Quote from: Azzerae on May 09, 2018, 12:35:47 PM
That's the thing I'm after too, interesting guests, and most importantly for me interesting topics. This push for Midnight in the Desert to be a "paranormal" show so turns me off.
What I enjoyed so much about Art is the wide array of subjects he covered, and the chemistry he forged with the person at the other end of the phone. I feel like his later stint on Coast was the most interesting of all, as he would speak to people about things that were ... not exactly current, but rather just ideas you may not think twice about, or seemed pedestrian: The bird flu, consciousness, space, research of various kinds, a kidnapping, little known details of the life of Jesus, peripheral topical "politics", war and other stuff.
Yes I too would prefer a more varied assortment of topics. Believe it or not, there was a while during Hoagie's brief Saucy Rossy inspired Golden Age where this spirit was embodied well. Everything was open from from obscure history, to fringe science, to literature/film, etc. The real joy in the long-form radio Art pioneered is the luxury to dive deeper into interesting areas without the cable-news rush to always get to the next flashing shiny object.
Paranormal stuff is part of this world of ideas and experience, but it doesn't have to be limited to that. The reason I was a bit non-committal on Dave as host is on C2C it seemed like 9 out of 10 shows were about hauntings and I grow weary of those pretty quickly. He did have a show on in the last year on technology, virtual reality or transhumanism, something like that, which was quite good so I know he's got the potential to go other places.
