Ira Glass

Host and creator of This American Life

Ira Glass (Host and creator of This American Life) hosts This American Life. Topics they speak about most include Antifa.

In their words

Positions and remarks grouped by topic, each with the exact quote and where it was said.

Antifa

  • Ira Glass said reporting supports the view that Antifa does not exist as a functioning organization.

    “Blue America says Antifa does not exist as an actual functioning organization. Lots of reporting backs this up”

    This American Life: 891: The Test Case (Jul 13, 2026) · Listen from 6:57

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Podcasts hosted

Appearances

  • 489: No Coincidence, No Story!

    This American Life · Oct 19, 2026 · 1 h 1 min

    Guest host Sarah Koenig presents listener coincidence stories—grandmothers, love, coins in the shower, lost fathers, and a pocketknife—while weighing skepticism against meaning.

  • 898: An Argument

    This American Life · Sep 26, 2026 · 1 h 3 min

    Nikole Hannah-Jones revisits her famous essay on choosing a segregated public school for her daughter Najya, who argues with her about that choice a decade later.

  • 892: Trapped on a Bus

    This American Life · Jul 20, 2026 · 1 h 3 min

    Guest host David Kestenbaum presents stories of unwanted journeys: a runaway bus, a neighbor-spy and bipolar paranoia, Havana blackouts, the Sycamore Gap felling, and an in-flight bite.

  • 891: The Test Case

    This American Life · Jul 13, 2026 · 1 h 11 min

    Zoe Chace reports on the federal trial over the July 4 Prairieland Detention Center shooting, where the government tried to prove an Antifa terror cell existed.

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