Ira Glass started working in public radio when he was 19, as an intern at National Public Radio. Over the next 17 years he did nearly every production job they had: tape cutter, desk assistant, newscast writer, editor, producer, reporter, and substitute host. He launched This American Life, produced by Chicago Public Radio and distributed by Public Radio International, in 1995. Today, the program is heard by more than 2 million people each week. In 2001, Glass was named "Best Radio Host in America” by Time Magazine.
Yes, There Is a Baby
By Jonathan Goldstein, Alex Blumberg & Ira Glass
In the 1940s, when he was 16 years old, Myron Jones was allowed to stay up late any night of the week and hang out at bars or wherever he pleased, but his mother barely let his older sister Carol out of the house at all. So the siblings devised a plan. (more)
These Are a Few of Ira Glass's Favorite Things
By Ira Glass
Ira Glass plays and talks about radio and print journalism that has inspired him, including some surprising 1970s-era NPR documentaries which may be long forgotten by most. (more)
