Date: March 12th, 2008

'THIS AMERICAN LIFE' HOST IRA GLASS
The 'best radio host in America' is coming to Colorado Springs


KRCC and the Fine Arts Center are proud to bring Ira Glass, host and producer of the public radio program, This American Life, to Colorado Springs for a Masterpiece Series Lecture on Saturday, June 14, at Armstrong Hall on the campus of Colorado College at 8 p.m.

Tickets are available for KRCC and FAC Members only for the period of March 11 through March 31. Get yours now at KRCC or by calling 719.473.4801.

We are very excited to bring Ira Glass to Colorado Springs, and to the members of KRCC and the Fine Arts Center. Ira Glass's "This American Life" has been a longtime favorite of KRCC listeners, consistently ranking in the top 5 shows aired on KRCC.

Over 1.7 million listeners now hear Ira Glass on more than 500 public radio stations each week. Most weeks, the podcast of the program is the most popular podcast in America.

Under Glass' editorial direction, This American Life has won the highest honors for broadcasting and journalistic excellence, including the Peabody and Edward R. Murrow awards. The American Journalism Review declared that the show is "at the vanguard of a journalistic revolution." In 2001, Time magazine named Glass "Best Radio Host in America."

In 2007, Riverhead Books published The New Kings of Non-Fiction, a collection of narrative nonfiction essays chosen by Ira Glass. A feature film, Unaccompanied Minors, based on a story from the radio show was released by Warner Brothers in December 2006. The show has put out its own comic book, three greatest hits compilations, a paint-by-numbers set, a "radio decoder" toy, and a DVD, which was created with cartoonist Chris Ware.

In March 2007, the television adaptation of This American Life premiered on Showtime to great critical acclaim and was nominated for three Emmy awards. While producing the series for the cable network, Glass and his staff continue to create original radio shows.

"Mr. Glass is a journalist but also a storyteller who filters his interviews and impressions through a distinctive literary imagination, an eccentric intelligence, and a sympathetic heart."
-- The New York Times


This American Life can be heard on KRCC 91.5:
• Saturday at noon
• Sunday at 4 p.m.
• Thursdays at 10 p.m. on HD2

To purchase tickets, call KRCC at 719.473.4801:
• $25 FAC & KRCC Members
• $35 non-members & day of show, available April 1, 2008