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Archive for the ‘Ira Glass’ Category

May 17th, 2008

Ira Glass answers questions from Time readers

The 10 Questions feature with Ira Glass is out and available for iTunes download. If you’d rather read it, here’s a transcript. I found it clever and self-deprecating, which seems to be Mr. Glass’ MO. He’s booked as a guest on Late Night with Conan O’Brien May 23, should you wish to hear more of […]

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May 14th, 2008

Blogger buzz: This American Life

Now that the second season of Ira Glass’ terrific series This American Life is in full swing on Showtime, the blogosphere has come alive with commentary. I’ve already raved about eps 1 and 2, but check out what others have to say:
Kiki at Cold Sake says the show might cure her aversion to all things […]

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May 4th, 2008

Ira Glass, reimagined as a professional wrestler

In honor of This American Life’s second season debut, Time Out New York asked host Ira Glass a bunch of wacky questions, from pizza to politics to Glass’ feelings about being named one of America’s sexiest guys by Salon.com.
By far the best answer Glass gave was in a segue from a question about his live […]

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May 1st, 2008

Review: Season 2 of This American Life — magic in storytelling

It’s a testament to the clarity of vision behind This American Life that, regardless of the theme for each episode, viewers and/or listeners stick with the program from start to finish. Just a few episodes into Season 2, I’m hooked.
Showtime sent me eps 1 and 2, which I watched last night (the series premiere is […]

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April 29th, 2008

Ira Glass’ storytelling genius, revealed

A reminder, to those This American Life fans out there: On Thursday, Ira Glass and co. will broadcast their live version of the show in a simulcast to movie theaters all over the country.
In advance of the event, DCist has a terrific piece about Glass and his approach to storytelling.
The point Glass makes is that […]

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