In college, I got interested in news because the world was coming apart. The civil rights movement, the antiwar movement, the women's right movement. That focused my radio ambitions toward news.

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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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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 wanted to be one of the voices in the box.

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

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...

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 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...

The pictures are created by the listener, with a little help from the broadcaster. The...

The pictures are created by the listener, with a little help from the broadcaster. The...

Public radio has always been so powerless.

Public radio has always been so powerless.

Good things just keep happening.

Good things just keep happening.

With radio, the listener absorbs everything.

With radio, the listener absorbs everything.

I was encouraged to read aloud in class and vocalize.

I was encouraged to read aloud in class and vocalize.

The radio was my pal. I was just crazy about it.

The radio was my pal. I was just crazy about it.

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 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 used to listen to the soap operas with my grandmother.

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