Kai Ryssdal

I don't understand.

I don't understand.

You know what?

I'm totally serious.

I mean, please, I'm being as earnest as you're going to hear me get all afternoon.

It's the greatest job in the world.

We have fun.

It has incredible benefits that I work with great people.

You're part of the fabric of the news of the day.

You're au courant.

One of the great things is, although you and I both do special reporting, you and I both do 19 Teams meetings a day, the hard part is done when the last broadcast is done.

And for me, Pacific Time, that wraps at 8 a.m.

So I may have other stuff to do, interviews, get ready for the next day, but like 10 o'clock, I'm in, done, done, and I can go have some fun.

So it actually is a wonderful job, except, you know, they say the largest non-military air force in the world is the LAPD's helicopter squadron.

They fly over my house in mid-city, and if they get me up at 11.30...

that means I often don't fall back to sleep.

And that means you'll hear me with like three hours of sleep and I've got to get through the same day.

So, you know, all good things have to come to an end.

And we'll explain in a minute.

I'm not leaving Marketplace.