TRANSMISSION ART ARCHIVE

Ira Glass Speaks for Himself

2018
Doug Kaplan (MrDougDoug)
Doug Kaplan (MrDougDoug) On WGXC Saturday Afternoon Show: Image 2 (With Tom Roe)

Doug Kaplan (MrDougDoug) On WGXC Saturday Afternoon Show: Image 2 (With Tom Roe). Photo by Bryan Zimmerman. (Sep 15, 2018)

Doug Kaplan (MrDougDoug) On WGXC Saturday Afternoon Show

Doug Kaplan (MrDougDoug) On WGXC Saturday Afternoon Show. Photo by Bryan Zimmerman. (Sep 15, 2018)

Portrait of Doug Kaplan (MrDougDoug) On Wave Farm Porch

Portrait of Doug Kaplan (MrDougDoug) On Wave Farm Porch. Photo by Bryan Zimmerman. (Sep 15, 2018)

Doug Kaplan (MrDougDoug) On Computer At His Indoor Work Station

Doug Kaplan (MrDougDoug) On Computer At His Indoor Work Station. Photo by Bryan Zimmerman. (Sep 10, 2018)

Doug Kaplan (MrDougDoug) On Computer On Wave Farm Porch

Doug Kaplan (MrDougDoug) On Computer On Wave Farm Porch. Photo by Bryan Zimmerman. (Sep 10, 2018)

Portrait of Doug Kaplan (MrDougDoug) At His Indoor Work Station

Portrait of Doug Kaplan (MrDougDoug) At His Indoor Work Station. Photo by Bryan Zimmerman. (Sep 10, 2018)

Inspired by Douglas Kahn’s piece “Reagan Speaks for Himself” (1980), in which Kahn carefully edits together Ronald Reagan interviews to concoct a hilarious and surreal story, “Ira Glass Speaks for Himself” is a proposed long-form troll radio play in which one of radio’s most recognizable voices is mercilessly edited to tell a mind-boggling, magical realism-core, ambling non-story.