Don't wait till you're older, or in some better job than you have now. Don't wait for anything. Don't wait till some magical...idea drops into your lap. That's not where ideas come from. Go looking for an idea and it'll show up. Begin now.

But sadly, one of the problems with being on public radio is that people tend to think you're being sincere all the time.

For people starting public radio shows, one of the things you have to do is you have to talk every single public radio station into picking you up.

...uncorny, human sized drama

I can only control what I can control.

Brad Pitt is really game to talk about whatever and is really fun to talk to and was totally up for discussing anything.

One reason I do the live shows - and the monthly speeches at public radio stations - is to remind myself that people hear the show, that it has an audience, that it exists in the world. It's so easy to forget that.