I think good radio often uses the techniques of fiction: characters, scenes, a big urgent emotional question. And as in the best fiction, tone counts for a lot. Ira Glass bigcharactercount Change image and share on social
I don't own a radio. I listen to everything through apps or on my iPhone. And then I download the shows I like. Shows like 'Fresh Air', 'Radiolab', 'Snap Judgement', all those shows. Ira Glass airappdownload Change image and share on social
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 of it. Ira Glass dayevidencehalf Change image and share on social
Traditional broadcast media seems old-fashioned and vague to me. When I watch television news, I'm aware of what skilled journalists they are, but I find it hard because of the corny way they present it. Ira Glass awarebroadcastcorny share on social
It's rare for me to read any fiction. I almost only read nonfiction. I don't believe in guilty pleasures, I only believe in pleasures. People who call reading detective fiction or eating dessert a guilty pleasure make me want to puke. Ira Glass calldessertdetective share on social
I feel like, in general in my work life, my main goal has been to just be in a situation where I'm not bored with my job. That's been the entire principle. Got my wish. Ira Glass boreentirefeel Change image and share on social
I was a semiotics major at Brown, and there's this idea that stories are better, books are better, and movies are better if they cocked you off your axis and you were completely disoriented and you'd really have to rethink everything. Nobody has that experience, actually. Ira Glass axisbookbrown share on social
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 doesn't play to my strengths at all. I like to interview people who are interested in telling their story and tell it as truthfully as they can. Ira Glass greatinterestinterview share on social
If you date one woman a year, times 10 years, and that's 10 women. Ira Glass datetimewoman Change image and share on social
It's not a terribly original thing to say, but I love Raymond Carver. For one thing, he's fun to read out loud. Ira Glass carverfunloud Change image and share on social