Ira Glass and Alex Gibney - Summer Staff Picks

07/26/22 • 63 min

Our Here’s the Thing Summer Staff Picks series continues, featuring our favorite episodes from the archives. This week, we revisit Alec’s interviews with two great American storytellers, Ira Glass and Alex Gibney. Ira Glass has been the host and creative force of WBEZ’s This American Life since 1995. The public radio personality revolutionized nonfiction storytelling by using a voice that's personable, modest, and emotionally engaged. Alec sat down with Ira Glass in 2014 to compare notes on interviewing, the afterlife, and finding one’s vocal style. Alex Gibney is one of the most respected and prolific documentary filmmakers in history. His stories feature strong characters and propulsive narratives that often expose malfeasance or incompetency. In this 2021 conversation, Alex Gibney speaks with Alec about going up against powerful organizations, shifting from Japanese literature to film and the collaborators that have helped him grow.

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07/26/22 • 63 min

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Here's The Thing with Alec Baldwin - Ira Glass and Alex Gibney - Summer Staff Picks

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Hi. I'm Maureen Hoban, one of the producers with Here's the Thing. We're in the middle of our summer staff picks where those of us that Here's the Thing presents some of our favorite episodes from the archives. This week, I want to share with you two interviews from incredible American storytellers, host and producer Ira Glass and director producer Alex Gibney. As someone who has worked in media and documentary for some time now, I've always been