Ira Glass

You'd think that radio was around long enough that someone would have coined a word for staring into space. ↗

— Ira Glass

#coined #enough #into #long #radio

But sadly, one of the problems with being on public radio is that people tend to think you're being sincere all the time. ↗

— Ira Glass

#people #problems #public #public radio #radio

But you can make good radio, interesting radio, great radio even, without an urgent question, a burning issue at stake. ↗

— Ira Glass

#even #good #great #interesting #issue

I suppose I shouldn't go around admitting I speak untruths on the radio. ↗

— Ira Glass

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I think good radio often uses the techniques of fiction: characters, scenes, a big urgent emotional question. And as in the best fiction, tone counts for a lot. ↗

— Ira Glass

#big #characters #counts #emotional #fiction

In some theoretical way I know that a half-million people hear the show. But in a day-to-day way, there's not much evidence of it. ↗

— Ira Glass

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It's not a terribly original thing to say, but I love Raymond Carver. For one thing, he's fun to read out loud. ↗

— Ira Glass

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Just when did I get to the point when staying at a hotel wasn't fun? ↗

— Ira Glass

#fun #get #hotel #i #just

We're Jews, my family, and Jews break down into two distinct subcultures: book Jews and money Jews. We were money Jews. ↗

— Ira Glass

#break #distinct #down #family #into

When I say something untrue on the air, I mean for it to be transparently untrue. I assume people know when I'm just saying something for effect. Or to be funny. ↗

— Ira Glass

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