", Then a few minutes of humor followed by a few minutes of bewilderment. I get back to WTF within 10 minutes and go on to something else. I'm sure there is some good stuff now and then, but the signal/noise ratio isn't high enough to try and sort it out.
It's all the crap about UFOs and Ghosts that make it so hard to take any of the other content seriously. Suppose I told you the sky was yellow, that you could substitute sand for sugar, that walking on glass was fun, that Twinkies and diet Coke was a nutritious diet, that there are 4 quarters to a dollar, and that it's a good idea to drive on the left side of the road in Delaware because it was founded by the British. Would you go buy Twinkies and Coke for dinner just because you recognized the number of quarters per dollar?
If you haven't already you should listen to that show there are some fascinating guest and discussions regardless if some of them are crackpots. Even the crackpots are fascinating.
It's all the crap about UFOs and Ghosts that make it so hard to take any of the other content seriously. Suppose I told you the sky was yellow, that you could substitute sand for sugar, that walking on glass was fun, that Twinkies and diet Coke was a nutritious diet, that there are 4 quarters to a dollar, and that it's a good idea to drive on the left side of the road in Delaware because it was founded by the British. Would you go buy Twinkies and Coke for dinner just because you recognized the number of quarters per dollar?
you ever tried a real martian twinkie?
not those knock-off martian twinkies from tijuana
i'm talking about the real deal that are certified 22% iron oxide
Dennis, we're gonna miss you. He is retiring at the end of this term. He has guts, the kind we need most. And losing Ron Paul this term as well will be another huge loss to the American people.
Of particular interest is that he flat out urges "members to read this" 3 times during his speech. The first time is at the 30 sec point. How telling of the fact that no one reads what they vote on. Not to mention the topic he is speaking on.
Yep, we certainly seem to be headed to war with Iran. The Navy is already refurbishing a vessel to launch commando raids for this specific purpose. No doubt there will be more. It is being done quietly. The MSM ain't covering this stuff and I didn't learn of it by listening to Fox or reading blogs. The source was Coast to Coast AM, which I have been a regular listener for nearly 20 years. This was brought up back in January, right after the specs were released. I remembered hearing it and went to look for the supporting info just now and sure enough, with the right search questions it came up and on a credible source. Coasties are rarely surprised about anything going on in the real world. We just sit back and wait and see how long it takes to hit the MSM. We are usually months ahead of the curve. The honey bees are a great example as they were being discussed nearly a year before it broke on network news. C2C is about a whole lot more than UFO's and ghosts.
It is also the place I learned about the real reason for the invasion of Iraq. Its about oil, but not about having it, but how it is bought and sold. A currency war. It was widely discused within a year after the war began. This idea is only recently starting to gain traction and cred in the blogosphere. The MSM will never cover this angle.
My apologies for going on, but this seemed to be the time and the place for this.
It's all the crap about UFOs and Ghosts that make it so hard to take any of the other content seriously. Suppose I told you the sky was yellow, that you could substitute sand for sugar, that walking on glass was fun, that Twinkies and diet Coke was a nutritious diet, that there are 4 quarters to a dollar, and that it's a good idea to drive on the left side of the road in Delaware because it was founded by the British. Would you go buy Twinkies and Coke for dinner just because you recognized the number of quarters per dollar?
