Generally the aesthetics of broadcast journalism seem to me to be incredibly primitive. — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
Traditional broadcast media seems old-fashioned and vague to me. When I watch television news, I'm aware of what skilled journalists they are, but I find it hard because of the corny way they present it. — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
I'm a big Penn & Teller fan. But I myself was never very good; I was a teenage magician who performed at kids' parties.… — Ira Glass Copy Share
I'm in production year round. I work long hours. I have a dog and a wife. There's not a lot of available time for… — Ira Glass Copy Share
I think the thing that I wish somebody would ask me is just to ask about the business side of the radio show. I… — Ira Glass Copy Share
It's tricky, performing the show live. Because when you're in a big auditorium, in front of 700 people, the natural tendency is to want… — Ira Glass Copy Share
I suppose I shouldn't go around admitting I speak untruths on the radio. When I say something untrue on the air, I mean for… — Ira Glass Copy Share
But you can make good radio, interesting radio, great radio even, without an urgent question, a burning issue at stake. — Ira Glass Copy Share
I am such a do-goody, people-pleasing kid - or I was - I don't think I've ever been fired, not even from an ice… — Ira Glass Copy Share
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 Copy Share
I'll meet listeners who tell me what a great voice I have. But I don't have a great voice for radio. My voice is… — Ira Glass Copy Share
I remember clearly that when I was little it was explained to me [that] the way that babies were made was that God put… — Ira Glass Copy Share
