This video, Ira Glass on Storytelling #1, is the first part in a four-part series available on YouTube in which Ira Glass, host of National Public Radio's This American Life, discusses the essential building blocks of a good broadcast story. The following are links to each part in the series: Ira Glass on Storytelling #1 Ira Glass on Storytelling #2 Ira Glass on Storytelling #3 Ira Glass on Storytelling #4