619: The Magic Show
6 December 2020 - 1 hourJust a few years before he got the internship at NPR that started him in radio, our host Ira Glass had another career. He performed magic at children's birthday parties. A powerful sense of embarrassment has prevented him from ever doing an episode on the subject, but when he learned that producer David Kestenbaum was also a kid conjurer, they decided to dive in together.
Series Episodes
779: Ends of the Earth
An exploration of the very upper limits of what you do for someone you love.
1 hour 6 mins
18 September 2022 Finished
550: Three Miles
There’s a program that brings together kids from two schools. One school is public and in the country’s poorest congressional district. The other is private and costs $43,000/year. They are three miles apart. The hope is that kids connect, but some of the public school kids just can’t get over the divide. We hear what happens when you get to see the other side and it looks a lot better.
1 hour 1 min
11 September 2022 Finished
528: The Radio Drama Episode
Our most ambitious live show ever! We pulled together a massive team of theater pros at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Opera House—nearly 50 singers, actors, dancers and musicians. The result? Journalism turned into a Broadway musical, into opera. Mike Birbiglia, Sasheer Zamata, Stephin Merritt, Josh Hamilton, Lindsay Mendez, Lin-Manuel Miranda and others.
1 hour 27 mins
4 September 2022 Finished
778: Me Minus Me
When a fundamental part of yourself changes dramatically, are you still who you thought you were?
57 mins
28 August 2022 Finished
102: Road Trip!
With so many songs, movies, and books about the joy of the open road, it's hard to take just a normal road trip without huge expectations.
59 mins
21 August 2022 Finished
777: Name. Age. Detail.
Ten people were killed at a grocery store in Buffalo, NY. Their stories, as you’ve never heard them.
1 hour 19 mins
14 August 2022 Finished
