Ira Glass

Ira Glass is the creator and host of This American Life. The program is heard each week by 2.2 million listeners on public radio stations and another 2.2 million download the podcast of each episode, making it the most popular podcast most weeks on iTunes. The program has won the highest awards for broadcasting and journalistic excellence, including six Peabody Awards and three Emmys (for a televised version of the show made for Showtime).His staff also created the podcast Serial, which is the most popular podcast ever created, with more than eight million people downloading each episode.