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

The entire culture was organized for people who are happy. People who are miserable need reassurance that other people are miserable.

I played no sports well. Because I was a boy in the United States Of America, I was forced into Little League and played horrible Little League baseball, and played football and basketball in school situations where I was forced to.

In some theoretical way I know that a half-million people hear the show. But in a day-to-day way, there's not much evidence of it.

It takes a while. It's gonna take you a while. It's normal to take a while. You just have to fight your way through that.

But you can make good radio, interesting radio, great radio even, without an urgent question, a burning issue at stake.

The most important possible thing you can do is do a lot of work.