Air America Premium rocks.

I just wanted to say, to anyone considering getting AAR Premium, that I'm very happy with my AAR Premium account. For anyone who listens to AAR at all, I think it's worth it, at only $7 per month. the things i like about it are:

1) no commercials!

2) i can listen to any show anytime. they usually have the archive of a show up, just a few hours after it aired. when I see something mentioned on DU about an AAR interview I "missed," I can go back and listen anytime. There's no such thing as missing a show.

3) not only anytime, but also any*where*. If I'm going for a long trip in a car, I'll put a bunch
of AAR mp3's on to a CD and plop it into my car stereo. I also often use my TiVo to listen to the show through my TV.

4) Since I'm not listening live, I can pause it when I have to run to the can, and even rewind if I want to hear something again.

Also one thing I noticed, on the FAQ page it talks all about POD casting and "how to listen to a podcast." if you're like me and you don't have an iPod and you're worried about it, don't. If you have AAR Premium, you can simply download mp3 files of any show to your hard drive and do anything you want with them.

if you want to support AAR, getting a premium account is a good way to do it. not only do you send them some money, but you get something in return. win-win.

In case you're wondering I'm not an employee of AAR nor do I benefit from getting memberships or anything like that.

Armstrong Williams on the "flagship" New York station in the morning -- true! -- is a disgrace. If he does not contribute the entire $400K he got from the Republicans to Air America, I will never give a penny to the company as long as they are on the air at all.

AAR is certainly worth supporting, and I will be considering doing this. How long do they keep the archives up? That is, how far back do the shows go?

Edit to add: perhaps add a link to your post as well?

on their FAQ page it states

"When we launch, we will have shows dating as far back as 12/1/05. Before the end of March, we will have all archives from 2004 & 2005."

I looked thru the archives and found it differs for each show. for shows that are on every day, it goes back at least a month. For weekly shows it goes back about 5-6 months. I'm guessing there's more there but I just couldn't find it, or they've been understaffed and haven't posted more, but hopefully they will.

for the link to it just go to AirAmerica.com and clik on Premium.

I love it! :loveya: Including the investment in my new Ipod. There are lots of interesting progressive podcasts out there too....I had no idea.

like, each hour segment as soon as it finished, I'd sign up in a heartbeat.

My local station moved Randi to an inconvenient time for me, and if I could download the show like within an hour of it's live broadcast, then it'd be almost like having her on the local station.

I frequently listen to Randi in the evening, just a few hours after the show is over. I don't know exactly when it gets posted but its surprisingly soon.

over the airwaves due to the lack of a FAIRNESS DOCTRINE . They would be great,but they would certainly ruffle RW feathers.

is Rachel Maddow. No one does straight-up hard news in as an easy to listen way than her! I used to subscibe to her show, but then I discovered Stephanie Miller (Jones Network). I just don't have time to listen to both shows, so I pay for Steph now, and try to catch Rachel whenever I can.