Ira Glass On Anxiety, Fame, and the Early Days of This American Life

Part two of our interview with Ira Glass. In this second half of the conversation, Kevin speaks with Ira about the challenges posed by climate change, the (minor) social anxiety he's felt throughout his life, the role of storytelling in the wider world, and how it feels to look back on almost 20 years of This American Life.

Listen to the interview below, or subscribe to the podcast in iTunes: bit.ly/1w0FujQ

That's something the radio can do, is it can have compassion. And is it important? I don't know. I don't know if it's important, but it's important to me.  - Ira Glass on Compassion in Storytelling