Hello Cedars,
"There were a few cut outs when everything went silent mid-sentence."
Unfortunately there were about 5 or 6 of those from the beginning of the broadcast until Simons' segment ended. Some sort a a technical glitch, as Rick Fearon kept saying.
"Then there's the old guy who keeps interjecting."
That was Richard Rawe, a long-time fighter of Watchtower injustice . Today I read that he was disfellowshipped in 1975. His harsh sounding voice is an after effect of a stroke.
Edit. Slimboyfat, you beat me to the Richard Rawe part. Thanks for the Apocalypse Delayed information .