I've been listening occasionally to Al Franken's radio show and enjoying it more and more. The guy actually engages in discussions, and not with people who agree maniacally with his position. I like that.
If anyone reading this has a pipeline to Mr. Franken or his producer, I have a suggestion to make which would vastly improve his show. Franken is not an experienced radio personality and he has a tendency to drift off-mike, as if he's turning his head away from the microphone. Occasionally, it's difficult to understand part of a sentence and it causes the listener to lose focus. Say what you will about Mr. Limbaugh but he really knows how to work a microphone and grab your attention. If Franken isn't using a headset microphone, he should. And if he is using one, someone should move the mouthpiece in front of his mouth.
Air America Radio is not on the air in Los Angeles in the moment but that's okay (for me) because, being a TiVo Person, I rarely sample live programming. But it's possible to download MP3 files of all the Air America shows from a number of Internet sources, so I do and I listen to Al as I work or drive. (So far, the other shows haven't impressed me much.)
Oh, by the way: I just found something very tasteless on the weblog for The O'Franken Factor. It says there that Max Cleland "…is now stumping for his friend and fellow veteran, John Kerry." Couldn't someone find a better verb than that?