(Walker) contradicted himself in that very meeting, |
[Edwards was set to interview Simon on April 25 when NPR execs abruptly informed Simon that he had to cancel.] Mine is the only program that Scott is banned from being on, ... He can do all other media outlets. |
A little learning is a dangerous thing, but a lot of ignorance is just as bad. |
Good things just keep happening. |
He was our founder, our leader, in radio at the outbreak of the war and again on television. He demonstrated how powerful the broadcast media could be. |
I bet it has been 15 years. Those times are gone. |
I can do whatever I want to. I'm completely independent. NPR over the years began taking itself enormously seriously -- as it should. In the end I was so micromanaged that they were telling me how to pronounce syllables of words. |
I don't know that anybody really knows what our water situation is here, and I think that's really frightening. |
I met (Franklin) Roosevelt once on the back of a train, |
I should be able to get by on that money until my friend wires me some more cash. |
I was talking to a Jesuit priest named Father Greg Boyle the other day, ... He works with Latino gangs in Los Angeles. He gets them jobs and counseling and gets doctors to do tattoo removal for free. This is a wonderful man doing fabulous work. It was the best interview that I have ever done, and was the best program that I have ever done, and it was just last week. |
If you walk in and say that we want you to hire ex-felons ... the answer is probably 'no,' ... But when you get them here and they are seeing them face-to-face, they're seeing them as human beings. And that breaks it down, and some real positive things can happen. |
If you want anything done well, do it yourself. This is why most people laugh at their own jokes. |
In his show, 'See It Now,' he took on the Cold War, McCarthy, polio, Korea, the rebuilding of Europe, the health effects of smoking 10 years before anybody else did. He was way ahead of everybody. It is somewhat ironic that he founded the magazine shows, but when he did them they were addressing the principal and most controversial news stories of the time. Now those same types of shows focus on crime and celebrities, or promote the network's sitcoms by interviewing starlets. |
It has a lot of historic value, a lot of sentimental value. |