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Episode 159: Ira Glass

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Education, Books, Arts, News

4.71.9K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2015

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Ira Glass is the host and executive producer of This American Life. “You can only have so many questions about feelings, I think. At some point people are just like alright, enough with the feelings.” Thanks to MailChimp, EA SPORTS FIFA 16, Fracture, and FRONTLINE's "My Brother's Bomber for sponsoring this week's episode. Show Notes: @iraglass Out on the Wire (Jessica Abel • Broadway Books • 2015) [10:00] "1: New Beginnings" (This American Life • Nov 1995) [14:00] Serial [21:00] "75: Kindness of Strangers" (This American Life • Nov 1995) [27:00] Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host [28:00] "480: Human Sacrifice" (This American Life • Nov 2012) [30:00] "562: The Problem We All Live With" (Nikole Hannah-Jones • This American Life • July 2015) [31:00] "564: Too Soon" (This American Life • Aug 2015) [31:00] "565: Lower 9+10" (This American Life • Aug 2015) [35:00] "513: 129 Cars" (This American Life • Dec 2013) [53:00] Longform Podcast #124: Alex Blumberg [54:00] Conan's Farewell Speech Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:54.9

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1:25.3

gentleman hello. Hey good afternoon. Good day. Who's on the show? You guys,

1:29.6

Ira Glass? Ira Glass is on the show. You had Ira Glass to come on the show? Somehow. We got Ira Glass was on the show. Yeah, Ira Glass to come on the show.

1:33.0

So now.

1:34.5

We got Ira Glass to come on the show.

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