NM is certainly a different beast now to the beginnings of a couple of students enamoured with Italian anarchism. I don't really keep up with much of their output now, some things were well thought out while others have definitely not been. They had some good guests when it was just the resonance show and were always interesting on policing, media and a couple of issues.
Nothing comparable really existed at the time and Corbyn was the game changer really, wasn't it? They were best place to ride that wave. It's still been surprising though to see them become fixtures on Question Times, Sky News, etc, as I would have thought certain people and views remained outside the pale. They still owe me for an unpaid invoice though!