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Article: This Glass is half full: Ira Glass, the host of public radio's ridiculously popular This American Life, is taking his show to a whole new arena--television. Will his 1.7 million weekly listerers follow? Stay tuned.(Interview)
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- American Jewish Life Magazine
- Article date:
- March 1, 2007
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He may lack the authoritative, enunciated intonations of an old schoolbroadcaster, but Ira Glass has one of the most familiar voices in radio. As the host and creator of the Peabody Award-winning public radio program This American Life, now carried on 500 stations nationwide, he has captivated listeners since 1995, now reaching an audience of 1.7 million plus many more who regularly download the show's podcasts. The irony is not lost on Glass.
"I have an utterly average voice. It's just sheer repetition that makes it sound like it belongs on the radio. If you compare my voice with a really great radio announcer, I'm just a whiny Jew," he self-deprecatingly tells ...