Ira Glass is the host and executive producer of This American Life.

“You can only have so many questions about feelings, I think. At some point people are just like alright, enough with the feelings.”

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Show Notes:

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Out on the Wire (Jessica Abel • Broadway Books • 2015)

[10:00] "1: New Beginnings" (This American Life • Nov 1995)

[14:00] Serial

[21:00] "75: Kindness of Strangers" (This American Life • Nov 1995)

[27:00] Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host

[28:00] "480: Human Sacrifice" (This American Life • Nov 2012)

[30:00] "562: The Problem We All Live With" (Nikole Hannah-Jones • This American Life • July 2015)

[31:00] "564: Too Soon" (This American Life • Aug 2015)

[31:00] "565: Lower 9+10" (This American Life • Aug 2015)

[35:00] "513: 129 Cars" (This American Life • Dec 2013)

[53:00] Longform Podcast #124: Alex Blumberg

[54:00] Conan's Farewell Speech

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