"We have yet to write our history or establish a canon and keen new listeners are left without a starting point for exploration. The poll will celebrate the rich history of podcasting, help develop a culture of criticism, create broad debate and discussion, and breathe new life into timeless classics and forgotten cult hits," says Alan Black, founder of Left of Dial Media.
Klein was an East Coast transplant to the Bay Area, drawn in the midst of 1960s counterculture by the possibility that the era's anti-establishment character could continue to drive the region's lively left-wing journalism.