{"id":8477,"date":"2013-03-20T16:23:36","date_gmt":"2013-03-20T20:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=8477"},"modified":"2013-03-20T16:23:36","modified_gmt":"2013-03-20T20:23:36","slug":"reinventing-radio-an-evening-with-ira-glass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2013\/03\/reinventing-radio-an-evening-with-ira-glass\/","title":{"rendered":"Reinventing Radio:  An Evening with Ira Glass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ira Glass, host and producer of the public radio show <i>This American Life, <\/i>will deliver the final lecture in the 2012-13 Hunter Lecture Series on Sunday, April 7, at the Tivoli Theatre.\u00a0 This free event will begin at 4 p.m.; doors open at 2:30 p.m.\u00a0 It is open to the public.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>For the last 17 years, <i>This American Life<\/i> has become a public radio institution that is now heard weekly by nearly two million listeners. The show takes a journalistic approach to old fashioned storytelling.<\/p>\n<p>Glass will discuss\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/benwoodfoundation.createsend1.com\/t\/r-l-oozkl-hluhjttuu-h\/\"><i>This American Life<\/i><\/a><em>,\u00a0<\/em>what makes a compelling story, where he and his staff find the amazing stories for their show, and how they try to push broadcast journalism to do things it doesn&#8217;t usually do.<\/p>\n<p>Glass is also the producer of<em> <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/benwoodfoundation.createsend1.com\/t\/r-l-oozkl-hluhjttuu-k\/\"><i>Sleepwalk With Me<\/i><\/a>, a film by Mike Birbliglia. \u00a0The film is the winner of a 2012 Audience Award at Sundance.<\/p>\n<p>Named in honor of the founder of the Benwood Foundation, the George T. 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