The thing that interests me least about the radio business is the radio business. But I've had to learn a little bit about it. It's not rocket science: You get ratings, that's good.

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Well, I think that there's a value to comedy in and of itself.

Well, I think that there's a value to comedy in and of itself.

It's easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world.

It's easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world.

When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.

When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.

I once asked the most fabulous couple I know, Madonna and Guy Ritchie, how they...

I once asked the most fabulous couple I know, Madonna and Guy Ritchie, how they...

The right wing has had a radio apparatus for years and years, so they've had...

The right wing has had a radio apparatus for years and years, so they've had...

The biases the media has are much bigger than conservative or liberal. They're about getting...

The biases the media has are much bigger than conservative or liberal. They're about getting...

And I think that being able to make people laugh and write a book that's...

And I think that being able to make people laugh and write a book that's...

I do personal attacks only on people who specialize in personal attacks.

I do personal attacks only on people who specialize in personal attacks.

When the president during the campaign said he was against nation building, I didn't realize...

When the president during the campaign said he was against nation building, I didn't realize...

We need to be pro-science; we have to go back to science.

We need to be pro-science; we have to go back to science.

Yeah, we shot ourselves in the foot right out of the gate. The guy who...

Yeah, we shot ourselves in the foot right out of the gate. The guy who...

If you hear, day after day, liberals are rooting against armed forces, that is eventually...

If you hear, day after day, liberals are rooting against armed forces, that is eventually...

The point is that there is tremendous hypocrisy among the Christian right. And I think...

The point is that there is tremendous hypocrisy among the Christian right. And I think...

But in the right-wing media, they do have a right-wing bias. And they also have...

But in the right-wing media, they do have a right-wing bias. And they also have...

I also focus on Bush and his administration - who do a lot of lying...

I also focus on Bush and his administration - who do a lot of lying...

Yeah, but you need an experienced radio veteran who is a liberal advocate. And there...

Yeah, but you need an experienced radio veteran who is a liberal advocate. And there...

To make the argument that the media has a left- or right-wing, or a liberal...

To make the argument that the media has a left- or right-wing, or a liberal...

The next thing I am doing is moving back home to Minnesota and getting involved...

The next thing I am doing is moving back home to Minnesota and getting involved...

Well, a lot of politics is communicating with people, and obviously comedy has something to...

Well, a lot of politics is communicating with people, and obviously comedy has something to...

It's the Power of the Almighty, the Splendor of Nature, and then you.

It's the Power of the Almighty, the Splendor of Nature, and then you.