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Where do ideas come from' Ideas come from other ideas. Ira Glass

is able to be broken down into two distinct subcultures: Book jews and money jews.

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

is different than fiction in that fiction, even mediocre fiction, needs purpose, a driving question... radio does not.

Where radio is different than fiction is that even mediocre fiction needs purpose, a driving question. Ira Glass

is good for making somebody else's experience because when you don't see someone, but you hear them talking, it is like they are talking from the heart.

The radio is good for taking somebody else's experience and making you understand what it would be like. Because when you don't see someone, but you hear them talking - and, uh, that is what radio is all about - it's like when someone is talking from the heart. Everything about it conspires to take you into somebody else's world. Ira Glass

is unlike fiction, in that one can make good radio, interesting radio, great radio even, without an urgent question, a burning issue at stake.

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

is a machine for empathy. In contrast to logic or reason, a story is about emotion that gets staged over a sequence of dramatic moments, so you empathize with the characters without really thinking about it too much. It is a really powerful tool for imagining yourself in other people's situations.

The story is a machine for empathy. In contrast to logic or reason, a story is about emotion that gets staged over a sequence of dramatic moments, so you empathize with the characters without really thinking about it too much. It is a really powerful tool for imagining yourself in other people's situations. Ira Glass

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