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There's a deep-seated paranoia that Americans have about not being Americans or something.

Part of the success of This American Life, I think, is due to the fact that none of us sound like we should be on the radio. We don't sound professional; we sound like people you would know.

I believe the American people have a genuine and justifiable fear of government intrusion in what they instinctively know is going to be an ever more intrusive world.

The '50s and the '70s are sort of similar in that they're both times of major paranoia in America.

Journalism talk is part of the nonstop background noise of American life.

I envy paranoids; they actually feel people are paying attention to them.

Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts.

Strange how paranoia can link up with reality now and then.

American media has just become talk radio, incredibly partisan name-calling and op-eds.