My job is to educate. I'm just thrilled that this show is entertaining as well, because that's what keeps people interested.

Going from academic person to TV host has been fun and exhausting at the same time.

Never take advice from someone who is swift to speak and slow to listen, or swift to listen and slow to speak.

Some people aren't sure what to make of it,

Don is interested in real people who are damaged and flawed and not always likable the first minute you meet them, ... Then, getting to know them, you begin to understand them -- that's what he's interested in, and so am I.

connect with more people on a larger scale.