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Public Radio Favorites Paula Poundstone and Ira Glass Coming to Iowa

Paula Poundstone

This program originally aired on April 1, 2019

NPR listeners know Paula Poundstone as a regular panelist on Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! and from 30 years of being hilarious on stage.

In this episode of Talk of Iowa, Charity Nebbe talks with Poundstone.

In addition to being a comedian, Poundstone is a podcaster, author, cat lady and many other things. Her podcast, which she co-hosts with Adam Felber is called Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone and her latest book, now out in paperback is “The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness.”

Poundstone will be at Hoyt Sherman Place in Des Moines on Friday, April 5.

Later in the hour, Ira Glass, the host, producer and creator of This American Life, talks about the podcasting explosion and how audio storytelling has changed in the last 25 years.

Glass will speak in Cedar Falls on Saturday, April 6 at the Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center.

Charity Nebbe is the host of IPR's Talk of Iowa