Ira Glass at Chautauqua Institution

About

Ira Glass is the host and creator of the popular public radio program This American Life. The show is heard each week by over 2.2 million listeners on more than 500 public radio stations, with another 2.5 million downloading each podcast. Under Glass's editorial direction, This American Life has won the highest honors for broadcasting and journalistic excellence, including six Peabody awards. In 1999, the American Journalism Review declared that This American Life was “in the vanguard of a journalistic revolution.” Glass is sure to provide an evening of thought, laughter and ideas as we gather in the Amphitheater to engage with this master storyteller.