Joey Barton is like when Sky first hired Gary Neville, breath of fresh air. Talks sense. Hopefully unlike Neville, he doesn't get toned down and lose his edge, or have any delusions of grandeur to be a friggin football manager !
Talksport is not bad these days, I like the Two Mikes podcast when I'm walking the dog.
Talksport is a totally free service, and there's not much free in the World. So as a poor mans Sky, it does it's job well. Sky never get fans involved like Talksport, they had a "You're On Sky Sports" debate show a few years ago but that got canned as the views from true football fans (not the prawn sandwich variety) was too risque for them.