The Stephanie Miller Show

The Stephanie Miller Show is a decidedly progressive left-wing liberal syndicated (via the Jones network) radio show that uses the quotes and sound bites from the media to poke fun at right-wing politics. The show is hosted by Stephanie Miller and includes "voice guy extraordinaire" Jim Ward, an impressionist who frequently mimics O'Reilly, Rush Limbaugh and George W. Bush, and producer Chris "Boy Toy" Lavoie. Although it is a humorous show, it uses its humor to educate its listeners about current events and politics. It is taken seriously enough, however, to frequently include Washington and political insiders as phone guests, via the "Celebrity Hotline". These include John Conyers (nicknamed the "Patron Saint of The Stephanie Miller Show"), Barbara Boxer, Maxine Waters, Howard Dean, Paul Begala as well as others.

Show features include "Republicans Eating Their Own", "Wheel of Right Wing Hypocrites", "Right Wing World", "Grasping for Straws", "Stand Up News" (AKA "News we don't want to lose"), "Tinsel Talk" and the occasional "Conspiracy Corner". A recently introduced feature, "Out-of-Context Theatre" is a parody on Bill O'Reilly's claims that the left-wing media takes advantage of out-of-context quotes of right-wing figures. "Out-of-Context Theatre" features clips of O'Reilly with blatant misuses of context.

The show frequently skewers right wing media and political personalities such as:

• Scott McClellan: nicknamed "Puffy McMoonface" (in reference to his puffy cheeks).
• Karl Rove: nicknamed "Tubby McTreason" (in reference to his role in the Valerie Plame scandal).
• Tom Delay: nicknamed "Drunkey McPukeshoes" (in reference to a couple of speeches he has delivered where he sounds drunk).
• Dennis Hastert: nicknamed "Beefy McBratwurst" (in reference to him being a former wrestling coach and being physically large)
• Michael Brown: always preceded by the title "noted Arabian Horse expert" (in reference to the job he held prior to working at FEMA).
• Bill O'Reilly: always preceded by the title "phone-sex enthusiast" (in reference to the Andrea Mackris incident).
• Bill Frist: always preceded by the title "noted cat-killing video doctor" (in reference to his diagnosis of Terri Schiavo after viewing a video tape released by her parents).
• Rick Santorum: always preceded by the title "Senator man on dog" (in reference to a statement he made at an interview [1])
• Jeff Gannon: always preceded by the title "Former male hooker and Whitehouse reporter" (in reference to the controversy in which Gannon worked as a male escort as well as a reporter at the Whitehouse who would ask planted questions)
• Ann Coulter: usually preceded by the title "noted transexual plagerist" (in reference to her visible adam's apple. Miller is still looking for a different title to avoid offending transexuals, so has sometimes used the title "Junk-toting stick figure").
• John Roberts: used to be called "The Manchurian Candidate" prior to his confirmation by the Senate (the news of his confirmation broke while the show was broadcasting live, to which Miller commented "good, who needs all those rights anyway?").

Some liberal men which Miller likes are referred to as "her future husbands". The list includes

• Keith Olbermann
• Paul Hackett

However, Miller's first love is for firefighters which she has stated "transcends the political divide".

Stephanie Miller is a self-proclaimed "Fox Blocker" ("She watches Fox so you don't have to"). The show takes occasional calls from listeners with the rule that "right wing wackos go to the front of the line". The show's web site [2], updated daily, offers podfiles for download and mp3 files of the last five shows.

Stations

Terrestrial

• Anchorage, Alaska: 1080 AM KUDO

• Akron, Ohio: 1350 AM WARF

• Asheville, North Carolina: 880 AM WPEK

• Binghamton, New York: 1360 AM WYOS

• Boston, Massachusetts: 1200 AM/1430 AM WKOX/WXKS

• Chapel Hill, North Carolina: 1360 AM WCHL

• Chattanooga, Tennessee: 1310 AM WDOD (seems the site is not yet up)

• Chicago, Illinois: 850 AM WCPT (Sundays only)

• Cleveland, Ohio: 1350 AM WTOU (weekends only)

• Columbus, Ohio: 1230 AM WTPG

• Davenport, Iowa: 1270 AM WKBF

• Daytona Beach, Florida: 1590 AM WPUL

• Fresno, California: 790 AM KFPT

• Eugene, Oregon: 1600 AM KOPT

• Eureka, California: 1480 AM KGOE

• Las Vegas, Nevada: 970 AM KNUU (Sat. & Sun. 6a-7a only)

• Los Angeles, California: 1150 AM KTLK

• Madison, Wisconsin: 92.1 FM WXXM

• Minneapolis, Minnesota: 950 AM KTNF

• Monterey, California: 540 AM KRXA

• New Haven, Connecticut: 1300 AM WAVZ

• Reno, Nevada: 1230 AM KJFK

• Phoenix, Arizona: 1010 AM KXXT

• Rochester, New York: 950 AM WROC

• Sacramento, California: 1240 AM KSAC

• San Antonio, Texas: 92.5 FM KRPT

• San Francisco, California: 960 AM KQKE

• Santa Barbara, California: 1340 AM KIST

• Seattle, Washington: 1090 AM KPTK

• Springfield, Massachusetts: 1450 AM WMAS

• Spokane, Washington: 1280 AM KPTQ (Saturdays only)

• Washington DC: 1260 AM WWRC

• Wheeling, West Virginia 1370 AM WVLY (Sundays only)

Satellite/Other

• Sirius: Channel 146 (Sirius Left)

External Links

• Democracy Radio