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Ira Glass &
David rakoff
OHIO THEATER | 10.24.07 | 7:30 PM

Ira Glass producer and host of NPR’s "This American Life" and David Rakoff, humorist and essayist, will recreate the popular radio show and share insights about the program.

You won't want to miss this great opportunity to see and hear them together as we raise the curtain on the 2007-2008 season. The appearance of Mr. Glass and Mr. Rackoff is made possible through Cuyahoga County Public Library.
 
 
 
 
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ira glass

Ira Glass did radio his way - and changed radio. Highlights of Glass's life from Biography Resource Center, a library subscription database.

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This American Life .
New to This American Life? Start here with their list of favorite shows.
A long time fan? Click on the link for "Episode Archive" and look up your favorites from 1995 through last weekend.
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It's Showtime for Ira Glass, "This American Life " .

Terry Gross, of National Public Radio's Fresh Air, interviews Glass in February 2007 about the TV premiere of This American Life.
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This Glass is Half Full .
Glass talks to American Jewish Life Magazine (March/April 2007) about the new TV show, touching on his childhood, his new wife, and his atheism.
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Ira Glass Talks about Chickens, Karen Davis, Going Veg .
Ira Glass on Late Show with David Letterman (April 24, 2007). Glass entertains Letterman with the story of how a close encounter with a "poultry advocacy group" led to his becoming a vegetarian.
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This American Life Season 1 .
Watch episode one online and excerpts of the rest of This American Life's first season on Showtime.
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My Dad & Me .

A Heartwarming Collection of Stories About Fathers
from a Host of Larry's Famous Friends

by Larry King

Includes story about Ira Glass and his father.
     
 
 
 
 
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Intrerview with Terry Gross .
David Rakoff: Essayist, Mountaineer, 'Comic Saint.'
Terry Gross, of National Public Radio's Fresh Air, interviews Rakoff in 2001 about his first book, Fraud.
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Bookstore Interview about Fraud .

"David Rakoff Exposed"
Rakoff tells the stories behind the stories in Fraud in this candid 2002 interview from Powells Bookstore in Portland, OR. On his weeklong stay at a survival camp: "When we carved the little components of our fire-making kits, mine was the nicest. I was the art fag at wilderness camp."
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Gravitas
Rakoff describes his visit to a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon in this video excerpt based on his second book, Don't Get Too Comfortable. Video (4 minutes)
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Daily Show Interview .
The Daily Show with David Rakoff
Rakoff entertains Jon Stewart with his hilarious take on conservative cultural organizations. With dual Canadian-American citizenship, Rakoff also gives Stewart the key to defeating Canada: "Canadians are so unfailingly polite that, if you simply asked them to cede their sovereignty, you might be very pleased with the results." Video (6 minutes).
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Fraud: Essays .

by Richard Russo
2001

A profound novel about the social condition of man as seen through the multi-generational trials of a great American family.
     
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Don't Get Too Comfortable: .

by David Rakoff
2005

The Indignities of Coach Class, the Torments of Low Thread Count, the Never-Ending Quest for Artisanal Olive Oil, and Other First World Problems

 
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