Where Radio Is Different Than Fiction Is

When I Say Something Untrue On The Air, I Mean For It To Be Transparently Untrue. I Assume People Know When I'm Just Saying Something For Effect. Or To Be Funny.

I Remember When I First Got Married, There Was A Certain Amount Of Internet Traffic On The Subject Of, "who Is This Beard Who Is Allegedly Married To Ira Glass? Obviously, He's Gay."

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.

It Takes A While. It's Gonna Take You A While. It's Normal To Take A While. You Just Have To Fight Your Way Through That.

Great Stories Happen To Those Who Can Tell Them.