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Ira Glass

Ira Glass. Sarah Benson May 9, 2007. Early days. Born in Baltimore, 1959 Father was a radio producer Studied semiotics at Brown University Interned at NPR. A career in radio. Tape cutter, reporter, producer Morning Edition Talk of the Nation All Things Considered

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Ira Glass

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  1. Ira Glass Sarah Benson May 9, 2007

  2. Early days • Born in Baltimore, 1959 • Father was a radio producer • Studied semiotics at Brown University • Interned at NPR

  3. A career in radio • Tape cutter, reporter, producer • Morning Edition • Talk of the Nation • All Things Considered • Bad at radio (at first)

  4. This American Life • Premiered Nov. 17, 1995 • On WBEZ Chicago • Consisted of interviews, first-person stories, written short stories all related to new theme each week • Usually in 3 or 4 “acts” • Glass hosted and produced each show • First season cost $243,000

  5. So what’s the show about?YouTube - This American Life with Ira Glass: It's A Wrap Montage

  6. Glass makes radio hip • By 1996, aired on 509 stations • 1.7 million listeners per week • Won Peabody Award in 1996 • Glass is the “hipster know-it-all” behind radio’s rebirth • Attracts younger audience • Glass brings in $$$ for NPR

  7. Notable voices on TAL • David Sedaris • Discovered by Glass • Formerly a Christmas elf • Now a well-established writer, satirist • Quirky voice, writing style

  8. Notable voices on TAL Sarah Vowell • Oklahoma native • Part Cherokee Indian • A new kind of radio voice? • Injects satire into history

  9. Glass becomes a cult hero • Revamped “the story” • Informal radio voice • Innovative use of music • Tackling heavy issues • Guantanamo Bay • Civilian casualties in Iraq • The existence of hell

  10. Radio in the 21st Century • Free weekly podcast • Myspace • Facebook • ThisAmericanLife.org • New audience? • And, of course…

  11. The television show

  12. Ira’s contribution to radio • Introduced public radio to new audience • Made radio more personal, informal • Took the medium into the 21st century • Expanded into other mediums successfully • And became {almost} a household name doing it.

  13. Works cited • Biography information: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_glass • This American Life info/history: www.thisamericanlife.org • Ira Glass on This American Life: Mother Jones. http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/1998/08/glass.html?welcome=true • New York Times Magazine Interview with Glass http://www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/home/041199sella.html • NPR interview about Glass’s early days: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5066122 • Ira Glass’s manifesto (about telling a good story, early days in radio, radio in general) http://www.transom.org/guests/review/200406.review.glass1.html • Time Magazine’s David Mamet says Glass is reinventing radio http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/americasbest/pro.iglass.html • The A.V. club interview: About Glass, the “best radio host on the air” http://www.avclub.com/content/node/22575 • Chicago Life article all about the TAL TV show: http://chicagolife.net/content/media/Ira_Glass_Goes_Electric

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