It can be heard on over 600 stations, including 89.3 KPCC, Saturdays at 2:00 p.m. Jad Abumrad is the creator and former host of Radiolab, produced and distributed by WNYC Studios. It can be heard on over 500 stations, including 89.3 KPCC, Saturdays at 3:00 p.m. Ira Glass is the host of This American Life, produced in collaboration with WBEZ Chicago, and distributed by PRX. “When I’m trying to explain our program to someone who doesn’t know it, I stammer a bunch of words like ‘entertaining,’ ‘funny,’ ‘surprising plot twists,’ ‘true stories but not boring I swear’ … and then I just give them this list.” - Ira Glass It’s all part of KPCC’s Public Radio Palooza-you knew we couldn’t possibly throw a public radio party without inviting these two.īefore the show, catch up on some of the best Radiolab and This American Life episodes: Join these public radio luminaries for their live onstage at the historic Theatre at Ace Hotel – layered with cinematic video, audio clips, original music composition, and their unique voices – about being at helm of audio journalism and podcasting, unpacking the vital importance of conversation, when to scrap a story, and how daunting it can be to try something new. and Sunday at 6 p.m.On December 10, Ira Glass and Jad Abumrad, the hosts of iconic radio programs This American Life and Radiolab, come together to take you on a journey of insight, investigation, and humanity in a way that only they can. Tune into WBFO to hear “This American Life” every Saturday at 3 p.m. Tickets for the talk are available at chq.org. The presentation Glass will give at Chautauqua Institution is called “Seven Things I’ve Learned.” He’ll discuss some of the “hard-fought” lessons he’s learned as a reporter and storyteller and, armed with an iPad, he’ll share audio and video clips-most of which have never been aired on “This American Life.” “I’m glad that other people are working in this form because I feel like radio is a really satisfying way to hear stories, and to hear emotional stories,” he said. So, does Glass listen to other people’s podcasts? Yes! He said The New York Times’ “The Daily,” “Reply All” and “Radiolab” are all favorites. It’s journalism, but with strong characters, scenes and a plot-something a lot more podcasts exist to do in 2019 than in the 1990s. Glass has long described the stories he produces for “This American Life” as being like “little movies for radio.” The show chooses a different theme each week and usually features three stories that relate to that theme. “That is not what we’re shooting for with ‘This American Life.’ We feel like we just want the stories to be things you just kind of get caught up into and want to hear what’s going to happen.” “I think there’s a certain kind of old-school public radio show that a person listens to because we feel like it will make us a better person, you know? A better citizen or more informed person,” Glass said. After working his way through more traditional programs like “Morning Edition” and “All Things Considered,” he started “This American Life” in 1995. Glass started working as an intern at the NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C., when he was 19. “The logic still seemed valid, if anything more valid, because I was working for so little money at NPR.” “He was very much against me going into radio, from the beginning, like just was dead-set against it, for the reasons that he thought he shouldn’t go into it,” Glass told WBFO. His own father, who dabbled in radio in college and then in the Army, even tried to talk him out of going into the business. It has also spun off other public radio programs and podcast series, including NPR’s “Planet Money,” “Serial” and “S-Town.”īut Glass said this enormous success has come as a surprise. “This American Life” airs on more than 500 public radio stations across the country (including WBFO) and is downloaded by another 2.5 million people around the world every week.
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