12/10/2007 03:47:00 PM EST

(Poll) How Do You Listen To The Young Turks?

posted by Tom Hanc

I know not everyone gets TYT on their local radio station so I'm interested to see how everyone listens to/watches the show.

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I was happy to discover that my local progressive radio station bought a new station with a much stronger signal. 

Now it's clear and reaches twice the audience.  Even better, it bumped the super fundamenalist Catholic station to a weaker signal. 

Although I have to admit one of the afternoon shows was really entertaining, especially when the host would rant about the evils of Harry Potter (and abortion), Halloween (and abortion) and anything secular (and abortion).  I still get to hear him from time to time which is nice.

At any rate, I'm wondering how you listen to The Young Turks.  I'm curious but I also want to see if there's any way we can band together and get the show carried on more radio stations.

Sadly, my local radio station does *not* carry TYT, so I have an Air America membership to download podcasts to my MP3 player (perfect for the commute to and from work or while walking the dog) and a TYT membership just for the post game shows.

I also abought a little FM transmitter for $20 that I plug my MP3 player into so I can listen to podcasts through car speakers (I just tune into the right static filled FM station).

How about you?
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Poll

How Do You Listen To/Watch The Young Turks?
Online (streaming video) 83%
Local Radio 10%
Satellite Radio 10%
Podcasts 30%
Other 0%

Votes: 30
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(Poll) How Do You Listen To The Young Turks? | 19 comments (19 topical, 0 hidden)
Some Good News (none / 0)
Well, it's a small step in the right direction but it looks like my local progressive station DOES play "The Best Of" The Young Turks on saturday mornings from 5am-8am.

It's a start I guess.



by Tom Hanc on 12/10/2007 03:57:48 PM EST

nice poll execution (none / 0)
I tried doing a poll once butit didnt' work.  Podcast represent!  What, you expect me to wake up at 3:00 a.m to stream online - now that would be dedication.  Every once in awhile after a late night I'll catch the show live on the website.

I wish the Bay Area's "liberal" Green 960 would carry TYT, but I have no idea about the politics behind radio stations.  Currently Stephanie Miller has the 6-9 am slot, but do we really need to hear again at 2:00 p.m.?  And that Ed Shultz guy - every time I hear him I get that vomit in mouth reaction.  How about that 3-6 a.m live slot - wake these libs up TYT style!

About that FM transmitter - I prefer my auxillary chord direct to face plate.  Last week it was road trip time with an apolitical friend.  I didnt' get a chance to finish the show before I left and there was no way I was going to listen to his rock when when I had some serious show to finish... Good times!!!

by rev24 on 12/10/2007 04:25:18 PM EST

It's funny (none / 0)
that you get that 'vomit in the mouth' reaction to Ed Schultz when that's the reaction I get to Stephanie Miller.

I flipped on my radio this morning and was treated to 1 minute of Stephanie Miller which included: obnoxious laughter and a clip of someone *farting* jingle bells.

And she gets ratings why?

by Tom Hanc on 12/10/2007 04:28:51 PM EST

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Sirius (none / 0)
I have Sirius, so I get Bill Press, Alex Bennet, Lynn Samuels, Thom Hartmann, Ed Shultz, Make it Plain, and Mike Malloy. I think there is only 1 hour of Stephanie Miller where there used to be the entire show.  I enjoy both Steph and Mike on Sirius.  For the simple fact that Mike got on Sirius, I am glad I choose them.  He really lets Bush and his supporters have it every night.  I don't think I would be tempted to switch to XM to hear more Air America hosts, unless Sam Seder had his old time slot.  What does suck is that I can tune in probably 4 to 6 conservative talk channels and zero progressive on AM radio.  I do subscribe to TYT and listen to them commercial-free. The post-game shows alone are worth the price of admission.

by bluefella on 12/10/2007 07:09:47 PM EST

How I listen (none / 0)
I'm a member (of course) so I podcast and post game. I also stream the show where ever it's at when I get up in the morning.(east coast) I like the video and love I the music during the breaks.  Cenk, J.R. and a coffee and I'm cranked! I did drop my Sirius to become a TYT member when they went to AA

by grogger on 12/11/2007 02:44:47 AM EST

oh yea (none / 0)
2 things I'd like to see, a video podcast (they don't have to be archived) and a members only post game call in 1 day a week.

by grogger on 12/11/2007 02:49:33 AM EST

Your local station is my "local" station (none / 0)

You know, I've *ALWAYS* streamed AAR, even w/ WCPT in town.   I either stream the audio/video, or podcast, but "rebroadcast" the audio througout the house via an FM transmitter plugged in to my PC's sound card.

However, I acknowledge that I *do* need to start listening to WCPT for the programming in which I'm interested, in order to reward the advertisers.  (Of course, I'd rather see an advertiser list for each WCPT show posted, somewhere, so I can keep podcasting.)

 

by plooger on 12/11/2007 08:46:41 AM EST

What's a local station? (none / 0)

Here in the liberal oasis of Maryland, we have no local stations with progressive programming other than DC metro area, and that's not much. I listen to the stream at TYT web site and get the podcast too. The American people are much more progressive than the radio and TV shows available, but we can improve that after 11/08.

I set my Mac to boot early in the AM, and set iCal to open a browser and load TYT. My FM broadcaster sends it to my Kaito 1102 radio with an alarm that turns the radio on 10 minutes after boot time. Sure would be nice to listen on my radio without the other complications.

by zenie on 12/11/2007 12:15:16 PM EST

You're Right (none / 0)
Most Americans are actually more progressive than we've been led to believe, including on issues like Free Trade, taxes and the role of government:


http://mediamatters.org/pro gmaj/

by Tom Hanc on 12/11/2007 12:24:35 PM EST

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Yuck (none / 0)

Those horrible Macs. Rush Limbaugh uses a Mac.

Just kidding but Rush does use a Mac. 

by z1p101 on 12/11/2007 03:05:15 PM EST

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Macs (none / 0)

Macs make superior lap tops, which is why I own a mac-pro.

 Nothing compares to a home-made PC desktops in cost or performance though.

by acroso on 12/11/2007 03:51:43 PM EST

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The most important thing is (none / 0)
Macs just LOOK cooler. No really, they do.

(and no, I don't have one)

by Tom Hanc on 12/11/2007 03:57:01 PM EST

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Lap tops (none / 0)

Their lap tops run awesome. They're light weight, don't get bogged down with spyware, viruses like PC's do. Boot up fast.

 everything you would ever want in a lap top.

by acroso on 12/11/2007 04:13:31 PM EST

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True story (none / 0)
I wouldn't give up my MBP for anything.  Well, except a new MBP, maybe.

I'm really interested in what this new "Macbook Nano" turns out to look like and what feature set it'll have.

by jarett on 12/11/2007 08:31:40 PM EST

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desktops (none / 0)

I love my MBP laptop, and refuse to ever use a PC laptop.

Unfortunately mac's desktops are a pile of overpriced junk. 

by acroso on 12/11/2007 09:00:01 PM EST

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Also true (none / 0)
Unless you are doing massive, massive video editing jobs or crazy multiprocessor scientific computing, a Mac Pro makes no sense.

And iMacs are a stupid proposition to start with.  Laptop processors, but no portability?  Lack of portability AND lack of expandability?

No thanks.

by jarett on 12/12/2007 07:27:42 AM EST

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Mac Pro (none / 0)

Macpro's aren't as fast as what you can built yourself. I normally looked around at sites like alienware and see what they are putting into theirs among other sites along with what I read about.

Last time I spent about 2 grand but the computer would have cost about 4-5 grand if I bought it from a custom manufacter. Heward Packard, Dell, etc all stink- never ever buy form them. Conversly if you buy form Apple you overpay for everything. 

I actually like those little mac book's. Their cheap, and woman carry them around in their purses because they're so light weight.  They aren't even the size of a notebook.

 

by acroso on 12/12/2007 03:26:17 PM EST

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Eye of the beholder (none / 0)

All I see when I look at a Mac laptop is the same hardware everyone else uses running a specially designed, proprietary version of BSD UNIX as an operating system and a Mac desktop program.

That is all it really is. You would get the same speed, anti virus and spyware performance out of any properly installed *nix system.

by z1p101 on 12/12/2007 07:58:04 AM EST

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That's horrifying, but (none / 0)
... Macintosh really is the platform for everyone.  It's easy to use for people who aren't computer-savvy and also has an enormous amount of power for folks who need it.  There are whole projects devoted to making it easy to use open-source software packages on OS X (Macports and fink).  I use my Macbook Pro to write papers and to run micromagnetic simulations -- not to mention watching TYT.

And if I ever decide I want to play Warcraft III again, I can do that natively in OS X... other stuff just requires a reboot into XP.

by jarett on 12/11/2007 08:29:09 PM EST

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