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This American Life airs on Chicago Public Radio Fridays at 7pm and Saturday at 12pm.
One of the most critically-acclaimed programs in all of radio, Chicago Public Radio’s Ira Glass presents documentaries, essays and narrative exploring everyday life. Each week, we choose a theme, on which writers and performers share stories in a variety of styles.
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Stories Pitched By Our Parents
Almost all the producers at This American Life have had the same experience: We've been pitched stories by our parents. In the past, we've invariably rejected these story ideas—either out of petulance, or because the idea was too big, or too small, or simply terrible. But this week, for our 400th episode, we pay our parents the respect they are due: Each producer solicited ideas from a parent, and chose one idea to pursue, lousy or not. Then, once we hear each other's stories, we vote on whose story turned out..."best." Brilliant concept, or nepotistic folly? Find out this week. |
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Ira Glass
Host and Executive Producer, This American Life
Ira Glass started working in public radio in 1978 when he was 19, as an intern at National Public Radio's Washington Headquarters. Over the course of the next 17 years, he worked on nearly every NPR news show, and did nearly every production job they had: he was a tape cutter, desk assistant, newscast writer, editor, producer, reporter and substitute host.
He moved to Chicago in 1989. From there, he did several documentary series about public schools and about race relations for NPR. One followed a group of sophomores at Lincoln Park High School over a span of three years. Another documented school reform at Taft High School for a year. Yet another tracked life at Washington Irving Elementary School for a year.
This American Life went on the air in November of 1995.
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