Ira Glass

You just live inside the mistake. This kind of thing happens to him a lot, way, way more than you would think. Two weeks before our interview, he got lost in another hotel room, this one in Los Angeles. He couldn't find the door to get out of the room. He says that during the decade that he slowly went blind.

You just live inside the mistake. This kind of thing happens to him a lot, way, way more than you would think. Two weeks before our interview, he got lost in another hotel room, this one in Los Angeles. He couldn't find the door to get out of the room. He says that during the decade that he slowly went blind.

To state the obvious, sometimes it is just a lot easier to see things. Clears a lot of things up. And today on our radio show, we have all kinds of stories of people trying to take things that are normally invisible to them and make them visible. I'm talking about unspoken feelings. I'm talking about people's secret lives.

To state the obvious, sometimes it is just a lot easier to see things. Clears a lot of things up. And today on our radio show, we have all kinds of stories of people trying to take things that are normally invisible to them and make them visible. I'm talking about unspoken feelings. I'm talking about people's secret lives.

I'm talking in a very literal way about me and the other people doing stories on today's radio program. As people on the radio, usually we are invisible, but today we are bringing you excerpts from the show that we did on stage today. in front of people in New York City and then beamed into movie theaters all across the United States and Canada and Australia.

I'm talking in a very literal way about me and the other people doing stories on today's radio program. As people on the radio, usually we are invisible, but today we are bringing you excerpts from the show that we did on stage today. in front of people in New York City and then beamed into movie theaters all across the United States and Canada and Australia.

Some of the stuff on the show, in fact, a lot of the stuff on that show was way too visual to put on the radio. But the rest of the show consisted of stories from David Sedaris and David Rakoff and Tig Notaro and others. We have a really nice show for you today from WBEZ Chicago. It's This American Life. I'm Ira Glass. Stay with us. Thank you. This American Life, Myra Glass.

Some of the stuff on the show, in fact, a lot of the stuff on that show was way too visual to put on the radio. But the rest of the show consisted of stories from David Sedaris and David Rakoff and Tig Notaro and others. We have a really nice show for you today from WBEZ Chicago. It's This American Life. I'm Ira Glass. Stay with us. Thank you. This American Life, Myra Glass.

Today's show is a rerun from years ago. That one does a bear hit in the woods. So let's go to the first story that I'm going to play you from the cinema event that we did. The guy who you just heard, actually, Ryan Knighton, he has this story that is not about what is invisible to him as somebody who can't see. It's about being invisible. Here he is, Ryan Knighton.

Today's show is a rerun from years ago. That one does a bear hit in the woods. So let's go to the first story that I'm going to play you from the cinema event that we did. The guy who you just heard, actually, Ryan Knighton, he has this story that is not about what is invisible to him as somebody who can't see. It's about being invisible. Here he is, Ryan Knighton.

Brian Knighton. He's the author of the books Come On Papa and Cock-Eyed.

Brian Knighton. He's the author of the books Come On Papa and Cock-Eyed.

This, by the way, is the band OK Go playing a song on handbells with the audience. They were all playing bells on a special app they downloaded to their phones for the live show for this song. Act 2, Groundhog Day. So some people are supposed to stay invisible, out of our lives, not pop up during our daily routines. And specifically, the people I'm talking about are famous people.

This, by the way, is the band OK Go playing a song on handbells with the audience. They were all playing bells on a special app they downloaded to their phones for the live show for this song. Act 2, Groundhog Day. So some people are supposed to stay invisible, out of our lives, not pop up during our daily routines. And specifically, the people I'm talking about are famous people.

We are not supposed to run into Angelina Jolie at the CVS. But sometimes that kind of thing happens. Tig Notaro has witnessed it.

We are not supposed to run into Angelina Jolie at the CVS. But sometimes that kind of thing happens. Tig Notaro has witnessed it.

Tig Notaro. Tig Notaro. And now, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Taylor Dayne.

Tig Notaro. Tig Notaro. And now, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Taylor Dayne.

I should probably describe what is happening here. Taylor Dane, in a sequined mini dress, is singing to Tig. Tig is sitting on this stool on stage. Her arms are crossed. She's looking sort of skeptical. And Taylor's trying to win her over.

I should probably describe what is happening here. Taylor Dane, in a sequined mini dress, is singing to Tig. Tig is sitting on this stool on stage. Her arms are crossed. She's looking sort of skeptical. And Taylor's trying to win her over.