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A Conversation With Ira Glass

Ira Glass
Ira Glass

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Ira Glass This American Life host Ira Glass visits Charlotte on Sunday as part of WFAE's 30th anniversary celebration. He'll be at the Blumenthal's Belk Theater at 7 p.m. WFAE's Scott Graf spoke to Glass about what the audience can expect, and the effect This American Life has had on public radio. Ira Glass Discusses Georgia Story That Evoked Judge's Ire "For a long time, one of our big problems in getting stations to pick up the show was to simply explain to them what we were doing," Glass recalls. In fact, NPR rejected the show for distribution. NPR's loss turned into Public Radio International's gain.