Listener sentiment
The picture remains deeply polarized, with reviews clustering at the extremes: devoted fans treat the show as essential anti-establishment, anti-war journalism that platforms voices ignored elsewhere, while detractors dismiss it as conspiratorial, selectively argued, and — in a recurring complaint from long-time listeners — increasingly one-sided in its narrative. Familiar friction points persist across multiple reviewers: frequent guest-hosted episodes during Dore's comedy tours are considered markedly weaker, episodes lag days behind the news cycle, and Kurt Metzger's interruptions and coarse humor divide the audience between those who see him as an essential foil and those who find he derails segments entirely. The phone-in comedy bits and certain overproduced credit elements continue to draw groans, and complaints about an Israel-centric framing of nearly every story recur from both longtime fans and hostile reviewers. On the positive side, Dore's willingness to buck both major parties keeps earning converts — several reviewers describe shifting their own political views over years of listening, and Mike MacRae's impressions (especially his JD Vance) remain a frequently cited highlight. Relative to the prior summary, nothing has meaningfully changed: the divide is holding steady, with a few former critics softening after specific interviews while others drift away entirely.
Apple3.9 · 625
Summary generated Oct 17, 2026
