Kai Ryssdal

Yeah, that surprised me because I think our show was a slow build.

We kind of came out of nowhere and a lot of it was word of mouth and a lot of it was word of mouth from the healthcare professionals.

And if anyone embraced the show, that's who we wanted because that's who it was sort of meant for and dedicated to.

And if we can do well by them, then half our job is done.

Working on season three now.

You're going to start writing.

It's going to start shooting soon enough, I suppose.

June 11th, I think.

Are you going to ride this for a while?

Oh, yeah.

I mean, I was on my last show for 14 seasons.

For me, part of my job, I think a very important part of my job is to keep a show on the air as long as possible, to keep people employed for as long as they want to work.

And so I stay with the job until they turn the lights out.

Talk to me about that ecosystem, right?

Because this show now and you and Wells and Noel Wiley are kind of economic engines.

You're kind of economic drivers, right, of the whole infrastructure of the show.

Yeah.

You think about that?

Sometimes.

I focus mostly on the storytelling.