Kate and Abby are joined by fellow Times staffer Vicki Ikeogu to talk about a new and unique attraction: the St. Cloud Escape Rooms. Plus, Abby geeks out over "This American Life" host ira glass in advance of his speaking engagement at St. Ben's. ira glass, host of "This American Life," is keeping a watchful eye on the podcast wave, which seems to be growing ever higher. Last month, the New York Times became the latest media giant to jump into the game when they announced they were creating a No, just a reporter on the other line, I said, scratching “nickname for his wife” off my question list. “Oh, that wasn’t my wife,” said Glass, creator and host of “This American Life,” the popular public radio program aired on nearly 600 With more than 200 million downloads to date, Koenig explained how “Serial’s” unprecedented success derives from its authenticity, the quality of its journalism and the unmistakable influence of ira glass, creator and host of public radio’s This Am For the past year I’ve been fascinated with creative work and the people who do it for a living. I think it all began with this quote from Ira Glass: “Nobody tells people who are beginners—and I really wish somebody had told this to me—is that all There's a story about a joke on Nirvana gone awry, at least one anecdote about Ira Glass, and multiple mentions of a live (and later dead) squid making an appearance onstage. There are tons of great pictures from every era. It's a must-read for anyone .

Julie Snyder and Ira Glass make their pitch to advertisers (Photo: Mattew Septimus/NPR) Sarah credits you with the idea of starting a podcast. What made you want to work in the medium? First of all, it seemed possible that you could actually get a fair Laugh it up: There are a handful of comedy shows, including a live performance by the cast of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” (Oct. 7); George Lopez (June 18); Trevor Noah of “The Daily Show” (Aug. 19); and “This American Life” host Ira Glass (Aug. 6). And I moderated an hourlong conversation with “This American Life” host Ira Glass. A film he produced, Mike Birbiglia’s “Don’t Think Twice,” was one of the highlights of the festival. We’ll have more screening and Q&A events coming soon Fast-forward many millennia and storytelling has greatly changed– video’s basically killed the radio star (save maybe Ira Glass and Howard Stern), but now we’ve got podcasts. And 2015 was a huge year for podcasting. Among other milestones .

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