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Bill Press
Major-market radio personality Bill Press takes his progressive agenda to the national airwaves with The Bill Press Show, a new, high-energy "liberal way" to start the day! Press keeps the right wing in check and tackles all the hot issues with prominent guests from Capitol Hill and beyond.

The Bill Press Show blends political and pop culture news in a progressive mix that delivers must-listen entertainment to his audience. It's hardline liberal talk with no apologies.

Thom Hartmann
Thom Hartmann is an American broadcaster, three-time Project Censored Award Winning New York Times bestselling author, and former psychotherapist. He is a lay scholar of the history and textual analysis of the United States Constitution, Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD), electronic voting fraud, and environmental issues such as global warming.

Stephanie Miller
Her national radio program is bubbling in the climate of keen awareness of and the expectation of the sea change about to occur in America.

Stephanie is no stranger to political talk and current events, as her late father, William E. Miller, was Barry Goldwater’s running mate in the Republicans’ failed 1964 bid for the presidency.

Since its September 2004 debut, The Stephanie Miller Show has become one of the most important and fastest growing shows in Progressive Talk, heard across America on radio stations, on XM, via podcasts and free live streaming.

The path to Miller’s career as an entertainer began in Buffalo, N.Y., where she was born and raised and landed her first job in radio. Growing up, she never listened to the radio; she wanted to be Carol Burnett. When she was about 27, Miller was on the air on "Hot 97" in her hometown, then moved to Rochester, N.Y., on to Chicago and New York City, and ended up in L.A., home base for The Stephanie Miller Show.

Miller’s fresh voice and political satire have been cultivated over years of experience as a media personality and comedienne.

Miller has major market radio experience at KABC and KFI in Los Angeles and other stations in New York and Chicago. She hosted a late-night network television talk show syndicated by Disney and guest hosted on CNBC's “Equal Time” as the liberal counterweight to Bay Buchanan. She also has appeared on ABC'S "Good Morning America," NBC's "Today Show," the "Tonight Show," CNN's "Larry King Live," FOX's "The O'Reilly Factor," and many others.

Ed Schultz
Schultz is a 21st Century Teddy Roosevelt who believes the salvation of the American people lies in their voices, not in the parties. He represents the thousands of Americans whose collective beliefs are the foundation of the United States.

A Virginia native, Schultz was lured to the Plains on a football scholarship at Moorhead State in Moorhead, Minnesota. He became a high-profile athlete and an All-American quarterback. After taking a shot at playing professional football, he returned to North Dakota where he put his talents to work as a sportscaster. He spent nearly 15 years providing play-by-play and color commentary for local teams.

Schultz launched News and Views, a regional talk show in 1992. His fearless approach to topics and innate ability on radio quickly catapulted him to the top of the ratings chart. Ed was the lead talent for KFGO AM which won numerous awards including The Marconi (News/Talk/Sports Station of the Year), The Peabody in 1997, and two individual Eric Sevareid Awards (First place Talk/Large Market) in 2002 and 2003.

Schultz's views starting shifting left-of-center upon meeting his wife. For one of their first dates, she invited him to join her for lunch at the Salvation Army shelter where she worked so he could witness the "bums" he so often chastised on his show.

As he questioned his dyed-in-the-wool beliefs, he and his wife took News and Views on the road in the Big Eddie Cruiser, a customized motor home, to connect with the people of the Dakotas and Minnesota. They met families and farmers—people losing their farms and struggling to make ends meet and keep their way of life. Schultz determined that America could do better and it was on that trek that he found his true, progressive voice.

In an industry where the conservative voice is king, Schultz's popularity, talent and progressive political bent has helped him become the dominant progressive radio voice of the nation. The Ed Schultz Show made its debut on January 5, 2004, and is now heard on over 100 affiliate stations across the nation (including 9 of the top 10 largest markets).

Alex Bennett
Alex Bennett a self-proclaimed radio gadfly who brings unmistakable opinions, celebrity interviews, and great entertainment to SIRIUS Left.

Photograph by Matthu Placek.

Mike Malloy
Mike Malloy came to talk radio by accident. Writing for CNN in 1987, a friend at an Atlanta radio station told him there was an opening for a talk show host on the weekends. Malloy gave it a try and found a home. His radio experience includes WSB-AM in Atlanta, and WLS-AM in Chicago. Mike's nationally-syndicated program can be heard weeknigts on affiliates of the Air America Radio Network and on XM Satellite Radio.

In addition to writing for CNN (1984-87) and CNN-International (2000), his professional experience included newspaper columnist and editor, writer, rock concert producer and actor.

It is not difficult to pigeon-hole Malloy politically. Generally speaking, he is a traditional Democrat working to return the Democratic Party to its historic liberal roots.

Mark Thompson
Mark Thompson’s career as a Washington, DC-based radio host spans 20 years. Thompson is nationally known as a longtime NAACP activist, emcee of the Million Man March, founder of the Umoja Party, and an ordained minister. Mark Thompson is also known by his African name, Matsimela Mapfumo.

Cenk Uygur
Cenk Uygur is host of The Young Turks, the first ever live, daily web television talk show. The show has partnership deals on the web with You Tube, AOL, Airamerica.com and TidalTV.com. The Young Turks is one of the Top 100 You Tube Partners, with over 8 million views a month on their You Tube Channel.

The Young Turks premiered on Sirius Satellite Radio in the first quarter of 2002 as the platform's first original program before moving to XM Satellite Radio in 2006.

Cenk Uygur is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School of Business and Columbia University Law School. He worked as a lawyer, television writer and television host before starting The Young Turks. Cenk also blogs on Huffington Post, Daily Kos, Politico, AirAmerica.com and AOL's Hot Seat.

Cenk has appeared on CNN dozens of times and also had numerous appearances on MSNBC, CNN Headline News, E! Entertainment Channel, Al Jazeera, ABC News, Voice of America, NPR and even Fox News Channel.