"Storytellers are concerned with the question of how to endow experience with meaning..."

Do you see yourself as a storyteller?

How do you grab the attention of one individual listener, among perhaps hundreds of thousands (and in some of the European cities in which I work, millions)?

You know that's not possible by rearranging the same 10 words in your liners, hoping to make them sound fresh.

No one hears those. Not even you.

Your job is finding the right words to endow your personal experience with meaning that resonates with those listening.

The better you are at doing that, the more often you try, I expect.

And, the better you are at doing that, the bigger and more passionately loyal your audience.

Some of you just have that gift, apparently being born with it. I hear it.

Conflict - most of us hate it and will do almost anything to avoid it. But the truth is, conflict -- struggle and desperation and the dark side of life -- is where creativity lives for many of us. If you want to connect with listeners on an emotional level (which is ...

Conflict: most of us hate it and will do almost anything to avoid it. But the truth is, conflict -- struggle and desperation and the dark side of life -- is where creativity lives for many of us. If you want to connect with listeners on an emotional level (which is ...

I've always been told that I'm a dreamer if I really expect Radio to reduce spot loads. That's ok with me. I've been called a lot worse. I understand that the biggest American consolidated radio companies have such an onerous debt burden that they would run 60 minutes ...

"No matter who you are, you need two kinds of friends in your life." "The first kind is one you can call when something good happens, and you need someone who will be excited for you. Not a fake excitement veiling envy, but a real excitement." "You need someone who ...

Jobs have been so scarce in consolidated radio that the thought of picking and choosing where you want to work might seem ludicrous. But you should be picky. The company you work for does make a difference. The station you work for -- the people you work with every ...

This is deeply emotional, especially if you have kids. So, fair warning: you may need Kleenex. Here, WATCH. You realize there are stories this powerful where you live, right? Do you try to find them? Do you try to share them on your show? Maybe you could, once ...

“Oh Lord, please don’t let me be misunderstood.” Remember that song by The Animals? It’s still relevant. One of the biggest problems with consolidated radio today is the culture of the largest companies dominating it. More similar than not, ...

Greatness is never an accident. You have to have courage to be great at anything. You have to be willing to endure spectacular failure, ignore the taunts and the finger-pointing critics, rise up, and try again. And if you do achieve greatness, you have to know more ...

This is what you’re asked to do every day at work. You start with a blank canvas, unless something earthshaking has happened overnight. But you don't really start with nothing. You start with your unique perspective on everything that happens around you. You ...