This introduction originally appeared in the published version of Talk Radio.
Nothing invigorates the mass media the way reality does.
Because we know real people are involved. Talk radio shows need real people for their lifeblood. Other than a seven-second delay to screen out possible profanity, the show is essentially live. The character I play in Talk Radio is a fighter named Barry Champlain. On a talk show like Barry Champlain's, the callers are earnest and impassioned, whether they are discussing toxi-waste treatment plants or their sex lives.