# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ira-glass
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:54:37.767Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ira-glass"
name: "Ira Glass"
slug: "ira-glass"
description: "Ira Jeffrey Glass is an American public radio personality. He is the host and producer of the radio and television series This American Life and has participated in NPR programs, including Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Talk of the Nation. His work in radio and television has won him awards, such as the Edward R. Murrow Award for Outstanding Contributions to Public Radio and the George Polk Award in Radio Reporting."
tagline: "American radio personality"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ira_Glass_This_American_Life-04_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1959-03-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.6
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.64167866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/iraglass"
    handle:    "iraglass"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1101712/"
    handle:    "nm1101712"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.thislife.org/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "إيرا غلاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ايرا جلاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ئیرا گلاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Glass"
    title: "Ira Glass"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Glass"
    title: "Ira Glass"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7_%DA%AF%D9%84%D8%B3"
    title: "آیرا گلس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Glass"
    title: "Ira Glass"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "איירה גאלס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Glass"
    title: "Ira Glass"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Glass"
    title: "Ira Glass"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Glass"
    title: "Ira Glass"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ira_Glass"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump