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

Purpose, Driving, Fiction, Needs

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

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

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