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Ira Glass (Host & Producer of Public Radio's This American Life):
Date : Sat. Mar. 24, 2007 7:30pm, Contact : (734)487-2282
Ira Glass is the host and producer of the public radio program This American Life. The show had its premiere on Chicago 's public radio station WBEZ in late 1995 and is now heard on more than 500 public radio stations each week by over 1.7 million listeners. This American Life can be heard locally on WEMU 89.1 on Saturday mornings at 10 a.m.
Under Glass's editorial direction, This American Life has won the highest honors for broadcasting and journalistic excellence, including the Peabody and DuPont-Columbia awards, as well as the Edward R. Murrow and the Overseas Press Club awards. The American Journalism Review declared that the show is "at the vanguard of a journalistic revolution." It has won critical acclaim and attracted continuous national media attention over the years. In 2001, Time magazine named Glass "Best Radio Host in America."
This event is made possible through the generous support of:
- Bank of Ann Arbor - Ypsilanti Office
- Eastern Michigan University Library
- Friends of the Eastern Michigan University Library
- Friends of the Ypsilanti District Library
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