I think good radio often uses the techniques of fiction: characters, scenes, a big urgent emotional question. And as in the best… — 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
There is a kind of structure for a story that was peculiarly compelling for the radio. I thought I had invented it… — 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 suppose I shouldn't go around admitting I speak untruths on the radio. — 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
Honestly, there are so many things about structuring a story for film and telling a story for film that are really different… — 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
