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… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
I remember clearly that when I was little it was explained to me [that] the way that babies were made was that… — 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,… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
I don't read novels, but my semiotics study influenced everything about the way I read and edit and write. — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
I only got interested in radio once I talked my way into an internship at NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C. in 1978,… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
I think one of the reasons that I got so good at it, as somebody making radio stories, is that on the… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
I don't tweet because I don't need another creative venue. I don't need another form for self-expression. I don't need another way… — 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
It is only by going through a volume of work that... your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
For me to do a story, something has to happen to someone. It's a story in the way you learn what a… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
It takes a while. It's gonna take you a while. It's normal to take a while. You just have to fight your… — 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
