I have not listened to Howard in years but recently bought a car with Sirius and started listening again in the morning. I have to say, Howard is one of the best interviewers out there. I'd put him up there with Charlie Rose, Terry Gross and Bob Edwards. Completely natural and gets people to talk about things I think they had no intention of putting out there. In the past 2 weeks I have heard him interview Sasha Baron Cohen (not in character), Macy Gray, and this morning, Jack Black. All three interviews were insiteful and entertaining and came across like a conversation between two friends. I was bummed to get out of the car when I got to work.
I could do without the locker room act most of the time, but the interviews are worth listening too.
Oh, and by the way I enjoyed AGT last night.