A complete phony, fraud, and menace to actual science. An incredibly obnoxious know-it-all.
I hated it when obvious quacks like Richard C Douchebag were on the show. No idea how or why Art found him entertaining.
@PB I agree with your first statement. I think Art bought into the possibilities of what Hoagland was selling, but it was all about entertainment to Art.
I'm not sure if you listened to Hoagie when he first started his show. When he wasn't preaching his crap and just interviewing without bias, I thought he was quite good. When he was outside of his box per se, he did exceptionally well. However he couldn't resist the bullshit.
Plus he thinks it's okay to download child porn, so he can just go kill himself as far as I'm concerned.