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 dont go looking for stories with the idea of wrongness in my head, no. But the fact is, a lot of… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
The pledge drive has everything going against it as broadcasting. It's repetitive. It's ad-libbed by people who can't ad-lib. It's about asking… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
I remember that in Baltimore, where I grew up, we would drive by the radio station and tower of WBAL, and I… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
When I say something untrue on the air, I mean for it to be transparently untrue. I assume people know when I'm… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
I cannot stress enough that the answer to a lot of your life's questions is often in someone else's face. Try putting… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
I think people who live in New York don't realize just how much time they spend talking about the subway. — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
People are generally forced to change. We don't want to change, and then something absolutely forces us to realize that what we… — 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
