Let me get this off my chest real quick: I am infatuated with Taylor Swift. I blame Netflix and its newly released documentary, Miss Americana, which has thrown me into an obsessive 24/7 binge of her music.

Moving right along, let’s jump into the topic of Ira Glass and storytelling. For those unfamiliar, Ira is an American public radio personality and the host and producer of the radio and television show This American Life.