Radio Days: Ira Glass to Speak at MHC October 26

Ira Glass, host of NPR's This American Life, will discuss "Lies, Sissies, and Fiascoes: Notes on Making a New Kind of Radio" Tuesday, October 26, at 7:30 pm at Mary Woolley's Chapin Auditorium.

Ira Glass, host of National Public Radio's acclaimed series This American Life, will discuss "Lies, Sissies, and Fiascoes: Notes on Making a New Kind of Radio," Tuesday, October 26, at 7:30 pm at Mary Woolley's Chapin Auditorium. Glass, who performed at MHC last year, returns to the region for a performance to benefit WFCR, public radio for western New England.

As host and producer of This American Life, Glass has received accolades for his weekly radio program, which combines tapes, monologues, documentaries, short fiction, and musical interludes to document everyday life in this country. Each week's four-act show is built around a common theme, such as "Niagara," "Notes on [Summer] Camp," or "The Book that Changed Your Life." This American Life, produced at Chicago's public radio station, "went national" in 1996 and is currently aired on more than 300 public radio stations nationwide. WFCR airs This American Life on Sundays at 6 pm.

Glass began his radio career as an intern at National Public Radio when he was nineteen. As a reporter, he has won several awards. This American Life premiered in Chicago in 1995 and quickly won a Peabody Award before going into national distribution through Public Radio International.

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