The Sound of Young America: Ira Glass of This American Life

15th November 2007

Ira Glass is the host of Public Radio International’s This American Life, as well as the television version of the program, which airs on Showtime. He also edited the book “The New Kings of Nonfiction,” which collects some of the best magazine-style reportage of the last fifteen years or so.Please share your thoughts on this […]

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Ira Glass is the host of Public Radio International’s This American Life, as well as the television version of the program, which airs on Showtime. He also edited the book “The New Kings of Nonfiction,” which collects some of the best magazine-style reportage of the last fifteen years or so.

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