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Live in Iowa City

A special live edition of The Moth at The Englert Theatre in Iowa City hosted by Peter Aguero. An activist finds himself sitting down to an awkward meal, a woman recalls her first kiss, and a Vietnam veteran battles with her identity.

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12:10
Church of Hamballs

by Jim Bennett

An activist finds himself sitting down to an awkward meal. 

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12:25
An Indomitable Spirit

by Stephanie Summerville

A woman recalls her first kiss.

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10:18
Becoming My Mother’s Josephine

by Janice Josephine Carney

A Vietnam veteran battles with her identity.

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08:24
Way Down In The Hole

by Peter Aguero

Peter and his wife have an unsettling encounter at the Renaissance Fair. 

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Live in Iowa City extras

Jim Bennett

Jim Bennett Extra 1

Jim Bennett and Terri on their wedding day.

Jim Bennett Extra 2

Jim Bennett and Terri on their wedding day.

MRH1421 Stephanie Summerville Extra 2

Photo of Stephanie with her father Curties Lee Summerville in his letter carrier uniform, 1969, taken by a stranger.

MRH1421 Stephanie Summerville Extra 1

Photo of Stephanie’s mother and father Louise and Curties Lee Summerville.

Janie Josephine Carney Veteran

Janice in Vietnam, 1971, inside Firebase Vandergrift & in Washington D.C., 2001 outside the Vietnam Memorial.