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 I listen the podcasts only, so I rarely listen to the callers, some are really bright and refreshing but most are a huge turn off - maybe they are plants? ... I listen for the guests and what they discovered in their research or investigations.

I really respect George Knapp, he has street cred - he not just a blathering talking head - he is an investigative journalist - and just received a long email from him!     Cool!! It was very intelligent and thoughtful.   

He wrote back in response to my email of encouragement since many conservatives were hating on him for his show with the investigative journalist, Greg Palast, who uncovered rampant corruption in the Oil Industry and especially in relation to the BP spill and vulture capitalists who essentially rape poor countries by taking their funds, funding for clean water, etc.  ( What the  ??  )

I like her.  She is truly a pioneer in her field.  Courageous.  Yes, she needs to pace herself better.  But she is not an emmy awarding journalist for catering to mediocre tastes!

Excellent guest -- Wiliam K. Black was a guest with George Knapp and he is brilliant and clear and accessible!   He is an economist with ethics and has taught at Santa Clara University.

Especially at about 1/2 hour into the show when he talks about "Liars Loans" "Inflating the appraisal" "complicated language designed to confuse" ..."how made the loan appear safer" "debt to income ratio"  "inflating the borrowers income"   anyway who ever wants to buy a home should listen in!

My brother was a loan officer for mortgage firms  - before the collapse of the real estate market  - and he saw first-hand how these firms and banks - on their OWN volition - (NO government interference despite the conservative press claims)  tried to get people into high interest loans with hidden balloon payments.  He was ethical and could not do it.  He quit.  In fact, when he saw it was happening he told the young couple he was he working with to go elsewhere for a better rate.   Love my bro!

I loved the shows with Alan Botkin who created the Induced After Death Communication technique to help soldiers and others who are suffering from PostTraumatic Stress and some of these soldiers had a part in taking another life.   

I wish veterans knew about this therapy --  what happens in their communications with the dead - and some of those who died by the their own hand --- and the forgiving nature of those who passed is stunning and hopeful.

There was another lady who had developed a therapy based on the musicial tones and diagonised patients accuately using these tones....  Forget her name.

I would love to hear from George Anderson but he's never been a guest.

Love the guy.  The most even handed and ethical of them all.  Not an ego maniac.  He even answered my email once.   He cares about justice and he is an authentic investigative journalist.  Not just a personality.   He even - gasps - a rarity for C2C  - has some liberal guests on!   

(The conservative corporate agenda runs this show - it is Clear Channel after all - but George can manage to even it out a little once in awhile.)

I would love to see more from the group Anonymous who shut down  the banks or WikiLeaks who exposed the soldiers killing innocent, unarmed civilizans or reporters from the HuffingtonPost or AlterNews.net or CommonDreams - so many millions of voices we have never heard.

I don't know Wells but his guest Robert Zimmerman seems to be a ridiculous (who can easily fool the public with his convincing rhertoric) neocon promoting false ideas that Climategate "scandal" (ooohhh!) shows global warming does not exist. Wrong.   

Emails “leaked” from ONE university that is, University of Anglia,  do not make for “Climategate” despite Sarah Palin and Faux News. For clarification, some reading is in order:  This is from the UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jul/07/climate-emails-question-answer

Or this article from Cambridge “Climate Gate is a Distraction” I would add a dangerous distraction.
http://www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/news/article/default.aspx?objid=86108

Of course,  if he wants to go ahead and ride his hummers and ATW and nevermmind the fires in Texas, floods on the East Coast, polar ice melting, invasive species, birds changing migratory patterns, hey, I like it -
it’s 70 degrees in northern California in December these days!

Sorry to be such of downer but these kinds of guests are depressingly agenda-driven by corporate interests with narrow minds (see Jeremy Corsi). 

Why can't they have one progressive voice on their show?  Where are the diverse voices of women, men of color, etc?
It's mostly white men who are conservative politically who are on their show to talk about current events. They seem to "cutting edge" but would not be surprised to find they are funded by the Heritage Foundation, or the Koch Brothers etc!  Ha !

or maybe for intrigue interview "Anonymous" or  wikileaks founder Julian Assange or Paul Krugman or OWS or writers from the Huffington Post or CommonDreams or AlterNews.net??     What happened to those voices?   There are alot of ethical forces taking place all over the world and C2C keeps on its old agenda while missing the boats.  Things are changing.

C2C is too corporate driven while pretending like it's not.   Be aware.

That being said - I like George Knapp best.  He is most even handed and he is handsome. (Doesn't hurt!)