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Dec 2018
52m 15s

Ira Glass: The Man Who Launched a Thousa...

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About this episode
In November 1995, Ira Glass quietly launched the first episode of This American Life. The rest, as they say, is history. Today his show is a colossal success and Ira Glass is a household name. But in the intervening two decades, Ira has left an indelible mark on the industry by helping to shape hundreds of podcasts and as well as hundreds of podcasters—inclu ... Show More
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