But when you see personal artifacts relating to - by genealogy at least - a living human being, it was just more impressive to me than just about anything I've ever read about slavery before.

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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...

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

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

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

With radio, the listener absorbs everything.

With radio, the listener absorbs everything.

I'm a very straight-laced, conservative news kind of guy.

I'm a very straight-laced, conservative news kind of guy.

A little learning is a dangerous thing, but a lot of ignorance is just as...

A little learning is a dangerous thing, but a lot of ignorance is just as...

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

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

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...

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...

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'm still excited at being at a microphone and talking to listeners. I love that....

I'm still excited at being at a microphone and talking to listeners. I love that....

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...

Public radio has always been so powerless.

Public radio has always been so powerless.

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

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

At a tiny station in New Albany, Indiana, which is right across from the river...

At a tiny station in New Albany, Indiana, which is right across from the river...

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...

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...

Good things just keep happening.

Good things just keep happening.