Public radio Quotes

Cable would not translate into the public radio universe.

— Juan Williams

When you're working in public radio, you don't have any money to advertise.

— Ira Glass

Public radio is alive and kicking, it always has been

— Harold Brodkey

Public radio has always been so powerless.

— Bob Edwards

“thousands of people. She debated her opponent on National Public Radio and found herself in the center”

— Henry Jenkins

“She kept public radio on so it sounded like someone was sitting next to her, engaging her in intriguing conversation.”

— Abby Slovin

I have done a lot of street theatre and plays and interacted with the public through radio and television.

— Ayushmann Khurrana

I still believe in public radio's potential. Because it's the one mass medium that's still crafted almost entirely by true believers.

— Sarah Vowell

I listen to National Public Radio, which, to me at least, presents the most rounded view of things.

— Ed Harris

I used to enjoy the anonymity of being a literary figure and occasionally a public radio figure.

— John Hodgman

My first experience on public radio still ranks among the most embarrassing episodes of my relatively short life.

— Tucker Carlson

I usually draw in silence, but listen to music or public radio when I'm painting, after all the important decisions have been…

— Sophie Blackall

My folks were and are devoted public radio fans, who started listening to 'A Prairie Home Companion' in the 1980s; Garrison and…

— Chris Thile

From Public Radio International, there's 'PRI's The World', which is the States looking out at the rest of the globe. Elsewhere, the…

— David Hepworth

One reason I do the live shows - and the monthly speeches at public radio stations - is to remind myself that…

— Ira Glass

I think the thing that I wish somebody would ask me is just to ask about the business side of the radio…

— Ira Glass

The way radio is working right now, you can't put out anything just based on the producer's name. The general public and…

— Damon Thomas

I thought A Prairie Home Companion would be an interesting thing to do for a summer or so. Public radio was just…

— Garrison Keillor

I went to high school right outside Dallas, and (songwriter and performer) Michael Martin Murphey was a senior there when I was…

— Ray Wylie Hubbard

I called all the major network news bureaus, including Public Radio, and reported ozone AIDS cures coming out of Europe. Not a…

— Ed McCabe

I was never ambitious. I just wanted to have quiet, calm, listen to public radio and say, hello, how are you? Sit…

— Garry Marshall

The thought of people in this day and age sitting down to listen to a radio variety show on Saturday evening is…

— Garrison Keillor

Public radio is the last oasis of free and independent music. For satellite radio channels, you have to subscribe; commercial stations are…

— Nellie McKay

I get younger people who watch Conan or The Daily Show, but before that it was mostly people who knew me from…

— Sarah Vowell

For people starting public radio shows, one of the things you have to do is you have to talk every single public…

— Ira Glass

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

— Ira Glass