When WBEZ brought This American Life to the airwaves nearly 20 years ago, Ira Glass and his team used personal stories to make complex ideas and issues come alive using a method called narrative radio. TAL spawned a revolution that brought fact-based journalism and storytelling together…and creative folks have turned subjects like science and business into must-hear and must-download programs for millions of people each week. Cartoonist and writer Jessica Abel has has written a new graphic book called “Out On The Wire: The Storytelling Secrets of the New Masters of Radio” that takes you inside these programs and explains how they draw you in and keep you glued.