Ira Glass
@iraglass
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Not into cats.
Joined April 2008
New York’s passport office on Hudson had me out the door seven minutes after my appointment time to renew my passport and pickup time was even less. Thanks and nice job @statedept employees! Shockingly efficient.
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Our first AMA is out! Interestingly, the thing that got the most questions was the little shout-out I give to Torey Malatia at the end of each episode we do. You can hear the whole AMA - and get other bonus content! - if you sign up at https://t.co/B1aWDlWntB.
thisamericanlife.supercast.com
The economics of the podcast industry have changed, and we need your help to keep making the show. You can do that by becoming a Life Partner. What you’ll get out of the relationship: ad-free...
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Love the Wiener Circle.
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My former co-workers @BriHReed (who did S-Town) and @RobynSemien (who did '129 Cars' and a million other great TAL stories) have a brand new show! A podcast called Question Everything. As part of it they also cranked out this video of an ep I'm in. https://t.co/jYZYK7bbTm
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The director of This American Life's TV show (on Showtime, years ago) made this film and it's funny and moving and unlike anything else. I'm in it briefly (he talks abt the TV show) but I'm the smallest part of it. It's wonderful.
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Filmmaker Chris Wilcha set out to make a number of documentaries over the years. They've been melded together into one, called Flipside, which is out on demand now.
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If you're a Gen Xer, if you're a procrastinator, if you're a fan of Ira Glass, Judd Apatow, Herman Leonard, David Milch, Starlee Kine, or Uncle Floyd, you must watch "Flipside"-- Christopher Wilcha's documentary!! My NPR story: https://t.co/xPIhCzDCpU
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A ranty and self-reflective interview with @etgarkeret where he talks about the narcissism of protest, including his own, and so many other things. https://t.co/sS1NNRZbvw
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Just released - “Come Retribution” - the latest episode of @ThisAmerLife inspired by my book, “Tired of Winning”. The episode includes some remarkable interviews by people who defied Trump and now fear what will happen to them if Trump returns to power.
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NYC! After a day of being sick in bed I am up and about and thrilled to be doing a Q&A with director Chris Wilcha about his wonderful, utterly original film Flipside at 2:55 at IFC. He directed our TV show and I love his movie (which I'm in, a little). https://t.co/6tmi2AzqRg
ifccenter.com
Friday, May 31: Q&As with director Chris Wilcha moderated by Ira Glass at 6:00 and 8:30 p.m.! Saturday, June 1: Q&A with director Chris Wilcha moderated by Kelefa Sanneh at 7:35 p.m.! Sunday, June 2:...
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NYC! One of the most memorable episodes of our show was about @jonronson's book The Psychopath Test. He's doing a stage show version with updates that seems like it'll be his usual mix of incredibly fun and disturbingly thought-provoking. Sept 22!
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I love this book. A typical insight: Michael Cunningham makes the argument that "talent" isn't as important as a kind of spectrum-y obsessiveness and interest in the problem of making your work great. @penguinpress
penguinrandomhouse.com
The New York Times bestseller and one of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2024 "The gift book of the year, a volume that should have broad appeal and deliver many hours of pleasure to the recipient...
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This is the best summary anyone’s made about Donald Trump’s plans for his second term. It’s lucid, powerful and undeniable. Must-listen! Seriously.
pocketcasts.com
This is what the news should sound like. The biggest stories of our time, told by the best journalists in the world. Hosted by Michael Barbaro, Rachel Abrams and Natalie Kitroeff. Twenty minutes a...
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In my 20s I worked the overnight at NPR and wrote intros for Bob Edwards. He had a very specific wry way of delivering a funny line. Masterful. So fun to write, imagining it in his voice and then he'd nail it every time. Raising a bourbon to you today,Bob.
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Edwards, a consummate newsman, hosted NPR's morning show for more than two decades. "He sort of set the tone and the bar for all of us," says one former NPR executive.
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Yes this week for the first time ever we’re putting out an extra podcast. It’s not a full show. It’s a story about things happening right now that we worried might not hold for a few weeks, and it seemed better to get it out now.
Our producer, @chanajoffewalt, had a series of conversations with a man in Gaza over the course of one week. They're so immediate – and particular to this moment in the war in Gaza – that we're bringing them to you now, outside of our regular schedule.
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NYC! Today! I'm doing a screening and Q&A with director Chris Wilcha & his new film Flipside WHICH I AM IN. YES I AM IN A MOVIE. 2:15 Sunday! IFC Center. Chris directed our TV show. His film is completely original and funny and thoughtful and great. https://t.co/gBWjaBHsOT
docnyc.net
US PREMIERE The existential Gen-X movie we didn’t know we wanted. Chris Wilcha digs into his lived experience – career stops and starts,
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This is fascinating. A Jew in London tries to talk to his Jewish colleague in Israel about how the war looks to him – especially all the Gazan civlians being killed and maimed and blockaded – and they cannot see eye to eye. Illuminating and unusual.
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Podcast Episode · Unholy: Two Jews on the News · 07/11/2023 · 52m
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