Harry Shearer

Host/producer Le Show

Ruth was a towering figure in public radio, embracing a breadth of subject matter and styles that, frankly, does not seem possible any more.  She imagined a listener who was endlessly curious, open to a wide range of opinions and musics, and worked tirelessly to satisfy that listener.   

She once told me, "I don't listen to your show, so I avoid the possibility of getting mad."  That was the single smartest thing anyone in management ever said to me.

She gathered a large and always surprising group of smart and talented people to the station, and, through high times and low, made the little basement a stimulating place to be.    There will not be one like her again.