#78 - Left of the Dial

In 2004, a group of liberal comedians and commentators came together to break the conservative monopoly on talk radio. The result was the ill-fated Air America. We watched the candid 2005 HBO documentary LEFT OF THE DIAL to analyze what went wrong. PLUS: Luke reflects on the passing of Harry Leslie Smith. Thank you to listener Will Chapman for the suggestion. Also, apologies that one of the hosts keeps mistaking Randhi Rhodes' name as "Randhi Reid." It was a late night, folks. "Harry Leslie Smith (1923 - 2018)" by Luke Savage - https://jacobinmag.com/2018/11/harry-leslie-smith-nhs-labour-obituary