I remember when I first got married, there was a certain amount of internet traffic on the subject of, "Who is this beard who is allegedly married to Ira Glass? Obviously, he's gay."

I think good radio often uses the techniques of fiction: characters, scenes, a big urgent emotional question. And as in the best fiction, tone counts for a lot.

I didnt have any particular talent for fiction. I took a class in college.

It's not a terribly original thing to say, but I love Raymond Carver. For one thing, he's fun to read out loud.

I 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.

Great stories happen to those who can tell them.

Just when did I get to the point when staying at a hotel wasn't fun?