Any outfit that has to beg its listeners for money is an organization that has to constantly please its listeners or it will dry up and go away. It shouldn't work when you think about it.

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In my case, the listener is often in an automobile driving to work. You can...

In my case, the listener is often in an automobile driving to work. You can...

I was encouraged to read aloud in class and vocalize.

I was encouraged to read aloud in class and vocalize.

Public radio has always been so powerless.

Public radio has always been so powerless.

Now I know what a statesman is; he's a dead politician. We need more statesmen.

Now I know what a statesman is; he's a dead politician. We need more statesmen.

Between 2 and 5 I'm reading in to find out what's been going on while...

Between 2 and 5 I'm reading in to find out what's been going on while...

Never exaggerate your faults, your friends will attend to that.

Never exaggerate your faults, your friends will attend to that.

When Solomon said there was a time and a place for everything he had not...

When Solomon said there was a time and a place for everything he had not...

I go home by noon, and I'm in bed by 6 p.m. I get up...

I go home by noon, and I'm in bed by 6 p.m. I get up...

I wake about 1 a.m. I'm in the office by 2 a.m. We're on the...

I wake about 1 a.m. I'm in the office by 2 a.m. We're on the...

I think we're doing the right things for the right reasons. We're not doing it...

I think we're doing the right things for the right reasons. We're not doing it...

Nobody cares about your wardrobe, what your tie looks like, or even if you're wearing...

Nobody cares about your wardrobe, what your tie looks like, or even if you're wearing...

That's the problem with news interviews, you work your tail off to get prominent figures...

That's the problem with news interviews, you work your tail off to get prominent figures...

If you want anything done well, do it yourself. This is why most people laugh...

If you want anything done well, do it yourself. This is why most people laugh...

I wanted to be one of the voices in the box.

I wanted to be one of the voices in the box.

But when you see personal artifacts relating to - by genealogy at least - a...

But when you see personal artifacts relating to - by genealogy at least - a...

In college, I got interested in news because the world was coming apart. The civil...

In college, I got interested in news because the world was coming apart. The civil...

I got to know every format of every station and who was on and what...

I got to know every format of every station and who was on and what...

I used to listen to the soap operas with my grandmother.

I used to listen to the soap operas with my grandmother.

It's also a more personal medium. It seems to go directly to one's brain. There...

It's also a more personal medium. It seems to go directly to one's brain. There...

I've never been able to predict the future of anything.

I've never been able to predict the future of anything.