Coast to Coast AM was my go-to bedtime routine as a kid. I'd get tucked in and then sneakily turn my am radio on and listen for hours.
It wasn't even that I liked the content so much, as I liked hearing Art talk to callers and how he was never condescending and just took their stories as though they were telling the truth. It really stuck with me then that he just had a crazy open mind - and I feel like that's had lifelong impacts.
It also really got me into radio and eventually I ran our college radio station - engineering and all - to try and recreate the excitement of live radio.
He had a great call with George Carlin that was really fun and interesting one time that is worth a listen.
Man, I also listened to him a lot as a kid going to bed. Some really fond memories there. When I got older I listened to him a lot on late night drives, which were quite common. I'm a very skeptical person by nature, but his show was amazing at spurring imagination, even of a skeptic.
It wasn't even that I liked the content so much, as I liked hearing Art talk to callers and how he was never condescending and just took their stories as though they were telling the truth. It really stuck with me then that he just had a crazy open mind - and I feel like that's had lifelong impacts.
It also really got me into radio and eventually I ran our college radio station - engineering and all - to try and recreate the excitement of live radio.
He had a great call with George Carlin that was really fun and interesting one time that is worth a listen.