Public radio audience tends to be older than the podcast audience but I don't have anything smart to say about that this American life won a P board and Peabody award in the very first year of broadcasting which is really remarkable you've won every major award there is to win in radio. In a recent interview in the Guardian you stated that you feel scared all the time well feeling scared all thetime is normal for a broadcaster right no really I don't think so I mean wow maybe they're just not being honest with me but not every broadcaster I know is scared all the times. If that's what keeps you as good as you are then so be it Keith Moon once I mean the drummer
From creativity to creative struggles and what makes or breaks a “This American Life” story, Ira Glass reflects on a career in the airwaves.