Ira Glass

Hi New Yorkers! I'm a non-actor who'll be acting with real professional actors on THURSDAY in a staged reading of my wife Susanna Fogel's newest movie - a musical that's mostly about her mom but in a few spots about her and me. Tix are just $30! Cheap! bigbangwip.com

Search Engine is replaying the episode I tell everywhere to listen to, when I try to talk them into listening to Search Engine. A completely enjoyable story by @pjvogt, with a few amazing characters and truly great plot twists. Super-fun. searchengine.show/whats-the-best…

New York’s passport office on Hudson had me out the door seven minutes after my appointment time to renew my passport and pickup time was even less. Thanks and nice job @statedept employees! Shockingly efficient.

Our first AMA is out! Interestingly, the thing that got the most questions was the little shout-out I give to Torey Malatia at the end of each episode we do. You can hear the whole AMA - and get other bonus content! - if you sign up at thisamericanlife.org/lifepartners.

Love the Wiener Circle.

My former co-workers @BriHReed (who did S-Town) and @RobynSemien (who did '129 Cars' and a million other great TAL stories) have a brand new show! A podcast called Question Everything. As part of it they also cranked out this video of an ep I'm in. youtube.com/watch?v=6UwGQ4…

Here's a link to the film - it's on Apple tv and youtube also. amazon.com/gp/video/detai…

The director of This American Life's TV show (on Showtime, years ago) made this film and it's funny and moving and unlike anything else. I'm in it briefly (he talks abt the TV show) but I'm the smallest part of it. It's wonderful. npr.org/2024/08/01/nx-…

If you're a Gen Xer, if you're a procrastinator, if you're a fan of Ira Glass, Judd Apatow, Herman Leonard, David Milch, Starlee Kine, or Uncle Floyd, you must watch "Flipside"-- Christopher Wilcha's documentary!! My NPR story: npr.org/2024/08/01/nx-…

This week's New `Yorker: newyorker.com/culture/the-ne…

Thanks for the Torey Malatia shoutout @jeopardy!

A ranty and self-reflective interview with @etgarkeret where he talks about the narcissism of protest, including his own, and so many other things. k-larevue.com/en/etgar-keret…

Massive protest in Milwaukee against the planned visit of Ira Glass. #HeIsNotWelcomeHere

Just released - “Come Retribution” - the latest episode of @ThisAmerLife inspired by my book, “Tired of Winning”. The episode includes some remarkable interviews by people who defied Trump and now fear what will happen to them if Trump returns to power. thisamericanlife.org/833/come-retri…

NYC! After a day of being sick in bed I am up and about and thrilled to be doing a Q&A with director Chris Wilcha about his wonderful, utterly original film Flipside at 2:55 at IFC. He directed our TV show and I love his movie (which I'm in, a little). ifccenter.com/films/flipside/

NYC! One of the most memorable episodes of our show was about @jonronson's book The Psychopath Test. He's doing a stage show version with updates that seems like it'll be his usual mix of incredibly fun and disturbingly thought-provoking. Sept 22! symphonyspace.org/events/vp-jon-…

I love this book. A typical insight: Michael Cunningham makes the argument that "talent" isn't as important as a kind of spectrum-y obsessiveness and interest in the problem of making your work great. @penguinpress penguinrandomhouse.com/books/669522/t…

This is the best summary anyone’s made about Donald Trump’s plans for his second term. It’s lucid, powerful and undeniable. Must-listen! Seriously. pca.st/podcast/4eb5b2…

In my 20s I worked the overnight at NPR and wrote intros for Bob Edwards. He had a very specific wry way of delivering a funny line. Masterful. So fun to write, imagining it in his voice and then he'd nail it every time. Raising a bourbon to you today,Bob. npr.org/2024/02/12/165…

Yes this week for the first time ever we’re putting out an extra podcast. It’s not a full show. It’s a story about things happening right now that we worried might not hold for a few weeks, and it seemed better to get it out now.