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Ira Glass’s Commencement Speech: On Virginity, Being Poor, and Feeling Lost

True to form, Ira Glass began his commencement speech at Goucher College last week by insulting the very existence of commencement speeches. They’re “cloying and impossible,” full of stock advice; in fact, Glass said, he “oppose[s] on principle any commencement speech.” In the video (available here) of the speech, you can see Goucher students smiling […]

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