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" I'm in production year round. I work long hours. I have a dog and a wife. There's not a lot of available time for consuming any culture: T.V., movies, books. When I read, it's generally magazines, newspapers and web sites. "

Ira Glass

Culture

Time

Dog

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" I liked the people at Brown, while I really disliked most of the fellow students I had met at Northwestern. "

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" Radio is for driving. "

Ira Glass

Radio

Driving

" It took, for me, a long time to develop this idea of what to do on the radio. But from the beginning of my time in radio, I had pretty non-traditional tasks. "

Ira Glass

Long Time

Long

" I feel like, in general in my work life, my main goal has been to just be in a situation where I'm not bored with my job. That's been the entire principle. Got my wish. "

" A lot of broadcasting, I think, is doing a tremendous amount of preparation and trying to act like, 'Oh, this thought is just occurring to me right now' - and speaking sincerely. "

Ira Glass

Preparation

Doing

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Ira Glass

Excess

Giant

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" I was a temp secretary for a long time, and I went at it with a passion, and I tried to do a nice job in all my jobs. "

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Ira Glass

Jokes

School

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