I don't own a radio. I listen to everything through apps or on my iPhone. And then I download the shows I… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
In general in New York, we all eat like kings. Insane quality, mind-blowing variety, at all price ranges. — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
You get into this situation, performing for T.V., where you have to speak with utter sincerity. It's just like the radio. You… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
I'm not a go-in-for-the-kill kind of interviewer. It's a great thing to me, that kind of interviewer, but I'm not it. It… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
A lot of broadcasting, I think, is doing a tremendous amount of preparation and trying to act like, 'Oh, this thought is… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
I think the name of the show, 'This American Life' - we named it that just because it seemed like it made… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
Like most people in radio - and in magic - I'm not cool. I know people who are hip, and I can… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
Like, radio is closer to a Tumblr, or a blog, or Twitter, than it is to television, I think. — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
Semiotics is really interested in the questions like, what keeps you watching something, what keeps you - you know, what keeps you… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
I feel like dance, by its nature, goes so easily to grand and beautiful. — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
Reporters tend to find in others what they are suited to find, so there is a whole school of reporting where they… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
The TiVo is really an amazing machine. Like everyone who has one, I totally recommend it. Just as everyone who's married will… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
The radio is good for taking somebody else's experience and making you understand what it would be like. Because when you don't… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
Honestly, like, I'm a superfan of the 'New York Times,' but I know nothing about how they put it together, and I… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
'Smallville' is like a Domino's pizza. While you're eating, you're thinking, 'This is good, and it reminds me of pizza, but there's… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
I feel like in an interview situation, it's a kind of intimacy that I can understand and handle - versus in real… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
I feel like, in general in my work life, my main goal has been to just be in a situation where I'm… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
Any story hits you harder if the person delivering it doesn't sound like some news robot but in fact sounds like a… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
Not owning a car anymore, I feel like I'm barely an American. I miss it. And I barely ever get to listen… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
I've actually done events at radio stations where I feel like I've had to give a little talk in behalf of television… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
Radio is more powerful the closer we mimic the way we actually speak to each other. That's why Howard Stern is such… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
I started out doing production work on promos, stuff like that. I didn't think it was cool to be working for NPR.… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
I've read the poker books, but at this point, everybody who's playing has read the poker books. I feel like I'm knowledgeable… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
When you're working in public radio, you don't have any money to advertise. — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
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 Image
But you can make good radio, interesting radio, great radio even, without an urgent question, a burning issue at stake. — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
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 Image