Ira Glass

After five years, like, basically, like, it took that long for the finances of it to be solid enough and the audience to be solid enough that it was clear, like, okay, we're going to be fine. We're not running, running, running. We're just to get this thing going.

After five years, like, basically, like, it took that long for the finances of it to be solid enough and the audience to be solid enough that it was clear, like, okay, we're going to be fine. We're not running, running, running. We're just to get this thing going.

After five years, like, basically, like, it took that long for the finances of it to be solid enough and the audience to be solid enough that it was clear, like, okay, we're going to be fine. We're not running, running, running. We're just to get this thing going.

Like, we were on hundreds of radio stations, and we had a solid audience, and we had advertising money, and we had carriage fees that stations would pay to run the show. Like, it was a financially solid, and from that point forward, the show has always been profitable every year.

Like, we were on hundreds of radio stations, and we had a solid audience, and we had advertising money, and we had carriage fees that stations would pay to run the show. Like, it was a financially solid, and from that point forward, the show has always been profitable every year.

Like, we were on hundreds of radio stations, and we had a solid audience, and we had advertising money, and we had carriage fees that stations would pay to run the show. Like, it was a financially solid, and from that point forward, the show has always been profitable every year.

No, no, it would still be like 60 or 70 hours. You know, and some weeks more.

No, no, it would still be like 60 or 70 hours. You know, and some weeks more.

No, no, it would still be like 60 or 70 hours. You know, and some weeks more.

Yeah. Like, why make something if it's not going to be special? Like, why bother if you're not going to try to make it, like, this is going to be amazing. If it's not going to be amazing, the world has enough stuff that's meh that you don't need to bother. Which is why, in retrospect, it's so disappointing to look back at, like, the percentage that are just kind of like, that was fine.

Yeah. Like, why make something if it's not going to be special? Like, why bother if you're not going to try to make it, like, this is going to be amazing. If it's not going to be amazing, the world has enough stuff that's meh that you don't need to bother. Which is why, in retrospect, it's so disappointing to look back at, like, the percentage that are just kind of like, that was fine.

Yeah. Like, why make something if it's not going to be special? Like, why bother if you're not going to try to make it, like, this is going to be amazing. If it's not going to be amazing, the world has enough stuff that's meh that you don't need to bother. Which is why, in retrospect, it's so disappointing to look back at, like, the percentage that are just kind of like, that was fine.

That was fine. There's one good story in there.

That was fine. There's one good story in there.

That was fine. There's one good story in there.

Recently? Yeah. Yes. And it's more just like do I continue doing it? Like I don't retrospectively regret any of it, but it's more just like should I keep doing this or should I find something else to do? And the math of that particular question is, I'm better at doing this than I am at probably anything else I would come up with, at least right away.

Recently? Yeah. Yes. And it's more just like do I continue doing it? Like I don't retrospectively regret any of it, but it's more just like should I keep doing this or should I find something else to do? And the math of that particular question is, I'm better at doing this than I am at probably anything else I would come up with, at least right away.

Recently? Yeah. Yes. And it's more just like do I continue doing it? Like I don't retrospectively regret any of it, but it's more just like should I keep doing this or should I find something else to do? And the math of that particular question is, I'm better at doing this than I am at probably anything else I would come up with, at least right away.

I've been practicing this one, so I can do this one well. And honestly, I went to the trouble with a bunch of people to get this show to the point where millions of people hear it each week. That's a hard thing to turn your back on. It's funded, it's stable, millions of people hear it every week. To turn your back on that, nobody gets that. Do you know what I mean?

I've been practicing this one, so I can do this one well. And honestly, I went to the trouble with a bunch of people to get this show to the point where millions of people hear it each week. That's a hard thing to turn your back on. It's funded, it's stable, millions of people hear it every week. To turn your back on that, nobody gets that. Do you know what I mean?