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I think the name of the show, 'This American Life' - we named it that just because it seemed like it made the thing feel big. But we don't think about whether it's an American story or not. We happen to be Americans. I think for the stories to work, they have to be universal.
— Ira Glass
Tags: feel, think, work, life

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I'm in production year round. I work long hours. I have a dog and a wife. There's not a lot of available time for consuming any culture: T.V., movies, books. When I read, it's generally magazines, newspapers and web sites.
— Ira Glass
Tags: culture, wife, time, work
Honestly, I find the analysis of dreams is one of the dullest things. I say this as a therapist kid. I find them deeply uninteresting, as a window to the soul.
— Ira Glass
Tags: things, window, soul, dreams
Like, radio is closer to a Tumblr, or a blog, or Twitter, than it is to television, I think.
— Ira Glass
Tags: radio, like, television, think
Traditional broadcast media seems old-fashioned and vague to me. When I watch television news, I'm aware of what skilled journalists they are, but I find it hard because of the corny way they present it.
— Ira Glass
Tags: television, media, way, me
I didn't watch T.V. from the time I was 18 'til my mid-30s. And then I got a T.V. to watch 'The Sopranos.' I realized, 'Oh, T.V. is really interesting.'
— Ira Glass
Tags: watch, got, interesting, time
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