Ira Glass
Host of This American Life
Products they talk about
A Christmas Memory👍 Recommends
…reading classic story about childhood christmas memories and gift-giving
“It's Truman Capote's story, A Christmas Memory, about his own childhood growing up in rural Alabama in the 1920s and 30s. It's simultaneously this intimate and complicated portrait of somebody that he loved. But it's also a picture of Christmas and of a time and place in America which almost feels like another country.”
on This American Life
Half Empty👍 Recommends
…credits identifying david rakoff's collection containing his rent critique
“The late David Rakoff, his essay about the musical Rent, appears in his book Half Empty. But really, you can't go wrong with any of his books.”
on This American Life
Slow Motion💬 Mentioned
…memoir detailing affairs and family relationships
“Danny Shapiro that story is in her memoir Slow Motion her latest book is called Inheritance a Memoir of Genealogy Paternity and Love.”
on This American Life
Take the Cannoli👍 Recommends
…discussing sarah vowell's collected essays on american history
“Sarah Vow. If you like that story, you'll like even more. Her seven books that feel a lot like that about American history and culture. This story is collected in her great book of essays, Take the Cannoli.”
on This American Life
The Scientist in the Crib💬 Mentioned
…discussing how babies think logically and learn through experimentation
“When Allison Gopnett and two of her colleagues decided to summarize a lot of this research in a book, they called it the scientist in the crib. Meaning that babies are like little scientists. They argue that when a small baby sits in a high chair and drops a spoon onto the floor over and over and over for mom or dad to pick up, what the baby is doing essentially is running a little baby-sized experiment.”
on This American Life