I listened to Batchelor regularly when he was on, even when he had on Eddie Whats-his-name as cohost, and even when he featured a guest like Katrina VanDenHeuvel. Because he would also have on guests like Victor Davis Hanson and Malcolm Homeline (sp) and the guy from WND who covers the Middle East. Plus he had great bumper music! yes he went over board on some subjects, like the bird flu scare (where is that epidemic?), but the good far outweighed the bad.
It was Batchelor and Alexander. I listened, as it had good bumper music, quotes and decent content, but did tire of Kate after a while. I hope he mixes it up a little better this time. C2C is mostly a wasteland of goofy PhDs. Steve Malzberg is brilliant though Steve should be on earlier.