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Ira Glass Of 'This American Life' Gets Inside Real People's Lives
3/22/2009
When the radio program This American Life first aired in 1995, it featured quirky, thought-provoking nonfiction stories, like the one about a girl who grew up on a turkey farm.
Defogging the Economic Crisis
3/10/2009
In February, for the third time in a year, This American Life's producers departed from the usual format to tackle the daunting challenge of explaining the global financial crisis to an increasingly perplexed public.
Glass’ house: Host brings radio to Paramount stage
2/2/2009
If you’re looking for an epiphany– like the kind radio listeners hear on the documentary program This American Life every week– in the story of how host Ira Glass came to be in radio, you won’t find it.
Interview with Ira Glass
1/28/2009
A lot has changed for This American Life host Ira Glass in the last few years.
This American treasure
1/27/2009
The king of American public radio, Ira Glass, sounds on first hearing like an amateur who doesn't know much about broadcasting.
'This American Life' repeats at doc awards
11/23/2008
For the second straight year, Ira Glass' series This American Life has won the International Documentary Association prize for best continuing series.
Documentaries draw IDA nominations
10/28/2008
Contenders in the continuing series heat are Showtime's This American Life and PBS' Nova, American Masters and Wide Angle.
The Financial Crisis And You: Planet Money on Crisis Basics
10/15/2008
Alex Blumberg of Planet Money and This American Life was online Wednesday, Oct. 15 at 11 a.m. ET to offer some "Crisis 101" explanations about the current state of the economy and takes your questions about the proposals to improve the situation.
Catch a glimpse of Ira Glass for slice of This American Life
10/10/2008
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.
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Economy but Were Too Dumb to Understand
10/9/2008
Go over to the This American Life website and download their newest episode Another Frightening Show About the Economy.
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