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Ira Glass Radio Stories and Other Stories; A Visions and Voices Signature Event

Admission is free. Reservations required. To RSVP, visit our event page http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/873322 beginning Monday, September 13, at 9 a.m.

Reception to follow.

Ira Glass, host and producer of the award-winning public-radio program This American Life, returns to USC for a Visions and Voices signature event presented in celebration of the inauguration of USC’s eleventh president, C. L. Max Nikias. Glass spoke at USC in 2007, and to this day his presentation remains one of the most talked about and memorable events presented by Visions and Voices.

Ira Glass revitalized radio by sharing stories of ordinary people to create a program that is humorous, provocative and powerful. He will give a multimedia presentation modeled after his radio program that reflects the power of storytelling to lift the human spirit.

This American Life premiered on Chicago’s public radio station WBEZ in 1995 and is now heard on more than 500 public radio stations each week by over 1.8 million listeners. Most weeks, the podcast of the program is the most popular podcast in America. Under Glass’s direction, This American Life has won the highest honors for broadcasting and journalistic excellence, including several Peabody and duPont-Columbia awards. The American Journalism Review declared that the show is “at the vanguard of a journalistic revolution.” It has won critical acclaim and attracted continuous national media attention over the years. In 2001, Glass was named by Time magazine as the “Best Radio Host in America,” and in 2009, he received the Edward R. Murrow Award for outstanding contributions to public radio. In 2007, the television adaptation of This American Life premiered on Showtime to great critical acclaim and has won several Emmy awards.

For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu

Location: George Finley Bovard Administration Building (ADM) -

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Daria Yudacufski