As mentioned on this weeks episode, there are too many commercials. Though I thoroughly enjoyed the Ted Phillips interview, I will never get over the fact that the guest has to be (rudely) interrupted in order to break for the commercial. Just when the guest really gets into the topic, STOP! time to hear about a remedy for my heart, or a holster that won't pinch, tweek, scratch, or tickle, or some such thing. Wow is that annoying, not just to us the listeners, but I'm sure the guests and 'co hosts' as well. Oh sure, fast-forward through the commercials, edit them out (of a 3 hour show? Who has time for that?), or stop listening to The PC are all viable options but it's difficult to accept 45 minutes of annoying commercials when you used to get the same program for just a few interruptions. Gene keeps touting the 12 additional minutes of program, but honestly, you can keep the 12 minutes if I don't have to deal with the 45 minutes (plus) of commercials, myself.
Of course, the show's changed dramatically in other ways, now, hasn't it? Tolerance is up. 'Hard line' questions are down, and the only cranky co-host we have now is Kimball, and he tries to be as polite as possible when asking a luke warm question or quickly closing a thread on the forums that he doesn't agree with or that he believes is pointless. In the end, I've taken to calling The Paracast Coast-to-Coast 2.0 with the tag line, "Even more Larry Kingly!" but now that I'm sure it's more profitable with more money coming into the host, this is what we will have to tolerate. Some could say that someone sold out. Some could say that the show is all about entertainment and less about answers, less about sorting truth (signal) from pretend (noise), now. Some could say that, and I don't believe I would be quick to disagree with them.