I love Ira Glass. I know I should be more objective here, but I can't help it. This American Life is one of the jewels of American journalism. Full Article at JTA

Next year, right about this time, Paramount Pictures hopes to release "Santa Wars," based on a segment on Ira Glass' public radio show "This American Life," which aired last December, Variety reports. It's a tale of two Santas. Full Article at New York Post

Last weekend Penn State got a very special visit from the staff of “This American Life,” a very popular radio and television show that revolves around stories of everyday people. Full Article at Bleacher Report

“Too much of broadcast news, too much of documentary, leaves out a sense of humor,” Glass argued during a jammed Doc Lab session at the Escape Club on Amsterdamn’s central Rembrandtplein. Full Article at Indie Wire

1. Medical-malpractice lawsuits drive up the cost of health care. Full Article at National Review Online

Cal Performances — The Walworth Farce, a play by Edna Walsh, performed by The Druid Ireland Theater Company of Galway, 8 p.m. Nov. 20, pre-performance talk with company members, 7-7:30 p.m. open to all ticket holders, $72. Full Article at Inside Bay Area

In 1996, KCRW was the first station to carry "This American Life" outside of its home base, Chicago's WBEZ. Full Article at mediabistro.com

Monty Brinton / Showtime via APIra Glass, host and producer of "This American Life" on NPR radio and Showtime television, spoke to a full house Tuesday night at Syracuse University's Hendricks Chapel. Full Article at Syracuse.com

Through conversation, humor and insight, radio show host Ira Glass challenged students to harness the power of stories. Storytelling has the potential to connect people, he said. Full Article at The Daily Orange

Ira Glass, the radio personality behind "This American Life," will bring his nasally, unconventional fast-talking voice, made famous over the airwaves, to Syracuse University Tuesday. Full Article at The Daily Orange

The Host of NPR's "Fresh Air" on the Art of the Interview There may be no better interviewer working today than Fresh Air host Terry Gross. Full Article at Huffington Post

According to indieWIRE, ANVIL's acclaimed documentary, "Anvil! The Story of Anvil", has been nominated in the "Feature Documentary" category at the International Documentary Association's 2009 IDA Documentary Awards competition. Full Article at Blabbermouth

"This American Life's" Ira Glass will host the awards ceremony, to be held Dec. 4 at the Directors Guild of America theater in Hollywood. In the feature category, the nominees are "Afghan Star," "Anvil! Full Article at The Wrap

Patty Khuly is a small-animal veterinarian in Miami, Fla. She is author of Dolittler.com, an award-winning blog on pet health; she writes weekly for the Miami Herald and monthly for Veterinary Practice News. Full Article at USA Today

"Anvil! The Story of Anvil," the account of an obscure Canadian heavy metal band, will square off against four more seriously themed documentaries at the 2009 IDA Awards. Full Article at Hollywood Reporter

To occupy myself on a couple of long airplane rides I took this week, I decided to check out what “urban school reform” meant in a different time and a different place: Chicago, fifteen years ago. Full Article at Gotham Schools

It’s obvious why Ira Glass and Etgar Keret immediately became friends. They work in fields where they get to, professionally, contemplate and struggle with the issue of what constitutes a story. Full Article at Mediaite.com

Got a hedgehog? Kristen Zorbini-Bongard does. She loves Harriet so much she pays $80 a year to Veterinary Pet Insurance (VPI) to protect her from the possibility of a financial “stop-treatment” decision (AKA, economic euthanasia). Full Article at Dolittler

On Thursday, October 15, 2009, humorist/writer David Sedaris visited Davenport, Iowa’s Adler Theater to share his musings on jury trials, breast milk, condoms, and our “God-given right to mimeograph.” He lived up to Toronto Globe & Mail writer Bill... Full Article at Weekly Wilson