Create your own Ira Glass narration with Radar's This American Life story generator

Ira Glass' This American Life is the darling of Generation X. Its segments—first on NPR and now available (in high definition!) on Showtime—have provided a valuable census of liberal America's cultural consciousness since 1996. And honestly, Radar can't get enough of the show.

That's why we decided to create a This American Life–themed RadLib. Now, your dreams of Ira narrating some touching yet inoffensive slice of your middle- to upper-class existence can become a reality.

Fill in the blanks, then click below to read your story:

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In today's This American Life ...

Act 1: $radlib_1, an expatriate $radlib_2 and regular This American Life contributor, finds out he has $radlib_3 when he's about to go on a road trip to $radlib_4. He takes the road trip anyway.

Act 2: Ira talks about $radlib_5 when he was a kid, and how the experience taught him the importance of $radlib_6. Years later, this lesson comes in handy, as it figures prominently in a commencement speech he gives at $radlib_7.

Act 3: When a crew of $radlib_8 s who are also practicing $radlib_9 s find out that refugees from $radlib_10 have been forced to settle in their hometown of $radlib_11, Texas, they decide to buck the trends and bring them into the small-town fold. Cross-cultural understanding blooms in unexpected ways, as the two groups meet nightly in the local $radlib_12 to discuss a shared love for $radlib_13 reruns.

Finally, Act 4: Ira talks to $radlib_14, who was raised as an orthodox Jew and who made a pivotal break with her faith at a $radlib_15 game.