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Profile of Ira Glass
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Ira Glass |
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3rd March 1959 |
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Baltimore, Maryland, USA |
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Writer |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Ira Glass was born March 3, 1959 in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of radio announcer/accountant Barry Glass and psychologist/infidelity researcher Shirley Glass and 2nd cousin to the composer Philip Glass. He attended Brown University, where he majored in semiotics.
Glass has worked in public radio for over 20 years. He started out as an intern at National Public Radio. He was a reporter and host on several NPR programs, including Morning Edition and All Things Considered.
Since 1994 he is host and producer of the radio show, This American Life, from WBEZ. The show went national in June 1996 and is distributed by Public Radio International. It reaches over 1.6 million listeners weekly.
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