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I'm a C2C podcast subscriber and maybe it's more obvious when you don't have to wait for the show to come on and you are downloading so many shows at one time by topic interest. But I can't keep paying for shows that have been talked about already time and time again. I'm not talking about UFO's or Ghosts or some generalized topic that will always be of interest to Coasties....I'm talking about seeing things that George only cares about like Fluoride on the show time and time again. Didn't we just do that show? Didn't we already have that same guy on more than once in the past year?

I've been seeing topics like Angels and Near Death Experiences come on only days apart from one another. Rehashing the same old theories. It's all just a grandiose plug for George's book about Near Death Experiences. It always goes back to that.

Dr. Boylan is a really nice guy. I've talked to him several times.

Anyway the most lunatic guest(s) i've ever heard was when Ian got stuck interviewing those two elf/gnome guys? The one who said that the elves work at Starbucks and like extra change because it is shiney. And if you could just leave a penny here and there in your bushes the elves will pick them up because they like gold things. Yadda Yadda. They just went on and on for ages.

I downloaded this show on the site in order to get perspective on a recovering schizophrenic who remembers their feelings while medicated versus unmedicated. This guy had all of the classic symptoms and Ian did a fantastic job handling his evasive answers. While Will Illiot didn't seem too bothered by the probing, I think that all the more confirmed this guy is probably relapsing to me. He was very matter of fact about some of the most bizarre case scenerios being explained very differently in the interview versus his book.

I have a problem when people think needing a mortgage loan to buy a home is a predatory act from the banks to lend it to *qualified* borrowers. I had qualms with a lot of what he had to say.

But once again Ian was on his toes and changed the interview according to what the guest was saying, not the index cards pre-written. Ian is a thinker, even if he is an acquired taste. George would have responded to his denial of ever having Schizophrenia by asking dumbass canned questions.

Whoever that guy is who always starts his calls with "I'm an amateur astronomer...' and always takes the entire show off course with his usual crapola.

And I totally agree about the blind guy.

There are a couple of ladies who call in with the same annoying voice under various names. I can pick up instantly on a familiar old lady smoker voice.

Glad to be a part of an ever growing-clan of people who don't like Snoory. He is aware of groups disliking his style because he's mentioned it on the air. His style, which I believe comes from his background working at local news stations is generic. He doesn't roll with the punches too well and can't change his questions to fit the topic of the guest. Naturally topics veer in different directions and the sign of a true listener and thinker is to alter your pre-written questions to ask what the listeners are asking.

I also don't like the responses he gives after a deep conversation from the guest, it's akin to how you'd talk to a toddler in line in front of you in the store.

Guest: "You see, George, there are many ways you can look at this alternate universe theory."

George: "Lot's of people believe in alternate universes don't they?"

Guest: "Uhm, Yes. There are people who believe in it and people who don't but if you look at what the scientists are saying...they are telling us that string theory is a possibility that can't be ignored"

George: "Do you think that somewhere on another planet that 2012 has played out and we can determine if we will still be on the airwaves after that?"

Guest: "Well I'm sure somewhere there is a possibility for any scenerio to be played out."

George: "Suzie from Hawaii, you have a question for our guest?"

Suzie: "How are you George? I love your shows. You cheer me up so much since I'm stuck at home with no one to talk to since I had my back operation and my disibility checks haven't kicked in."

George: "Suzie, that's why I do shows on the holidays, so you guys aren't listening to reruns while we enjoy our families. We give up our holidays so you can have a live radio show. Thank you so much for listening. Are those frogs I hear in the background there in Hawaii?"

Suzie: "Those are Exotic Tempora Eagle Parrots George, they are my friends since I've been homeless and without a job."

George: "Tell us more about those birds. I was hoping they were frogs because we did a news update on the recent discovery of frogs in the North Pole if you remember. I thought maybe you had one of those neat snow frogs there in Hawaii"

....all the while the guest who has endless knowledge about string theory is nodding off.