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Ira Glass

Ira Glass is the host and creator of “This American Life,” the popular public radio program. The show is heard each week by over five million listeners on public radio stations and the podcast. Glass began his career as an intern at National Public Radio’s network headquarters in Washington, D.C. in 1978. He worked on NPR’s daily news shows until he put “This American Life” on the air in 1995. Under Glass’s editorial direction, “This American Life” has won the highest honors for broadcasting and journalistic excellence, including seven Peabody awards and the first Pulitzer Prize ever awarded for audio journalism.

  1. ‘Serial’: Season 1

    “Serial” is a podcast from the creators of “This American Life," hosted by Sarah Koenig. “Serial” tells one story — a true story — over the course of a season.

    By Serial Productions

     

  2. ‘Serial’: Season 2

    “Serial” is a podcast from the creators of “This American Life," hosted by Sarah Koenig. “Serial” tells one story — a true story — over the course of a season.

    By Serial Productions

     

  3. The Improvement Association, Chapter Five: ‘Democrat, Republican, White, Black, Green’

    The Bladen Improvement PAC faces a new challenge — but how new is it really?

    By Zoe Chace, Nancy Updike, Amy Pedulla, Julie Snyder, Sarah Koenig, Neil Drumming, Ira Glass, Kwame Brandt-Pierce and Phoebe Wang

     

  4. The Improvement Association, Chapter Four: ‘Let Them Pull the Red Wagon’

    Everyone hopes everyone else is learning a lesson. They aren’t.

    By Zoe Chace, Nancy Updike, Amy Pedulla, Julie Snyder, Sarah Koenig, Neil Drumming, Ira Glass, Kwame Brandt-Pierce and Phoebe Wang

     

  5. The Improvement Association, Chapter Three: The Ballad of the Nursing Home Ballots

    Which stories stick?

    By Zoe Chace, Nancy Updike, Amy Pedulla, Julie Snyder, Sarah Koenig, Neil Drumming, Ira Glass, Kwame Brandt-Pierce and Phoebe Wang

     

  6. The Improvement Association, Chapter Two: ‘Where Is Your Choice?’

    Suspicion breeds suspicion in Bladen County.

    By Zoe Chace, Nancy Updike, Amy Pedulla, Julie Snyder, Sarah Koenig, Neil Drumming, Ira Glass, Kwame Brandt-Pierce and Phoebe Wang

     

  7. The Improvement Association, Chapter One: ‘The Big Shadoo’

    Who's been cheating in Bladen County?

    By Zoe Chace, Nancy Updike, Amy Pedulla, Julie Snyder, Sarah Koenig, Neil Drumming, Ira Glass, Kwame Brandt-Pierce and Phoebe Wang

     

  8. Introducing: The Improvement Association

    A true story about election fraud.

    By Zoe Chace, Nancy Updike, Amy Pedulla, Julie Snyder, Sarah Koenig, Neil Drumming, Ira Glass, Kwame Brandt-Pierce and Phoebe Wang

     

  9. Listen

    The Best of ‘This American Life’: 25th Anniversary Episodes

    The show pioneered a new form of audio narrative journalism. Listen to some classics selected by the show’s host, Ira Glass.

    By Ira Glass

     

  10. 7 Great ‘This American Life’ Episodes for Thanksgiving

    From family mysteries and Native American history to stories that delight, here’s what the show’s host, Ira Glass, recommends to get you through the week.

    By Ira Glass