But you can make good radio, interesting radio, great radio even, without an urgent question, a burning issue at stake.
Ira GlassWe're Jews, my family, and Jews break down into two distinct subcultures: book Jews and money Jews. We were money Jews.
Ira GlassThe entire culture was organized for people who are happy. People who are miserable need reassurance that other people are miserable.
Ira GlassI remember clearly that when I was little it was explained to me [that] the way that babies were made was that God put the baby into some lady's stomach, right? And, at some point, I learned how it really happened, and really that was the beginning of the end of my belief in God. Up until that point, it had always been a really weird act of intervention on God's part.
Ira Glass