

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Birmingham, AL – Ira Glass: Seven Things I've Learned
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 18 Apr, 2026 at 07:30 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: Saturday, April 18, 2026 
Birmingham, AL
UAB's Alys Stephens Center
https://www.alysstephens.org/events/ira-glass-seven-things-ive-learned/

Ira Glass is the host and creator of This American Life, the iconic weekly public radio program heard each week by more than 2.2 million listeners on more than 500 public radio stations, with an additional 2.2 million podcast downloads.

Join one of America’s most compelling public radio personalities as he shares lessons from his life and career in storytelling. Using audio clips, music and video, Ira Glass takes us into his creative process: What inspires him to create? What drives his passion? How have failures and successes informed his decisions?

"A storyteller who filters his interviews and impressions through a distinctive literary imagination, an eccentric intelligence, and a sympathetic heart." —The New York Times
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/birmingham/birmingham-al-ira-glass-seven-things-ive-learned/200029811339816
- **Event Categories**: Art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.alysstephens.org/events/ira-glass-seven-things-ive-learned/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=birmingham-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Birmingham
- **state**: AL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: UAB's Alys Stephens Center
- **lat**: 33.496830318834
- **long**: -86.80760757391
- **full address**: UAB's Alys Stephens Center, 1200 10th Ave South,Birmingham, Alabama, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: This American Life (https://allevents.in/org/this-american-life/3833322)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 18 Apr, 2026 at 07:30 pm (-05:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** UAB's Alys Stephens Center, 1200 10th Ave South,Birmingham, Alabama, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** This American Life
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** Art, literary-art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Birmingham, AL – Ira Glass: Seven Things I've Learned ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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