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Catch a glimpse of Ira Glass for slice of This American Life
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Elgin Courier News | 10/10/2008
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Throughout the past 13 years, Glass and his crew members have been
brewing up real-life stories that have been taking the nation by storm.
To date, radio listeners and podcasters are brimming at more than 2
million strong.
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Daring to Say Loans Made No Sense
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New York Times | 9/28/2008
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Alex Blumberg, a producer at This American Life, a public radio show
that specializes in old-fashioned storytelling about local slices of
Americana, has never owned a house or had a mortgage, let alone covered
the financial industry. Nonetheless, he was fascinated as he watched
the subprime mess unfold.
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This American Life: The First Season
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The Washington Times | 9/19/2008
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Showtime's adaptation of the long-running public-radio program
features more than a dozen short, quirky vignettes, artfully filmed and
tightly edited, about ordinary Americans who triumph — and sometimes
fail — in their one-of-a-kind experiences, which are told through
personal narratives.
Paramount, $19.99.
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10 Questions for Ira Glass
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Time | 5/15/2008
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For 13 years he has hosted the documentary series This American Life on
public radio. The television version is currently in its second season
on Showtime. Ira Glass will now take your questions.
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Hot Seat: Ira Glass
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TimeOut New York | 4/30/2008
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Just in time for both a live staging of This American Life on
Thursday 1 (which will be beamed to movie theaters around the country)
and the television show’s second-season premiere on Sunday 4, we talked
to Glass about some of America’s favorite things: pizza, politics and
professional wrestling.
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'American Life' at the movies
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Chicago Sun-Times | 4/25/2008
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Glass' popular public radio show, This American Life, has entered the
American consciousness in a big way with live tours, a Showtime series
and podcasts. And now, thanks to inspiration from the Metropolitan
Opera's series of live cinema simulcasts, it's heading to the big
screen for a one-night-only event.
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Empathy Is What Makes Us Sane: Ira Glass @ Lisner Auditorium
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DCist | 4/15/2008
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Twelve-and-a-half years after it first began airing locally on Chicago’s WBEZ, This American Life has an estimated 1.7
million listeners tuning in to hear the show on one of the more than
500 public radio stations that carry it each weekend.
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'This American Life' on the Big Screen
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Associated Press | 4/4/2008
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Public radio's This American Life expanded into TV a year ago. Now
fans are invited to get a sneak peek at its new Showtime season
straight from host Ira Glass, who's appearing live on the big screens
of 300 theaters next month.
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On the airs
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Style Weekly | 1/30/2008
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This American Life host Ira Glass
packages the dramedy of human life for the incompatible masses of radio
and television.
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