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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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...

With radio, the listener absorbs everything.

With radio, the listener absorbs everything.

Some are pre-taped interviews because maybe we can't get that person live or maybe we're...

Some are pre-taped interviews because maybe we can't get that person live or maybe we're...

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...

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...

Public radio has always been so powerless.

Public radio has always been so powerless.

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

I was encouraged to read aloud in class and vocalize.

I was encouraged to read aloud in class and vocalize.

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

People are always ready to admit a man's ability after he gets there.

People are always ready to admit a man's ability after he gets there.

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...