I'm a big fan of editing and keeping only the interesting bits in.

That's what we Americans do when we find a place that's really special. We go there and act exactly like ourselves. And we are a bunch of fun-loving dopes.

Part of the success of This American Life, I think, is due to the fact that none of us sound like we should be on the radio. We don't sound professional; we sound like people you would know.

Radio is the playground of coincidence.

Behind every bad law, a deep fear.

That's what I like to call him, "the current president." I find it difficult to say or type his name, George W. Bush. I like to call him "the current president" because it's a hopeful phrase, implying that his administration is only temporary.

One night last summer, all the killers in my head assembled on a stage in Massachusetts to sing show tunes.