Press and Interesting Links

Below find TAL press and miscellany that's on the Web. If you're aware of an article or feature we haven't linked, or if any of these links have changed (it's hard to keep up), let us know. Thanks.

In The New York Times Magazine,A remembrance written by Ira Glass about his mom, Dr. Shirley Glass, part of the Magazine's annual year-end section, The Lives They Lived. December 28, 2003.

In Current (the trade publication for public broadcasters), Hollywood finds kernels for movies in This American Life, by Mike Janssen. September 22, 2003.

In Teen Ink (Interviews written by teens), an interview with Ira Glass, by Rosemary H. and Blair H., September, 2003.

In Say What (a magazine written and edited by high school and college-aged kids at Young Chicago Authors), an interview with Ira Glass. The interviewer, Emily Rabkin, is seventeen. Fall, 2003.

In Current (the trade publication for public broadcasters), This American Life negotiates "first-look" deal with Warner Brothers," by Mike Janssen. September 2, 2002.

In On the Page magazine, Ira Glass talks about adult adolescence: A Conversation with Ira Glass, by Zoe Francesca. Summer, 2001.

In Resonance Magazine, a print and RealAudio interview with Ira Glass: Radio Active Ira Glass & This American Life make journalism's most antiquated medium fun again, by Dan Eldridge. June, 2001.

In Time Magazine, Ira Glass is named America's best radio host, with a profile written by David Mamet. June, 2001.

In Business Week Online, a piece describing the show: Tuning In to the Voices of America,by Thane Peterson, April 3, 2001.

On the New York Times website, a review of our live shows: Now on Video, Briefly Back From the Dead to Give Mourners Some Advice. By Julie Salamon, December 29, 2000.

In Chicago's New City, an article on the show: Radioheads. By Margaret Wappler, December 12, 2000.

At CreativePro.com: a review of the show and this website,"DasBot: Content, content uber alles." By Eric Stone. December 3, 1999.

At Sojourners Magazine: Fearless Curiosity--The Irreverent offerings of This American Life (a review of the show). By Kari Jo Verhulst. September - October 1999.

At Horizon Magazine: Ira Glass: A Cure for the Common Radio. By William Upski Wimsatt, September 1, 1999 (this piece in three parts).

In the American Journalism Review: It's a Wonderful Life - This American Life, Ira Glass' innovative public radio program,is in the vanguard of a journalistic revolution.By Marc Fisher. July/August 1999. Reproduced on our site with AJR and Fisher's kind permission.

At Slate: Ira Glass' Television Diaries<. Ira details a trip to Los Angeles to pitch a television version of This American Life. Featured at Slate the week of June 6, 1999.

In the New York Times Sunday Magazine: a profile of Ira Glass and the show, The Glow at the End of the Dial.By Marshall Sella, with photography by Amy Arbus. April 11, 1999.

In The Nation: a commentary on the show by Bill McKibben, November 24, 1997. Reprinted with permission, this appears on our About the show page.

In Current: Mo' Better Radio: For Ira Glass, it means surprises, empathy, fun--in 45-second stanzas. The trade newspaper of public broadcasting, which is called Current, published what amounts to a manifesto explaining how to produce a show like This American Life. It's the transcript of a lecture Ira gave in Minnesota in February '98, and the basis for the "How To Make Radio" appearances he makes in many cities.

In Salon Magazine: It takes vision to make good radio: tales from This American Life. By Julia Barton. July 1997.

In Current, the public broadcasting trade publication:This American Life. If you love this show, you really love it. By Jacqueline Conciatore. June 2, 1997.