I didn't want to blog on this straight away, but hasn't the Today Programme improved since Evan Davis joined at the beginning of the month? The celebration of ignorance when it comes to business matters has eased and interviews on the credit crunch, markets and economics are insightful rather than point-scoring.

Yes, there's still too much focus on issues that directly impact the audience as consumers. This morning saw focuses on mortgages and an interview with Tesco's Sir Terry, for instance. (In political terms in would be like the programme only covering Westminster either side of a general election.) 

Yet the landmark 810 interview featured a banking analyst and a broker.

All in all it's so much better.