Radio crushes can be brutal. It’s so easy to form a picture in your mind of what this hilarious, intelligent person looks like and your brain just automatically assumes that the owner of this voice you find so enchanting is, of course, devastatingly good looking. And, in this blessed and cursed age of the Internets, it’s very easy to be proven wrong … terribly, gut-wrenchingly wrong. Ira Glass, however, bucks that trend clear over the fence.
He’s almost exactly what you’d expect—nerdy, bespectacled, looking for all the world like he’s very into small-lot, fair trade coffee—but so much more. For lack of a better description, he’s fucking adorable. Look at that face! There’s a whiff of potential for overthinking your time spent in the sack, but so what? Sometimes you want someone who’s going to do sweet things like play with your hair and be a stellar pillowtalk partner instead of conking out after you’re done.