Lensic presents
Ira Glass:
Seven Things I've Learned, November 2, 2024 7:30 PM

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November 2, 2024 7:30 PM

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Lensic presents
Ira Glass:
Seven Things I've Learned

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Ira Glass is the creator, producer & host of This American Life, the iconic weekly public radio program with millions of listeners around the world. Using audio clips, music, and video, Ira Glass delivers a unique talk followed by a Q&A. He shares lessons from his life and career in storytelling: What inspires him to create? What drives his passion? How have failures and successes informed his decisions? During his presentation, Ira Glass will mix stories live onstage and help his audience better follow the creative process of one of our foremost storytellers.

Glass began his career as an intern at National Public Radio's network headquarters in Washington, DC in 1978, when he was nineteen years old. He is the host and creator of This American Life, which he first put on the air in 1995. The show is heard each week by over 5 million listeners. He also served as an editor for the groundbreaking podcasts Serial, S-Town, and Nice White Parents.

Under Glass's editorial direction, This American Life has won the highest honors for broadcasting and journalistic excellence, including seven Peabody awards and the first Pulitzer Prize ever awarded for audio journalism. In 2021, This American Life episode ‘The Giant Pool of Money’ was inducted into the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry, the first podcast ever so honored.

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