Ira Glass

What I was interested in was, oh, it's a story, and it just gave me this feeling, and I wanted to find out what was going to happen. I just felt swept up in it. Then, if anything, the next decade of my life,

What I was interested in was, oh, it's a story, and it just gave me this feeling, and I wanted to find out what was going to happen. I just felt swept up in it. Then, if anything, the next decade of my life,

What I was interested in was, oh, it's a story, and it just gave me this feeling, and I wanted to find out what was going to happen. I just felt swept up in it. Then, if anything, the next decade of my life,

And more it was me trying to figure out how to make something that was that, but they were true stories about real people, you know what I mean, who I could interview and making interviews into a thing that had that kind of feeling and just that kind of just pulled you in and pulled you forward and you just had to keep listening. Like, I just wanted to do that. I had that in my head.

And more it was me trying to figure out how to make something that was that, but they were true stories about real people, you know what I mean, who I could interview and making interviews into a thing that had that kind of feeling and just that kind of just pulled you in and pulled you forward and you just had to keep listening. Like, I just wanted to do that. I had that in my head.

And more it was me trying to figure out how to make something that was that, but they were true stories about real people, you know what I mean, who I could interview and making interviews into a thing that had that kind of feeling and just that kind of just pulled you in and pulled you forward and you just had to keep listening. Like, I just wanted to do that. I had that in my head.

I think the real answer is like right at the very beginning, like from the first time I was making, making anything. Like it just was interesting to me when parts of it would work and then the stuff that didn't work I wanted to solve. And then enough things, like really early on in the first year or two, even with like rudimentary skills, I was good enough that I could get decent interview tape.

I think the real answer is like right at the very beginning, like from the first time I was making, making anything. Like it just was interesting to me when parts of it would work and then the stuff that didn't work I wanted to solve. And then enough things, like really early on in the first year or two, even with like rudimentary skills, I was good enough that I could get decent interview tape.

I think the real answer is like right at the very beginning, like from the first time I was making, making anything. Like it just was interesting to me when parts of it would work and then the stuff that didn't work I wanted to solve. And then enough things, like really early on in the first year or two, even with like rudimentary skills, I was good enough that I could get decent interview tape.

And then I was good enough as an editor that I could shape it in a way that it would have a feeling to it. And a forward motion to it. And really early on, I was doing interviews and putting music underneath it. I did that. That was the style that my mentor, Keith, worked in. And I learned from him, actually.

And then I was good enough as an editor that I could shape it in a way that it would have a feeling to it. And a forward motion to it. And really early on, I was doing interviews and putting music underneath it. I did that. That was the style that my mentor, Keith, worked in. And I learned from him, actually.

And then I was good enough as an editor that I could shape it in a way that it would have a feeling to it. And a forward motion to it. And really early on, I was doing interviews and putting music underneath it. I did that. That was the style that my mentor, Keith, worked in. And I learned from him, actually.

I mean, that part of this American Life sound really comes from me working with somebody else who taught me. And then... There's this novelist, Michael Cunningham, who wrote The Hours and he's written a bunch of other books. He said this thing in an interview that I saw where I felt like, oh, he really put a thing in a way where I've never thought that.

I mean, that part of this American Life sound really comes from me working with somebody else who taught me. And then... There's this novelist, Michael Cunningham, who wrote The Hours and he's written a bunch of other books. He said this thing in an interview that I saw where I felt like, oh, he really put a thing in a way where I've never thought that.

I mean, that part of this American Life sound really comes from me working with somebody else who taught me. And then... There's this novelist, Michael Cunningham, who wrote The Hours and he's written a bunch of other books. He said this thing in an interview that I saw where I felt like, oh, he really put a thing in a way where I've never thought that.

But as soon as I read it, I was like, oh, that's definitely what I think. Where he said that he doesn't believe in talent. He said he thinks what happens is that a certain kind of person gets a sort of obsessive interest in how do I make this better. And that definitely just was, when I saw that quote, I was like, oh, that is exactly what happened to me. I wasn't that good.

But as soon as I read it, I was like, oh, that's definitely what I think. Where he said that he doesn't believe in talent. He said he thinks what happens is that a certain kind of person gets a sort of obsessive interest in how do I make this better. And that definitely just was, when I saw that quote, I was like, oh, that is exactly what happened to me. I wasn't that good.

But as soon as I read it, I was like, oh, that's definitely what I think. Where he said that he doesn't believe in talent. He said he thinks what happens is that a certain kind of person gets a sort of obsessive interest in how do I make this better. And that definitely just was, when I saw that quote, I was like, oh, that is exactly what happened to me. I wasn't that good.

Like I was a terrible writer and I was a terrible performer in the air. But like I was just very interested in the like, I can feel that this could get better. Like how do you make this better? And just that was just very interesting to me.

Like I was a terrible writer and I was a terrible performer in the air. But like I was just very interested in the like, I can feel that this could get better. Like how do you make this better? And just that was just very interesting to me.