Ira Glass
speaker
11,615 appearances
710 recordings
19 series
first heard Jul 2019
last heard today
Ira Glass’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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This American Life, Act One.
The wedding zinger.
So let's start today with a story that is both intergenerational space and time travel.
When Courtney Mom was eighteen, her mom got remarried.
Courtney despised the guy.
Did not want the marriage to go through.
But she was her mom's maid of honor, and she gave a speech at her mother's request.
And the speech she gave
At eighteen years old.
Her mom?
Never forgave her for it.
Brought it up for years after.
And then, recently, after three tumultuous decades, her mom's relationship with this man fell apart.
Courtney.
This was the opening.
The chance to finally ask her mom, across the divide between them.
About this marriage she never understood.
And to try one more time to lay this infamous wedding speech to rest.
Here's Courtney.
Cody Mom.
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