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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.

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We're Jews, my family, and Jews break down into two distinct subcultures: book Jews and money Jews. We were money Jews.

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

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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.

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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.

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When I say something untrue on the air, I mean for it to be transparently untrue. I assume people know when I'm just saying something for effect. Or to be funny.

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Any story hits you harder if the person delivering it doesn't sound like some news robot but in fact sounds like a real person having the reactions a real person would.

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I am mostly a pretty worried person. In conversations, I am always worried about what to say.

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I don't take care of my voice at all, which is one reason that I sound as bad as I do.

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If you want somebody to tell you a story, one of the most easiest and effective ways is if you're telling them a story.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: March 3rd, 1959

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