“I dont meet many people who are talking about shows on Showtime.” PeopleShowsTalkingShowtime Author:Ira Glass
“I think the thing that I wish somebody would ask me is just to ask about the business side of the radio show. I feel like I actually work very hard to make sure the business side of the radio show runs, and no one has any interest in how a public radio show is run. And rightly so.” ThinkingFeelsHardShowsRunningAsksWishSidesInterestRadioAsk MePublic Radio Author:Ira Glass
“For people starting public radio shows, one of the things you have to do is you have to talk every single public radio station into picking you up.” PeopleShowsStartingRadioStationsRadio StationsPublic Radio Author:Ira Glass
“Don't wait till you're older, or in some better job than you have now. Don't wait for anything. Don't wait till some magical...idea drops into your lap. That's not where ideas come from. Go looking for an idea and it'll show up. Begin now.” IdeasShowsJobsWaitingLapBetter Jobs Author:Ira Glass
“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.” PeopleKnowsWayShowsHalfMillionsEvidenceDay To DayTheoretical Author:Ira Glass
“One reason I do the live shows - and the monthly speeches at public radio stations - is to remind myself that people hear the show, that it has an audience, that it exists in the world. It's so easy to forget that.” PeopleWorldReasonShowsEasyForgetAudienceSpeechRadioStationsRadio StationsPublic Radio Author:Ira Glass